LIVING OUR VALUES
Values repOrt 2009
PROgRESS ON RENEwABLE ENERgY SOURCINg
starting with our acquisition of a wind farm in Wales in the 1990s, and continuing with our ‘Choose positive energy’ campaign
in 2001 the body shop has had a heritage of sourcing and advocating renewable energy. We have made great strides over the
last few years in increasing renewable energy sourcing for our administrative sites, warehouses and stores:
all uk administrative sites are now 100% supplied with renewable energy, including sites where we do not directly control
the energy contract.
Our emea region has achieved a significant improvement in renewable energy for stores, increasing supply from 29% to
67%, despite a huge expansion in the number of company stores we operate there.
in the uk we have been able to demonstrate a small increase in the number of stores supplied with renewable energy from
64% to 65%.
elsewhere, we continue to encounter difficulties with increasing our sourcing of renewable energy. in our americas region
the availability of renewable energy is geographically sporadic.
in asia pacific company owned markets we currently have very limited access to renewable energy. We will continue to
monitor the availability in these markets.
We are centralising the purchase of energy, to increase our direct control over energy contracts.
SOURCINg Of RENEwABLE ENERgY IN STORES
70%
EmEA
67%
65% 65%
PERCENTAgE Of STORES ON RENEwABLE TARRIf
64%
Uk
60%
50%
40%
40%
30%
29%
20%
10%
0%
2006 2007 2008
* data for company markets only – excludes franchised stores.
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