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John Lewis Partnership plc Sustainability Review 2014


OUR ENVIRONMENT


We’re doing everything we can to minimise our environmental impact and promote good practice. Innovation, partnerships, and commitment are helping us make a difference.


Why it’s important


– The Partnership is bound by the Constitution to ‘take all reasonable steps to minimise any detrimental effect its operations may have on the environment, and to promote good environmental practice’. We recognise the importance of this more than ever as our business grows.


– The Partnership’s environmental impacts span all stages of the value chain – from the direct impacts of our estate to the indirect impacts of our suppliers and customers. Our materiality assessment, which we’ll work on in 2014, will help us determine where we should focus our efforts in the long term.


Challenges


– Navigating a complex legislative landscape is challenging. As is making long-term decisions and investments against a shorter-term policy background.


– Financial incentives can be highly effective at supporting emerging environmental technologies and play a critical role in ensuring a return on investment. However, uncertainty around the longevity of incentives makes planning investment difficult.


– We recognise there is much more work to do up and down the value chain – with our supply chain partners, our communities and our customers – to widen our circle of influence and create bigger change through collaboration. We also recognise the longer-term risks around supply chain resilience to climate change impacts.


“ Being a responsible operator within the communities in which we trade is a vital part of our heritage. 2013 has seen us continue to push the boundaries in creating buildings that


are a great asset to our business and the wider community.” Tony Jacob, Head of Construction, Environment and Engineering


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