| Establish CR strategy and management structure
for the newly formed Home Retail Group |
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New management structure has been developed and
implemented. |
CR
management arrangements |
| Reduce carrier bag consumption by 15% (fy 2006) |
Ongoing |
The number of bags used by the business has initially
been reduced by 5%. The reduction initiative was introduced in our
stores in November 2006 so has not yet produced a full year of results.
It continues to be promoted with customers. |
Minimising
packaging |
| Attain ISO14001 status for two DCs per annum |
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Three DC’s have obtained ISO140001 accreditation. |
Environment |
| Offer catalogue recycling facilities to customers |
|
Catalogue recycling facilities are available nationwide
in Argos stores |
Being a responsible
catalogue retailer |
Save 2% in energy use (KWh/sq ft) in FY 2007
|
|
A reduction in excess of the target was achieved
of an over 8 % per sq ft saving during the first three quarters
of the financial year. This was driven in part by the unseasonably
warm weather during the winter.
|
Buildings
|
| Achieve at least 10% green power in FY 2007 |
|
28% of the electricity bought by Home Retail
Group is from renewable sources. |
Buildings
|
| Argos aims to raise £1m over two years for
Help the Hospices ( 05-07) |
|
Argos staff have raised more than £1 million
for the hospice movement and this figure is forecasted to be £1.2m
by the end of our partnership |
Charitable partnerships |
| Homebase aims to raise £500,000 over two
years for Marie Curie Cancer Care (06-08) |
Ongoing |
In the first five months the partnership has raised
approximately £280,000 |
Charitable partnerships |
| Home Retail Group aims to raise payroll giving
participation to over 10% and offers employees the opportunity to
increase donations each year by 3% |
Ongoing |
Argos has achieved the target, with Homebase reaching
8% to date. |
Other
community investment |
| Develop organisation structures and career pathways
in the new Group to support the Group’s strategy for growth |
Ongoing
|
We are committed to developing management talent
and currently run several major programmes for employees identified
with high potential – including one being run in conjunction
with Manchester Business School who run the Retail MBA programme
in the UK. |
Induction, training
and developing management talent |
| Improve Heath and Safety reporting mechanisms across
the Group |
|
We have launched our ‘Simply Safer’
campaign to draw together best practice across the Group and developed
straightforward, simple working procedures. This includes accident
reporting. |
Health & safety
and Well being |
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