Marks & Spencer Target Climate Change

British Retailer Marks & Spencer have launched campaign calling for action on climate change at the Copenhagen summit in December.

The campaign is part of their Plan A website, which launched in 2007 with 100 commitments to achieve within 5 years. Targets include combating climate change, reducing waste, the use of sustainable materials, ethical trade and helping customers lead healthier lifestyles.

Part of the new climate change campaign includes a virtual patchwork quilt, where users can each design and add their own patch and the final piece will be presented to downing street shortly before the Copenhagen Climate change Conference.

M&S, perhaps best known for their lingerie and Christmas hampers, have pledged to make all their UK & Irish operations carbon neutral by 2012, aiming to rely entirely on renewable energy and resorting to carbon offsetting only as a last resort. They are also tackling the issue of Un-sustainability and Over-consumption head on, promoting people to recycle old furniture and electricals. They are also transforming the way they source their food, moving all their duck, turkey and geese to free range farming and have also introduced clothing ranges made from organic linen and cotton.

“Copenhagen is a unique opportunity to do the right thing. Doing nothing is not an option” Executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose claims.

We’re doing this because it’s what you want us to do. It’s also the right thing to do. We’re calling it Plan A because we believe it’s now the only way to do business. There is no Plan B.