HOw ARE wE REDUCINg OUR ImPACT
ON THE ENvIRONmENT?
70% of our Love Your Body™ OUR mISSION STATEmENT SAYS THAT
wE wILL “COURAgEOUSLY ENSURE
card members surveyed said THAT OUR BUSINESS IS ECOLOgICALLY
that they are ‘very concerned’ SUSTAINABLE, mEETINg THE
about climate change. NEEDS Of THE PRESENT wITHOUT
COmPROmISINg THE fUTURE.”
CLImATE CHANgE
Climate Change is one of the biggest environmental challenges the world has ever faced. We believe that, as a global retailer
we have a role to play in arresting the alarming rise in CO2 emissions and subsequent contribution to climate change. the
body shop took its first step in addressing climate change in 2001, when a joint campaign run in partnership with greenpeace
international helped highlight the importance of renewable energy in the fight against global warming.
‘CARBON NEUTRAL’
We made a commitment in 2006 to become a ‘carbon neutral retailer’ by 2010. Our intention was to ensure that we reduced
our emissions, and made every effort to source renewable energy wherever it was available. We only intended to use offsetting
as a last resort, and adopted very strict standards to ensure that we only invested in high quality offset projects.
since 2006 the climate change debate has moved on considerably and we have experienced uncertainty in the minds of our
customers and stakeholders as to the true meaning of the expression ‘carbon neutral.’ in line with our strong heritage of setting
the pace in environmental improvements, we have reviewed the carbon neutral target and will be placing more emphasis on
setting progressive targets for reductions in energy use across all sites. We have learned that ‘point in time’ targets without
critical milestones and audits along the way do not adequately reflect the need for significant carbon reductions.
to respond to this, we will be launching our own “smart” targets for annual reductions in carbon emissions. We will engage with
external stakeholders to audit and verify our targets on an annual basis. this will mean that we are in a position to continually
realign our reductions targets to best scientific thinking and set appropriately stretching targets for the business, through to 2015.
UPDATE ON PROgRESS
wHAT wE SAID wE wOULD DO wHAT wE DID
30% reduction in store carbon emissions by year end 2008 renewable sourcing increased in emea and uk
We are unable to demonstrate a 30% reduction across
our entire store estate
90% of car fleet to be hybrid vehicles by year-end 2008 93% of car fleet is hybrid
Carbon neutral retailer by 2010 CO2 emissions have reduced in some areas
renewable sourcing has grown in emea and uk
all air travel offset all air travel was offset in 2007 and will be for 2008
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