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Marks & Spencer launches ''Plan A''- £200m 'eco-plan'
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15 January 2007
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Marks & Spencer announces "Plan A", a business-wide £200m "eco-plan" which will have an impact on every part of M&S' operations over the next five years. The 100-point plan means that by 2012 M&S will:
become carbon neutral
send no waste to landfill
extend sustainable sourcing
set new standards in ethical trading
help customers and employees live a healthier lifestyle.
M&S Chief Executive, Stuart Rose said:
"Every business and individual needs to do their bit to tackle the enormous challenges of climate change and waste. While M&S will continue to sell great quality, stylish and innovative products, our customers, employees and shareholders now expect us to take bold steps and do business differently and responsibly. We believe a responsible business can be a profitable business. We are calling this "Plan A" because there is no 'plan B'.
"M&S will change beyond recognition the way it operates over the next five years. We will become carbon neutral, only using offsetting as a last resort; we will ensure that none of our clothing or packaging needs to be thrown away; much of our polyester clothing will be made from recycled plastic bottles instead of oil and every year we will sell over 20 million garments made from Fairtrade cotton.
"We will clearly label the food we import by air; UK, regional and local food sourcing will be a priority and we will trial the use of food waste to power our stores. We will do this without passing on the extra cost to our customers."
"We will also help our suppliers and customers to change their behaviour. Because we are own-brand our influence extends to over 2,000 factories, 10,000 farms and 250,000 workers, as well as millions of customers visiting over 500 stores in the UK."
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Written by Alaina Consagra
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On October 17, Americans will stand in solidarity with people fighting poverty around the world. CARE's National Day of Action takes place on October 17 — the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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This is the CARE Action Network (CAN) and members like you are making a difference by working to educate our nation's leaders about issues of global poverty. Together, we ask our elected officials to adopt policies that address the underlying causes of poverty, such as gender inequality and poor governance. |
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Green Hotel Initiative
According to the Travel Industry Association of America, US business travel expenditures totaled $185 billion in 2000, with $37 billion spent on accommodation alone. The Green Hotel Initiative (GHI) is a Ceres program designed to increase and demonstrate market demand for environmentally responsible hotel services. Despite the promotion of environmentally sound practices by environmental advocates, even within the industry, hotels currently feel little demand for these services.
Ceres Guest Request Card
The GHI Guest Request Card is a tool to help individual travelers request environmentally responsible services upon checking-in to a hotel, as well as the opportunity to provide feedback when checking-out. This tool also sends an important message to hotels that there is a customer demand for environmentally friendly services.
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Ceres Guest Request Card Order Form
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Ceres GHI Best Practice Survey
An easy-to-use list of criteria that helps a purchaser to assess a hotel's environmental commitment and performance. Using the survey enables decision-makers to choose hotels that meet all business needs, including their own environmental preferences.
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This page lists sustainable practices that hotels can implement. If you would like to encourage hotels you stay at to implement these ideas, consider printing this information and dropping it off at the front desk or mailing it in with the hotel's comment card.
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Brought to you by the Network for New Energy Choices, the National Energy Research Database (NERD) is a free online research library for renewable and conventional energy. The NERD compiles academic studies, technical reports and research articles from the government and non-profit groups into a single, searchable database. |
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DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. |
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