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  M&S is one of the UK's leading retailers. We are committed to making every moment special through the high quality, own brand food, clothing and home products we offer in our stores and internationally.

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  Sustainability

  Plan A is our way to help build a sustainable future by being a business that enables our customers to have a positive impact on wellbeing, communities and the planet through all that we do.

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  • Blog
    • M&S Cheshire Oaks Store
    • M&S Cheshire Oaks Store - Biodiversity
    • M&S Cheshire Oaks Store - Community
    • M&S Cheshire Oaks Store - Energy
    • M&S Cheshire Oaks Store - Materials
    • M&S Cheshire Oaks Store - Waste
    • M&S CHESHIRE OAKS STORE - WATER
    • WWF RUMAKI
    • Donkey Power at M&S Flower Supplier
    • Shwopping: Joanna's trip to Senegal
    • Agricultural Shows 2014
    • Open Farm Sunday 2014
    • Dementia Friends
    • Bristol Green Week
    • Medal celebrations at the Chelsea Flower Show
    • Plan A 2020
    • Cleaning Up Britain's Beaches
    • Shwopping Update
    • Talking Retrofits and Reincarnation
    • Sparking Action on Youth Unemployment
    • Sustainable Raw Materials
    • A Resilient Business
    • Using Mobile Technology
    • Our first Food store opens in Paris
    • Open Farm Sunday 2014 - the best one yet!
    • Tackling a recycling challenge
    • RBL & M&S commemorate WW1 with Lights Out
    • Get out for the Big Butterfly Count
    • Recognising The Next Generation of Business Leadership
    • 'Sharership' is the new leadership
    • Seafood sourcing and marine protection
    • Responsibly Sourced Game at M&S
    • PEOPLE: THE SECRET TO SAVING THE RAINFOREST
    • 20 YEARS OF ONLINE RETAIL AND WHAT COMES NEXT
    • Just got your exam results? Hear how to start your career at M&S
    • ‘ONLY M&S’ THIS AUTUMN
    • Developing Marks & Spencer approach to water stewardship
    • A partnership built on more than coffee and cake
    • Legion launches brand new London pop-in centre
    • Working in partnership to spark innovation within business
    • The Champion 'Dine in' mushroom grower
    • In touch with local communities – making Leeds ‘child friendly’
    • CHINESE E-COMMERCE SET TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE
    • 20 years of FSC and why roads cause deforestation
    • Economy and nature cannot be separated
    • Local schools buy their own healthy breakfast
    • Our Animal Welfare Policy
    • Ecclesall Road, A Sustainable Showcase
    • Joanna visits Senegal
    • Mark Robins' Milk
    • UNICEF Cookstove Project
    • Coffee with a Conscience
    • Fill it, Then Fold it
    • We Pass the Test on Animal Testing
    • Ethical Consumer
    • Stratford City Sustainable Store
    • Zero Waste to Landfill
    • Simply Food Stores
    • Queen's Awards for Enterprise
    • Chinn Family Asparagus
    • Cheshire Oaks Store
    • Guide to Recycling
    • Keep on Running
    • THINK INNOVATION: How we’re encouraging innovation across M&S’
    • Why M&S is proud to join Collectively - a new global sustainability movement
    • Putting service in the spotlight
    • Silver and Beyond – Foods Sustainable Factory Programme
    • Proud to support The Royal British Legion
    • M&S in search of star bakers
    • M&S Agricultural Leadership Programme
    • Working together to stop waste
    • 36 hour data dive with charity partners
    • The biodiversity business: Making green count
    • Floods destroy. Be prepared
    • Revolution and the rise of refrigeration
    • Exploring the M&S Archive
    • Our best Coffee Morning ever!
    • The business of reducing emissions
    • 10 years of Marks & Start
    • Cooking up solutions to climate change
    • Leaning on Ethical Trade
    • Stay New for Sustainable Clothing
    • More than the sum of the parts – an Economy that works for all
    • Human Rights Day - Why It Matters
    • Greening the gas grid
    • 2014 – A Year in Review for Sustainable Business
    • 2015 – A year in Preview for Sustainable Business
    • New Festive Freeze campaign to tackle food waste
    • Debunking freezer myths to help reduce food waste
    • Wellbeing Week for Food Supply Chain Workers
    • One Christmas card can make a difference
    • Joanna Lumley invites the nation to Eat The Rainbow
    • Fighting for Forests: The Leuser Ecosystem
    • Davos 2015: 10 reflections on the state of sustainable business
    • Celebrating the Pride of M&S
    • Making a lighter footprint – Our first sustainable footwear
    • How social media and good old fashioned customer engagement attracted a Hollywood superstar to Newport
    • Can off-site construction deliver on its promise?
    • Resource 2015: Circular Economy Challenges
    • Celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight 2015
    • WWF Living Planet Report - Businesses are part of the solution
    • Relationships matter: Fairtrade coffee in Ethiopia
    • The legacy of Cheshire Oaks
    • Our first community room
    • A new era of collaboration?
    • Successful in-market trial demonstrates the closed loop potential for CPET trays
    • Earth Hour - Lights, Camera, Action
    • Our differences make us stronger
    • Enhancing young lives, every day
    • Celebrating 30 Years of New Fashioned Banking
    • Our Approach to Sourcing
    • The Times Top 50 Employers for Women: we made it again!
    • M&S supports the VE 70th Anniversary
    • Big Beach and Waterway Clean-up 7-13 May 2015
    • Power to the people: Making Energy Matter
    • Valuing the future
    • M&S Inspiring Women Network with Katie Piper
    • Insight into Sand Bay’s Big Beach Clean-Up
    • Reflections on Business Climate Summit, Paris May 2015
    • Visit a farm on 7th June!
    • Reflections on Plan A Progress
    • Plan A: Being Transparent to be Credible
    • World Oceans Day 2015
    • Shwop & Sew Lab – Bristolians, give your clothes a second life!
    • New from old: Rebuilding a Kenyan packing operation from recycled materials!
    • Westminster Academy Mentoring Scheme
    • Dame Kelly Holmes shows us what it takes to go the distance!
    • Big Beach Clean-up 2015: The Results
    • Let’s not just talk about the weather
    • M&S support for high street regeneration
    • Supporting our communities with M&S Energy
    • Water, water everywhere! Ensuring the well doesn’t run dry
    • Macmillan and M&S – working together in local communities
      • Small project big difference
    • Fair milk prices!
    • Finding the Feel-good Factor
    • Carrier Bag Charge
    • Doing Good with Surplus Food
    • The Asian Women of Achievement Awards
    • Announcing the winners of the M&S Energy Community Energy Fund
    • The Royal British Legion's Poppy Collection partnership with M&S
    • Climate change – the case for business action
    • Business fully supports the rapid shift to a low-carbon economy
    • Life of a Plan A Champion
    • 2016 Predictions
    • EU Discard Ban
    • Who are the Twitterati that inspire the Plan A Team?
    • On the road to carbon reduction
    • The M&S Christmas Card Recycling Scheme
    • Sustainable Cotton: WWF & Marks and Spencer report from the field
    • M & S PARTNERSHIP WITH SHELTER - RAISING £8 MILLION!
    • M&S leads in global animal welfare benchmark
    • What are the major agricultural themes in 2016?
    • Buying in to Fairtrade
    • Barrow Monkey and the power of Yammer
    • International Women’s Day at M&S
    • Innovation takes centre stage
    • World Water Day - The power of water!
    • Tomato Innovation - greener energy for the Isle of Wight
    • M&S Energy visit 2015 Community fund winners!
    • Pioneering Best Practice in the Fishing Industry
    • Life at the “Big Fridge”
    • M&S and Breast Cancer Now celebrate partnership!
    • Celebrating our M&S Energy Community Energy Fund Winners
    • Reducing food waste - ACS Hillingdon School visit
    • WhatsApp? Join our School Leavers Programme #recruitment #talent
    • World Oceans Day - What is M&S doing to protect our Oceans?
    • Solar share offer raises the roof
    • Claire Hughes on health and wellbeing: blog 1
    • Be Yourself – LGBT+ @ M&S
    • Celebrating M&S support for #lovefoodhatewaste
    • M&S given green light to trial frozen food redistribution
    • Blog 2: What’s all the fuss about Vitamin D?
    • New 'Easy dressing' range in conjunction with The National Autistic Society
    • RESPONSIBLY SOURCED RED GROUSE
    • Giant starfish spotted on Swansea Beach!
    • Sand Bay Big Beach Clean
    • ADDRESSING OBESITY AND HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES
    • M&S Pedal to Paris for The Royal British Legion
    • Reducing antibiotic use in agriculture
    • Essex Region - the Pride of M&S
    • LOCHMUIR SALMON – 10 YEARS OF BEING RICH IN OMEGA 3
    • Nature – the world's most productive factory – is under threat
    • Announcing the ‘M&S Energy Community Energy Fund’ 2016 Judge’s Prize Winners
    • Postcard from a Summer of Solar
    • Committed to free range eggs
    • Stand up for Human Rights
    • The Big Innovation Pitch is back!
    • FREE RANGE LABELLING
    • M&S is on a sustainable journey with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
    • Does "clean eating" equal healthy eating?
    • Securing the Future for Trees and Woods
    • Acrylamide – what’s all the fuss?
    • Using fewer antibiotics in agriculture
    • Allergies and Intolerances – fact or fiction?
    • Recognition for our leading approach to farm animal welfare
    • Don’t just be a Colleague, be a Buddy
    • Is 5 a day enough?
    • Gender equality - time for change
    • #AccessDay - Access all Areas, Access for All
    • Is a Gluten Free diet unhealthy?
    • Now there is even more reason for business to stand up for Human rights
    • Our pitch to make innovation the ‘new normal’
    • Cutting Back on Salt
    • Join us in Making Earth Hour Matter
    • M&S DAIRY FARMS: NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO CUT & RUN
    • Introducing Skin Kind - a stylish solution for allergy concerns
    • Join the Gluten Freevolution
    • Adding Chilled Food To Our Food Surplus Scheme
    • A year on from our first report, M&S is even more committed to standing up for Human Rights and helping to eradicate modern slavery
    • M&S and National Grid: a successful partnership for Demand Side Response
    • Plant Based Diets
    • Making Every Moment Special in the Community - Northern Ireland
    • Quality Uniform for Quality Kids
    • Helping our local communities by doing more with our surplus food and waste
    • Learning to Earning
    • M&S looks to innovative solutions in denim, for a more positive environmental impact
    • World Water Week – Our Water Stewardship Journey
    • RSPCA ASSURED DAIRY FARMS
    • M&S CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • Connecting with our Past
    • Working together to beat breast cancer
    • The best job in the world…
    • Business can help take the stigma out of mental health
    • Introducing the Men’s ‘Shwop Suit’
    • Our Ocean Conference in Malta 
    • There is no place for modern slavery in any business
    • Why we’ve joined the call to action on the Cerrado
    • The 2017 World Cocoa Foundation’s annual partnership meeting – collaboration, investing in standards and building capacity
    • Celebrating 8 years of fundraising for the Royal British Legion
    • ‘Momentum for Change’ for carbon reduction
    • One step closer to a renewable UK
    • M&S, Paddington and NSPCC – Christmas 2017
    • Collectively: how 100 ‘intrapreneurs’ are hoping to inspire big business to tackle inequality
    • Protecting our oceans in 2017: Blue Planet II, Sky Ocean Rescue and fewer plastic bags
    • Health blog: diet and cancer – what’s the latest evidence?
    • M&S continue 12-year tradition to support Shelter at Christmas
    • How M&S Energy is helping us keep the lights on and the kettle boiling this Christmas
    • FULL OF BEANS - Empowering women to help tackle climate change in the coffee industry
    • Sophie's review of Paddington 2
    • Two million meals in time for Christmas
    • Health Blog – What’s hot in health?
    • European Broiler Ask: why M&S has signed up to the new, poultry animal welfare campaign
    • Dry January – is it worth it?
    • The Return of Cottonopolis
    • International Human Rights Conference
    • Happy Fairtrade Fortnight
    • The Revolution Continues – Caring Through Clothing
    • Health impact of processed foods – good or bad?
    • #RedbridgeTogether
    • Using Systems Thinking to make sense of complex real-world sustainability challenges
    • Industry Roundtable On Soy – Working Together To Protect Vulnerable Landscapes
    • M&S develops ‘ideal’ day in the life of retail employees
    • This year Fashion Targets Breast Cancer and M&S are making a statement against breast cancer. This is the call for our campaign
    • When it comes to beef – British is best
    • Acting on Plastic
    • 134 years of history, 70,000 historic objects, 1 nationally accredited retail archive
    • Let’s Mush with M&S
    • Reducing calories in our indulgent categories
    • Volunteering for businesses: how an innovative approach can unlock the potential of a busy workforce
    • Human Rights: it’s time to move faster and collaborate more
    • World Oceans Day: why we’ve backed the Responsible Fishing Scheme and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative
    • The Autumn Winter 18 Marks & Spencer Press Show
    • Sourcing cotton responsibly for our range of babywear
    • An Iconic Design Reimagined for the RAF’s Centenary
    • New, essential reading for clothing brands, and retailers - CottonUp, the guide to sourcing sustainable cotton
    • Inspiring, creative and efficient: the Interfilière lingerie Trade Fair in Paris
    • The high street is changing – how can we ensure communities are able to thrive?
    • Meet The Winners Of The New-Look M&S Energy Community Energy Fund
    • Get in on the Act – Fun at the #Fringe
    • My role in the digital transformation: Mobile, Pay, Go
    • Celebrating 100 Years of Serving Scotland
    • Unveiling a new twist to the Pride of M&S Awards
    • Back to School with BackCare
    • The story behind the waistcoat
    • M&S helps to tackle mental health in Derry~Londonderry through 10 Communities
    • How we get #HomeInspo
    • The Significance Of ‘Responsible Wool Standards’ As M&S Launches First Certified Products
    • Putting Plan A at the heart of our fashion business
    • Putting people at the heart of our businesses
    • A huge thanks to M&S for its invaluable support to Style for Soldiers
    • Protecting our planet: M&S packaging trio named Team of the Year
    • The Veterans Network: Supporting our armed forces
    • How partnering with M&S is helping Power to Change to get even closer to communities
    • Turning Retail Purple
    • Human Rights: We need more collaborative action to gain traction
    • Too much plastic isn’t fantastic
    • Keeping Forests Standing: The Beating Heart of a Sustainable Food System
    • Mobile, Pay, Go: We're enabling more customers to experience the checkout free checkout
    • Celebrating our Award-Winning Virtual Assistant
    • Gender, climate change and youth empowerment: Our collaborative programme sees success for Peruvian coffee growers
    • #standup4humanRights
    • Over five million meals dished out to communities through M&S redistribution scheme
    • Collaboration is key to achieving responsible chemical management
    • Our Plastics Plan: What we’ve achieved in the first four months
    • Sparks Customers Raise £5 million for Charity – all through swiping their Sparks card!
    • Plastic Hackathon: We’ll go faster and further together
    • Responsible Recruitment Week: Why scaling responsible recruitment is vital to tackling food labour shortages and preventing modern slavery
    • Global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare: proud to be recognised again for our leading approach to farm animal welfare
    • A transparent cuppa – mapping our tea and coffee supply chains
    • 12 take outs from M&S Responsible Recruitment week
    • Celebrating IWD: M&S Joins Better Than Cash Alliance
    • Think global but #showthelove locally
    • Water for All: Dialling up collaboration
    • A Circular Economy success story worth hanging around for
    • Consumers’ quest for convenience – embrace digital first or risk getting left behind
    • M&S style inspiration service Tuesday wins Drapers Award
    • New wave of tech start ups helping to put digital innovation at the heart of M&S
    • M&S Celebrates Pride
    • How our love of data made a difference

  • Podcast
    • PODCAST: Series One, Episode One – The cotton challenge
    • The M&S Podcast: Series One, Episode Two: The horsemeat crisis and how it has changed the industry
    • The M&S Podcast: Series One, Episode Three: Responsible business: tackling Modern Day Slavery in supply chains
    • The M&S Podcast: Series One, Episode Four: Empowering ‘intrapreneurs’ within the workforce
    • The M&S Podcast: Series One, Episode Five: David Gandy speaks to M&S
    • Episode 6 of the M&S Podcast: The rise of Vegan Living, Flexitarians and Vegan-Friendly Products

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