Sustainability

Creating a more inclusive M&S

At M&S, we want everyone who comes through our doors – whether customers or colleagues – to feel they can belong. We know that our business is built on our fantastic people and so we’re focusing on creating an inclusive culture where everyone, no matter their beliefs, backgrounds, or perspectives, can bring their full selves to work each and every day.

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Our approach to sustainable fashion

At M&S, quality is at the heart of everything we do. We make our clothes to last, using materials that have been sourced with care – so our customers can look good, feel good and do good.

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Ethically Made, Trusted Value

When you shop with M&S you can be confident of our robust approach to sustainable fashion: we source with care so nothing we make goes to waste, we protect the planet for tomorrow and we operate as a retailer where everyone can belong and get on. As part of this we value the people who make our clothes—we know we’re only as strong as the communities where we operate.

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Protecting our forests

Forests are a vitally important ecosystem – they regulate our climate, protect water supplies and provide a home for people, plants and animals. Yet it’s believed that half the world’s forests have already been cut down and deforestation is continuing at a rapid rate.

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Our plastics plan

At M&S, we’re finding new and innovative ways to reduce our use of plastic and we’re helping our customers to reuse and recycle too.

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Our animal welfare standards

Whether it’s the milk in your morning coffee, your lunchtime egg sandwich or your roast dinner, we want our customers to be confident that M&S food has been produced to the highest standards of animal welfare.

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Our action on climate change

Climate change affects all of us – from every M&S customer to all the workers in our supply chain. It’s an issue we take very seriously.

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Cotton with a heart

We care about cotton. We’re proud to work with the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), WWF and others to support sustainable cotton practices that are better for farmers and the planet.

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From field to fork – our farming standards

From scrambled eggs at breakfast, to your lunchtime salad and roast dinner, you can be confident that the food you buy from M&S has been sourced from farmers we know and trust.

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Our stance on palm oil

Palm oil is the world’s most popular vegetable oil but is often linked to destruction of precious tropical forests.

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Our food waste approach

We're proud of our quality, fresh food and believe it's just too good to be wasted. That’s why we’ve set ambitious targets to tackle food waste across M&S, from our supply chain to our customers' homes.

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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.

Creating a more inclusive M&S

Our approach to sustainable fashion

Ethically Made, Trusted Value

Protecting our forests

Our plastics plan

Our animal welfare standards

Our action on climate change

Cotton with a heart

From field to fork – our farming standards

Our stance on palm oil

Our food waste approach