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John Lewis Partnership plc Sustainability Review 2014


OUR ENVIRONMENT CONTINUED Waste and Packaging continued


PROGRESS AGAINST TARGETS


Reduce our food packaging consumption by 50% by 2016, based on our like-for-like usage since 2005.


Achieved Not achieved Ongoing


Packaging


Our aim is clear: to use the smallest amount of the most appropriate packaging material in every case, while ensuring it remains robust and fit-for-purpose.


JOHN LEWIS


John Lewis At John Lewis, multichannel deliveries pose a number of challenges for us as we strive to ensure safe delivery from the factory to the customer, with up to 13 touch points in between. We have been working closely with suppliers and the supply chain on packing appropriately for the product, rather than adding more packaging. This year, we have focussed on lighting, with frames and wall decorations targeted for 2014.


We have successfully extended the use of our own recycled waste material from carton transit packaging into our own-brand John Lewis packaging.


We are also rolling out solutions to minimise the environmental impact of the packaging itself. This year, we have successfully extended the use of our own recycled waste material from carton transit packaging to our own- brand duvet and Made in UK packaging. Our branded ‘jiffy’ bag is now in production and being used to eliminate double bagging in deliveries where possible.


WAITROSE


Waitrose At Waitrose, we are signatories to the Courtauld Commitment for improving resource efficiency and reducing waste within the UK grocery sector. Our target is to reduce our food packaging consumption by 50% by 2016 against 2005, on a like-for- like usage. As of May 2013, we have reduced food packaging by 40% against our baseline. This was supported by new sustainable packaging solutions – for example, we introduced an eco-refill pack of teabags, reducing the packaging by 90%, and moved to a lightweight 4-pint milk bottle, resulting in a 15% reduction.


We are also working to rollout our On-Pack Recyclability Labelling (OPRL) to all own- brand products where space permits. In the six months to December 2013, this applied to 88% of packaging.


We have reduced food packaging by 40% since 2005.


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