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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
PROTECTING OUR
ENVIRONMENT
Water use
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of the Bazell centrifuge-based water-recycling plant to
further reduce its water consumption.
Waste and recycling
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We are committed to taking responsibility for the impact
contractors and introduced multilingual labelling on
external bins.
OUR PROGRESS
In 2017/18:
our business has on the environment and have adopted
a risk-based approach to understanding, minimising
and mitigating this impact. This is conducted in line
Governance
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Sweden committed to informing customers about the
Tanzania as part of the Tumaini Fund project. environmental impact of single-use plastic bags to
help reduce usage.
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Energy procurement and supply
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We worked with energy consultants on the effective
use of our smart metering system as part of our
ESOS (Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme) activity
customers and our people, as well as our obligations in environmental legislation across our UK, Republic and energy-efficiency audits.
the countries in which we operate. of Ireland and Northern European operations,
Our environmental programme is an important element
of our corporate responsibility approach. We understand
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packaging. Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) at our UK stores and
In Sweden, our stores and support office support offices.
have a wide-reaching and long-term effect on our Efficiency Directive (EEED) audit requirements
society, now and in the future. and we continued to work with regulators in the
Netherlands to derive maximum benefit from our
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preparation for a more centralised and structured
reduce in e