1. Plan A - Doing
the right thing
Beulah Keane
Sustainable Construction
Project Manager
Marks and Spencer
2. What have we already achieved?
Through Plan A we have:
Made a real difference to
the issues we tackle
Engaged customers
Motivated our people
Stimulated innovation
Sti l t d i ti
Opened up new markets
Mitigated risk
Delivered financial return
3. A future store that:
Is zero embodied carbon in
construction
Is made from 100% recycled
material
Is 100% recyclable when
y
refurbished or no longer
needed
Has
H a net positive
t iti
biodiversity impact
Is resilient to climate change
by being net water positive
Brings new benefits to the
communities we serve
8. “Right now, the urgent issue is water, not global
warming, and we cannot afford to ignore it any
longer
longer”
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe – Chairman o Nestlé
ete abec et at e C a a of est é
9. • Each Briton uses about 150 litres per day,
however the embedded water consumption per
h h b dd d i
person is over 3400 litres every day
• 1.2 billion litres of water are flushed needlessly
away every day in the UK.UK
• London is drier than Istanbul, South East England
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has less water than the Sudan or Syria.
16. What we still need to do…
• Continue the search for an industry accepted
methodology
• Engage our supply chain, and address possible
mitigation routes
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• Further investigate the connection between water
and carbon
• Create a Water Strategy for our construction
process
• S l up water measurement i stores
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• Extend the scope to include fit out materials
