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Our progress

Keeping clean and green

Highlights

87%of waste from the business recycled

20%reduction in all packaging from own brand and direct sourced products

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Shopping for tomorrow

Highlights

55%of customers taking delivery of large appliances return the packaging for recycling

100%all our televisions meet the latest energy efficient standards

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Sourcing with care

Highlights

100%of direct source and direct import factories completed ethical audits this year

100%of all Argos own-brand cosmetics meet the BUAV Humane Cosmetics Standard

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Building a great place to work

Highlights

94%of colleagues completed the annual colleague opinion survey, with 75% feeling 'engaged' with the business

35stores are piloting our Eco-Schools volunteering programme in partnership with Keep Britain Tidy

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Being a good neighbour

Highlights

700small charities benefited from our stock donation to InKind Direct

£2mraised by colleagues and customers for charitable causes

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Case studies

1

Waste not want not

We have reduced the Group’s landfill waste by a massive 85% over the last five years and increased the amount of waste recycled by over 50% in the same period.

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2

Make a house an eco home

We’ve given customers a big ECO boost with expert advice through ‘eco home’ displays that instantly show them how they can use our products to save energy.

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3

Wood you believe

Over 91% of our wood and paper products are sourced from the FSC, PEFC, or other certified sources.

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4

Kitchen teams are City and Thrilled

Homebase kitchen showroom teams are serving up even better service after completing a City & Guilds kitchen planning course.

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5

A skate way to raise money

Area Manager, Mark Vebrugge, skated, rode and hitched lifts to support our charity partner, Teenage Cancer Trust.

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What do you think?

Which of the following is the most important of our environmental initiatives?

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"Total voters : 266"