M&S claims it’s the first major UK retailer to become carbon neutral.
In a new report, the company’s Plan A sustainability strategy is said to have netted £105 million in 2011, a £35 million rise on 2010's figures, and 100 per cent of all M&S waste is now recycled.
Currently over 30 per cent of M&S products - worth £3 billion - come under the Plan A programme, in that they are Fairtrade, organic or made from recycled material. M&S also claim the volume of Fairtrade-branded food in stores has increased by 88 per cent since 2007.
Marc Bolland, chief executive, Marks & Spencer said: “I am proud of what we've achieved. We now have a better, greener and more ethical Marks & Spencer. We remain as committed to Plan A as we have ever been as it is an essential part of our DNA and fundamental to our plans to become an international, multi-channel retailer."
M&S says it has reduced annual carbon dioxide emissions by 158,000 tonnes since 2006/07, despite an 18 per cent growth in sales floor footage across the UK.
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