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J Sainsbury plc's objective is to meet its customers' needs effectively and thereby provide shareholders with good, sustainable financial returns. It aims to ensure all employees have opportunities to develop their abilities and are well rewarded for their contribution to the success of the business. Its policy is to work with all of its suppliers fairly, recognising the mutual benefit of satisfying customers' needs. It also aims to fulfil its responsibilities to the communities and environments in which it operates.
Environmental responsibility is one of the key elements of the Group's approach to corporate social responsibility. J Sainsbury plc seeks to control its direct impacts by responsible management of energy consumption, waste management and by seeking to reduce the environmental impacts of its own-brand products. In addition, it recognises that food retailing is responsible for many indirect impacts on the environment. Where the company cannot control these directly, it seeks to use its influence to help bring about improvement.
It is natural for J Sainsbury plc, established in 1869, to recognise that there is concern about the wider and longer-term issues of sustainable development. Sustainable development is defined by the Brundtland Commission in 1987 as: 'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs'.
The UK Government refined this definition in 2001 in its sustainable development strategy as ensuring 'a better quality of life for everyone now and for generations to come.'
This means:
Protection of the environment. Limiting global environmental impacts, such as climate change; protecting human health and safety from hazards such as poor air quality and excessive pesticides; protecting wildlife and landscapes;
Prudent use of natural resource. Using natural resources more efficiently whilst developing renewable alternatives to replace them in due course;
J Sainsbury plc will endeavour to enhance its environmental programme with increasingly sustainable principles and use natural resources prudently in its initiatives and environmental management programme of continuous improvement. It will continue to report progress on these in its Environment Reports.