Tag: John Lewis Partnership

John Lewis Partnership offers paid leave to all foster carers

Stuart Mitchell

During this years Foster Care Fortnight, the John Lewis Partnership announced that it will offer additional paid leave to all new foster carers within its businesses (John Lewis and Waitrose) – furthering its commitment to support care experienced people.  The retailer has also become the largest organisation to receive Fostering Friendly accreditation via the Fostering Network. The accolade acknowledges the Partnership as a Fostering Friendly employer just a few months after launching its Building Happier Futures programme to support the care experienced community, and its viral Christmas ad featuring new…

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Tackling the nature and climate crises is the biggest business opportunity this century, say industry leaders

Stuart Mitchell

Business leaders including Deborah Meaden and leaders from NatWest, John Lewis Partnership and the Financial Conduct Authority, are joining the UK’s three leading nature charities WWF, RSPB and National Trust to urge all businesses to act now to tackle the nature and climate crises. Nature is the foundation of the systems that allow businesses to function, yet the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. Nature loss and climate change are resulting in ecological breakdown at an unprecedented level, creating risks to businesses from supply…

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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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