M&S calls for 'Your Green Ideas'
The winning entrant will receive £100,000 to spend on a green initiative at an organisation of their choice
Marks & Spencer has called on customers to submit eco suggestions as part of a new Your Green Ideas competition to develop the retailer's next environmentally friendly shopping initiative.
The high street supermarket giant announced the eco-conscious competition as part of its Plan A programme, which aims to establish the firm as the world's most sustainable retailer by 2015.
M&S said the competition would give shoppers a unique opportunity to be at the heart of the next big environmentally conscious initiative, which will be rolled out at all 2,000 stores, reaching 21 million customers in the process.
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Sir Stuart Rose, M&S chairman, said: "We've had some great, green ideas since we launched Plan A just over three years ago. With our customers' help we've recycled four million garments through our Oxfam Clothing Exchange and saved over 600 million food bags through carrier bag charging.
"Now we want everyone to get even more involved, not only by submitting ideas for greens actions but also by voting to decide which one M&S will implement."
The winning idea will be whittled down from the thousands of entries expected to be received by M&S. The winner will receive a £100,000 green fund that can be put towards a green initiative at a local school, business or charity of their choice.
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A huge volume of food goes to waste as it reaches its sell by date. This waste is at the expense of the environmental costs incurred in food production and distribution. These costs can be minimised by extending the life of the produce. The way to acheive this is through the recycling of raw food to either local food banks or by establishing M &S's own food bank within each store / region, where charity organisations can collect the ingredients / produce for their soup kitchens etc. Through cooking 'out of date' produce we can ensure an extension of their useful life. No doubt this measure will reap three pronged benefits: economic, social and environmental. This will definitely add another dimention to M&S's CSR
A huge volume of food goes to waste as it reaches its sell by date. This waste is at the expense of the environmental costs incurred in food production and distribution. These costs can be minimised by extending the life of the produce. The way to acheive this is through the recycling of raw food to either local food banks or by establishing M &S's own food bank within each store / region, where charity organisations can collect the ingredients / produce for their soup kitchens etc. Through cooking 'out of date' produce we can ensure an extension of their useful life. No doubt this measure will reap three pronged benefits: economic, social and environmental. This will definitely add another dimention to M&S's CSR.
Hi
I know its been done before but I really like food in jars and it always feels bad to discard them after use.
Can I bring them back to you for recycling and reusing-milk bottle style?
Hi why not stop putting your food packets/trays etc in additional cardboard sleaves. you could print the cooking instuciions etc.onto recycled sticky plastic labels which can be attched at the same stage at which the carboard sleaves are now attached.