Tag: Marks & Spencer

M&S pioneers new mental health training to help colleagues support young people

Stuart Mitchell

During last month’s Children’s Mental Health Week (5-11th February 2024), M&S launched a new and unique Trusted Adult training to help its 65,000 colleagues learn more about how to support the young people in their lives. The online voluntary training has been created as part of the retailer’s partnership with leading mental health charity for young people, YoungMinds. Through the training, colleagues will develop skills and understanding to support them in having conversations with young people around how they are feeling and help prevent them from reaching the point of…

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M&S expands popular ‘Refilled’ scheme to 25 stores across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it is expanding its popular ‘Refilled’ scheme, in partnership with Reposit, on own-brand cleaning and laundry products, as part of its commitment to reduce and remove plastic packaging, and offer customers more sustainable choices. Following a successful trial in six stores last year*, the scheme will roll out in a further 19 M&S stores across the UK** including Liverpool One, which opened at the end of last year – bringing the total number to 25. M&S ‘Refilled’ allows customers to choose from 10 pre-filled, own-brand…

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M&S removes over 4 million units of plastic packaging in Cafes across UK

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has introduced new recyclable paper packaging across its range of sandwiches and toasties available in all M&S Cafés across the UK. From this month, the entire range of M&S’ Café sandwiches and toasties will be available in easy to recycle FSC approved cardboard or paper packaging which uses 79% less plastic – but doesn’t compromise quality or customer selection. The small window allows customers to see the product inside but is accepted by recyclers to be recycled with paper in the paper waste stream. With over 300…

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M&S Food donates over 70 million meals to local good causes through Neighbourly

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it has donated 70 million meals to local charities with long-standing food redistribution partner Neighbourly. Since the launch of the surplus partnership in 2015, M&S have been working with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food from store, which is too good to waste, to more than 3,000 local charities and community organisations. To date, the partnership has supported over 4.5 million individuals, with meal donations supporting families in need, young people and those with disabilities. Designed to tackle food waste in M&S’ stores, the partnership with…

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Cross-sector partnership launches “game changing” reuse project to tackle single-use packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Reposit, in partnership with City to Sea, Marks & Spencer and Ecover, have recently announced the launch of a “game changing” reuse project. The new project will demonstrate a commercially, operationally and environmentally scalable reuse platform to help accelerate the transition from single-use packaging to reuse. The project is supported by UK Research & Innovation’s (UKRI) Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Fund.  The new buy anywhere, return anywhere, full reuse platform works across brands, categories and retailers and will include testing prefilled products in returnable packaging on a commercial scale. The…

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