John Lewis Partnership and abrdn announce £500m joint venture to build residential rental homes

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new homes across three local communities.  The deal marks a milestone in the Partnership’s plans to use its significant property assets to build much-needed residential homes and diversify our business. The joint venture will help us to reach 10 percent of our ambition to build 10,000 new homes over the next decade.  Within the UK’s growing ‘built-to-rent’ property market, this is a long-term joint venture that brings together abrdn’s experience…

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The John Lewis Partnership unveils the winners of its £1m Circular Future Fund

Expandable and recyclable children’s shoes, a game-changing period service the use of new CO2 technology to separate dyes from polyester to enable recycling, and a ‘lend and mend’ scheme in Scotland are the four trailblazing projects that have been awarded a share of the John Lewis Partnership’s £1m Circular Future Fund.  In addition to the much needed funds to develop each winner’s projects, the environmental charity Hubbub will measure the impact of the grants. The million pound challenge was launched in November 2021 to find scalable projects with an alternative…

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The John Lewis Partnership launches The Circular Future Fund The Million Pound Challenge 

The John Lewis Partnership launches The Circular Future Fund, an initiative that will award a total of one million pounds, over one year, to projects that demonstrate trailblazing, scalable innovations that can accelerate the transition towards a more circular economy.    We are partnering once again with environmental charity Hubbub to support the chosen projects and measure the impact of the grants.   We’re looking for innovators with a pioneering new approach to challenge the outdated ‘make…use…throw away’ model.  Whether it’s rethinking waste with new products or materials, finding creative ways to shift consumer mindsets…

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The John Lewis Partnership enters the Race to Zero, supporting the transition to a decarbonised economy

The John Lewis Partnership has joined a leading group of businesses that have signed up to the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C and also joined UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign.  To mitigate some of the worst climate impacts and prevent a state of irreversible damage to societies, economies and the natural world, it’s essential that we hold temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This means halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Marija Rompani, Director of Sustainability & Ethics at the John Lewis Partnership,…

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The John Lewis Partnership will donate four million healthy snacks to help feed children and families in need this summer

With up to three million children at risk of going hungry over the school holidays, the John Lewis Partnership has unveiled a number of initiatives to help families in need this summer. Specifically, they will be: Working with FareShare and Waitrose farmers and suppliers to provide 4 million healthy snacks over the summer to more than 3000 charities and local organisations across the UK, many of which will be part of the government’s Holiday Activities and Food Programme. Making an annual donation of £200k to the Trussell Trust, which will…

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