John Lewis Partnership plc annual report and accounts 2013

Business review Resources and relationships (continued)

Environment

As a minimum, the Partnership meets or exceeds all relevant environmental legislation. Where no environmental legislation exists we will seek to develop and implement our own appropriate standards. We take all reasonable steps to manage our operations so as to minimise our environmental impact and to deliver excellence in environmental practice across our business.

Environment performance indicators 

2013 2012   % change on last year

 Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CO2 ) 557,017 528,532  5.4%

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity (CO2tonnes/£m sales) 58.4 60.5 -3.5%

Transport related CO2 emissions (tonnes/£m sales) 9.17 9.45 -3.0%

Waitrose refrigeration and cooling direct emissions (CO2  tonnes) 67,254 61,758 8.9%

Proportion of generated waste diverted from landfill (%) 92 89 3.4%

Waitrose shop water consumption (cubic metres per sq ft trading floor area) 0.13 0.13 0%

John Lewis shop water consumption (cubic metres per sq ft trading floor area) 0.11 0.12 -8.3%

* Emissions data was revised for 2011/12 to take account of updated emission factors issued by DEFRA. Our emissions data has been calculated using Defra-DECC emission factors, with the exception of those for Pure Plant Oil being used in a small number of Waitrose distribution vehicles, certain refrigerants, and some emissions sources associated with our Leckford farm; data includes emissions resulting from UK owned and operated parts of the business and significant emissions from third-party operated distribution sites that are solely operated for Waitrose. Emissions from energy were calculated using base data collected for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010.

During 2012/13, we continued to focus on our carbon target to reduce operational carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent emissions by 15% by the end of 2020/21 against a 2010/11 baseline. Our operations are regulated under the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme, which requires organisations to monitor and report on their energy usage.

It was anticipated that emissions would rise for the first couple of years before decreasing in response to the implementation of a range of emissions saving projects. Our CO2 equivalent emissions grew by 5.4% in 2012/13 to 557,017 tonnes, a period in which gross sales grew by 9.3%. Our Greenhouse Gas Emission intensity therefore decreased by 3.5% in the same period.

To reduce our operational emissions the Partnership is focussed on:

• Energy We are tackling energy reduction in two key ways: introducing technology to reduce usage and supporting Partners in operating our buildings more efficiently. As an example, following successful trials, LED lighting will now be specified as standard throughout the Waitrose and John Lewis estate, delivering a 10% reduction in electricity demand.

• Transport Against our target to reduce transport CO2 equivalent emissions by 15% relative to turnover by 2013/14, we have made an improvement of 11.1% against our 2005/06 baseline. Progress has been achieved by: sharing vehicle space with our suppliers to avoid three million miles in shop deliveries in a year; using telematics to monitor driver performance and encourage more efficient driving styles; limiting the speed of our heavy goods vehicles to improve miles per gallon performance; reducing miles driven using smart scheduling; increasing the use of double deck trailers and improving loading efficiency; and using dual-fuel technology where a percentage of the diesel requirement is replaced by bio- methane or gas.

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