Tag: Marks & Spencer

M&S Removes Over 5 Million Units Of Plastic From Its Men’s Essentials Range

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it has moved to paper packaging across its men’s essentials range, removing almost 5.5 million units of plastic from its Clothing & Home business over the next 12 months. All of M&S’ men’s socks, as well as men’s woven pyjama sets, and almost 40% of men’s underwear lines are now available in FSC-approved paper packaging with paper hooks, which can be easily recycled at home. With 1 in 5 men in the UK purchasing their underwear and nightwear from M&S, the retailer is focused on…

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Over 100 Million Meals Donated To Local Good Causes Through M&S Food And Neighbourly

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer colleagues work closely with Neighbourly charity partners to redistribute surplus food from store, supporting over 4.7 million individuals. Over 3,000 local charities and community organisations across the UK provide M&S meal donations to support the community, including families in need, young people, and those with disabilities. Around 98% of M&S stores support a local good cause each week, with many stores partnering with at least two charities or community organisations. For example, at M&S’ Clapham Junction store surplus food is donated to Ace of Clubs, a day…

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Marks & Spencer Raises Over £155k For Prostate Cancer UK After Teaming Up With Olympic Champion Sir Chris Hoy

Stuart Mitchell

Thanks to the incredible support from customers and colleagues, Marks & Spencer has raised over £155,000 for Prostate Cancer UK as part of campaign to encourage more men to get checked for prostate cancer, as it sells over 40,000 packs of Autograph pants. In February, M&S announced it had teamed up with Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and Prostate Cancer UK to encourage more men to take ‘a brief check’ for prostate cancer. The six-week campaign saw M&S leverage its UK market leading position in men’s underwear, along with its…

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M&S Launches Young Designer Competition With Youngminds To Support Young People’s Mental Health

Stuart Mitchell

M&S and YoungMinds have announced a competition for young people to create a winning design for this year’s M&S and YoungMinds Hello Yellow kidswear collection. Hello Yellow marks World Mental Health Day on 10th October. Every year for Hello Yellow, YoungMinds calls on teachers, pupils, parents and colleagues to wear yellow on the day, to show young people that they are not alone with their mental health. Spearheaded by M&S x YoungMinds Partnership Ambassador and mum Rochelle Humes, this Children’s Mental Health Week, the competition invites young people across the UK…

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M&S Drives Carbon Reductions With Its First Autonomous Field Trial

Stuart Mitchell

M&S has announced the initial results from first retailer run ‘autonomous field’ trial, which will see the retailer selling lower carbon parsnips later this year.  the first retailer to farm and sell a lower carbon vegetable following an ‘autonomous field’ trial.   In partnership with long-term supplier, Huntapac, the first fully autonomously farmed parsnips will be available in selected M&S stores this November. To create these lower carbon parsnips, the team has brought together all the latest technology to farm with a significantly lower environmental impact. The technology includes two robots…

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