Tag: John Lewis Partnership

JLP launches national effort to help care-experienced people into work

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership is announcing a new plan to support young people leaving the care system – a community too often overlooked by employers – to find meaningful jobs.   This forms part of the Partnership’s long term ambition to become the employer of choice for young people who are care experienced, and is even more important in a cost of living crisis and with so many businesses facing recruitment challenges.  There are over 108,000 children in care across the UK today – in local authority care or foster homes…

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Womenswear fashion rental launches at John Lewis

Stuart Mitchell

The UK buys more clothes per person than any other country in Europe, and the wider fashion industry accounts for 8-10% of annual global carbon emissions. As a retailer, we need to provide our consumers with a more sustainable solution. This is why John Lewis Fashion Rental was created. John Lewis Fashion Rental is a new platform that will be the home of our womenswear rental collection, launching 3rd October powered by HURR, an established womenswear rental brand. Hosting over 25 incredibly stylish brands from Olivia Rubin, O Pioneers, &…

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John Lewis Partnership announces partnership with WWF

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has announced plans to partner with global environmental charity WWF to showcase how people and nature restoration can work together for a sustainable future. The collaboration will see the John Lewis Partnership and WWF working together to protect and restore nature in the UK and globally, with two nature conservation projects planned for East Anglia and India.   The two projects will take place over a three and five year period respectively, which will enable us to create a long lasting legacy and meaningful benefit to…

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The UK needs Biodiversity, not bio-reversity

Stuart Mitchell

As the country’s direction for environmental policy continues to make headlines, the John Lewis Partnership has doubled down on its pledges to protect and restore nature with a new plan for nature. This includes a range of new commitments and initiatives to significantly reduce the impact of Waitrose and John Lewis’s commercial activity on the natural world. Leading climate experts estimate that to limit global warming to the recommended 1.5°C, global greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025, and be reduced by 43% by *2030. Achieving this requires a fundamental…

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John Lewis Partnership Awarded Menopause Friendly Employer Accreditation

Stuart Mitchell

The Menopause Friendly’s independent panel of experts has awarded the John Lewis Partnership Menopause Friendly Employer accreditation for creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels able to talk about the menopause and women are given the support they need. For far too long the menopause has been a taboo subject in society. We want to create a level playing field, so that the menopause doesn’t hold women back at an age when many are at the peak of their career. To achieve this we’re creating an environment in which women…

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