Sustainability Initiatives for Mark and Spencer: Importance, Benefits, and Future Developments

This report discusses sustainability initiatives for Mark and Spencer, including reducing waste, diversity, and low impact economic development. It also justifies the importance of adopting sustainability strategies and the potential benefits of doing so. The report suggests the 'Going Green' initiative for Mark and Spencer and discusses its benefits and costs. Finally, it proposes a future sustainability initiative of solar glass.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................3
Name of the chosen organisation and its services and product.....................................................3
Subject of the sustainability describing the initiatives of good practices and who are known to
be exemplary practitioners............................................................................................................3
Justification to adopt the sustainability strategy and their importance for the organization and
environment...................................................................................................................................4
Potential benefit of the adoption and effect of not adopting.........................................................6
Sustainable initiatives for chosen organisation to adopt and reason to adopt that initiative.........7
Benefit to organisation of adopting the initiative and what type of the cost company would have
to meet that initiative.....................................................................................................................7
One sustainability initiatives that might develop in future............................................................8
CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Environmental sustainability include decision making and action taken which are in the
interest to protect natural world, with specific emphasis on preserving environmental capability to
support human life. Environmental sustainability is all about to make responsible decisions or
actions that will minimise the business's negative effect on the environment (Abeydeera, Kearins
and Tregidga, 2022). This is not only about reducing amount of the waste company produce or
utilising less energy, but is is mainly concerned with the development process that will lead to
organisation become totally sustainable in future. Company chosen in this report is Mark and
Spencer, which is a public limited firm in retail industry. It was founded by the Michael Marks
and Thomas Spencer in 1884. this report will be based on the good practices of the sustainability
initiatives, importance to the sustainability to the organisation and environment, benefit of
adopting initiative and cost to meet these initiatives.
Name of the chosen organisation and its services and product
The organisation chosen in this report is Mark and Spencer. Recently and it is a British
multinational retailer. It has around 950 stores in UK. Respective company provide various
product and services including food product, clothings, online food deliver services, home and
bank and services at local and international levels.
Subject of the sustainability describing the initiatives of good practices and who are known to be
exemplary practitioners
According to the Brundtland (1987), Sustainability is considered as societal objective
with three pillars or dimension including social, economic and environmental. There are various
sustainability initiatives which are taken by the organisation. Certain of these initiatives are
mentioned below:
 Reduce wastage- Most effective way for reducing the waste is to not create it in first
place. Then making a new product or service emit greenhouse gases which contribute to
the climate changes and that required a lot of the energy, material- raw material should be
extracted from earth, and the company's product should be fabricated then transported to
wherever it will be sold (Guillot‐Soulez, Saint‐Onge and Soulez, 2022). Therefore, as a

result, reuse and reduction are most effective methods through which company can save
the natural resources, save money and protect the environment.
Exemplary practitioner- For more than the 20 years now, Johnson and Johnson has take a lead in
the manufacturing personal care product which are environmentally responsible. Respective
company also has an initiatives to reduce waste in the course of distribution and manufacturing
through use of the sustainable product or services and packaging methods where it possible.
 Diversity- It is a social sustainability initiatives. Diversity sustainability is a new
collaborative programs of the work with a vision to transform the diversity within
sustainability profession or wider environment sector (Harrison, 2022). Its overall aim is
to build an effective profession and sector that reflect, connection and transparency.
Exemplary practitioner- In Tesco, everyone is treated very fairly and with a respect, by valuing
uniqueness and individuality they crease a sense of the belonging. The diversity has always been
at the Tesco's heart. It embedded in company's value: they treat individual how they want to be
treated.
 Low impact economic development- In this sustainability initiatives, company invest
their money and time in a sustainable business in order to create waste free world. It is
significant to shift concentration of the capital and momentum for country's future
economy.
Exemplary practitioner- Tesco has revealed its plan to launch a voluntary sustainability linked
supply chain finance program.
Justification to adopt the sustainability strategy and their importance for the organization and
environment
The sustainability is progressively becoming a necessity for the corporation due to the
changing perspective around this world. Sustainability initiatives is becoming more critical for the
organisation to address a gap between the knowing and doing by embracing the sustainable
business practices. The sustainability initiatives are very significant for the organisational as well
as the environment. Certain of these importance are mentioned below:
Importance for the organisation
 Sustainability improve the organisational brand image and also provide its business with a
competitive advantage.

 Sustainability initiatives make enable the organisation to minimize their cost and enhance
company's productivity without essentially requiring extra resources.
 Sustainability initiatives make sit easy for the organisation to comply with the regulations.

Importance to the environment
 Sustainability maintain health and the bio capacity of the environment.
 It promote better economy in which there is a little waste and pollution, more jobs, fewer
emissions and better distribution of the wealth.
 It support a well being of communities and individual (Holter, 2022).
Potential benefit of the adoption and effect of not adopting
There are various benefits of the adoption which are mentioned below:
 Organisational benefit of sustainability adoption- The sustainability reduce cost and
enhance the productivity development of the sustainable business activities leader to an
efficient operation which conserve the resources and bring down the cost down. It also
improve the organisation brand image in market place.
 Social well being- Sustainability promote simple and healthier life for the people in
society as it favour use of the harmless natural product over the synthetic ones.
Sustainability help the society to practice voluntary simplicity that focuses on consuming
less but enjoying the life more.
 Sustainable infrastructure- It defined as equipment and system which are designed in
order to meet essential service needs of people. Through sustainable infrastructure, people
can plan and build the public operation and system which do not threaten the ecological
processes (Li and et. al., 2022).
Effect of not adopting the sustainability
 Effect on the organisation- Ignorance of the sustainability lead to a poor customer base
reputation market. There is also a depletion of already limited corporate resources. By
avoiding sustainability, business may suffer from over- expending on the individual orders.
 Environmental impact- It become difficult to maintain quality of life and earth's
ecosystem unless people acknowledge and reduce damage they do the planet each day.
 Lacking in get success- Business which does not factor in the sustainability risk is less
successful in various measures, such as growth, profitability and employee retention
(Moganadas and et. al.,2022).

Sustainable initiatives for chosen organisation to adopt and reason to adopt that initiative
Mark and Spencer should take a sustainable initiatives. Therefore, it is suggested to
respective company that it need to adopt “Going green” which means to pursue practices and
knowledge that can lead more ecologically responsibly and environmentally friendly decision and
lifestyle. It will help the company to protect the environment and sustain the natural resources for
the current and future generation.
Reason to going green
 Innovative market niches- Mark and Spencer need to offer green product and services
as by this, respective company will be more likely to cater to the emerging trend and niche
market, that can make the firm more competitive.
 Employee motivation- As job seekers are attracted towards the organisation that care for
environment. If Mark and Spencer will go with going green then its employee more likely
to believe that their employer care for them and workers become more satisfied with their
specific job role.
 Increased efficiency- If Mark and Spencer adopt going green then it can result in gaining
efficiency by reducing the energy cost, allowing organisation to secure the green tax
credits, embedding circular economy principles internally and improving the operational
efficiencies (Pereira, Fernandes and Fonseca, 2022).
Benefit to organisation of adopting the initiative and what type of the cost company would have to
meet that initiative
If the Mark and Spencer will adopt the going green initiative then it provide various
benefit to the respective organisation. Going green dramatically benefits the organisation and it
should be central to company's coronavirus recovery strategy. In relation to the Mark and Spencer,
there are various benefits of the going green which are mentioned below:
 Green marketing awareness- As it is analysed that mostly customer in entire world agree
to pay more for the product form a sustainable sources. Therefore, if Mark and Spencer
will adopt going green then it make customer fell that the respective company is very

trustworthy business. It will demonstrate that the sustainability is a part of Mark and
Spencer's mission and business culture.
 Impact on employee morale- Going green foster the positive feeling form the customer as
workers feel safer working for the green business. If Mark and Spencer will adopt this
initiatives then its workers feel that their health is being cared for by the organisation and
they are not simply just expendable commodity.
 Green as a status symbol- As various international organisation go green, so, ideas of the
going green become very tantalizing. Thus if Mark and Spencer will adopt the going green
sustainability initiative then it will becoming a status symbol to be environmentally
friendly business (Vidal, Dinis and Dias, 2022).
Types of the cost
Going green may cost less than as people think. In relation to Mark and Spencer there is
no big investment in this sustainable initiative. Beside it a little investment on it will save the
company's money in future for a long time period. Going cost does not have cost to the respective
company. So it will be very beneficial for the Mark and Spencer in term of the cost (Wang and et.
al., 2022).
One sustainability initiatives that might develop in future
Sustainability initiative for the solar glass will be beneficial. trend of the solar glass
contribute to the sustainability by relies entirely on collecting energy from the sun and then
converting it into the electricity for individual's uses. This sustainability initiatives will develop in
future as global warming is increasing very rapidly due to this in future organisation and people
need to takes this sustainability initiatives (Wang and et. al., 2022). It will be helpful for people
as it reduce the carbon footprint which is very essential for the environment. One of the good
thing about the solar glass is that it is eco friendly and a sustainable solution. It will enhance
overall comfort of environment and in organisation by keeping interiors highly pleasant. In future
use of the solar glass will reduce dependences on the non renewable energy sources. I will also
improve the humanity's health in long run.

CONCLUSION
Form the above report it is concluded that the sustainable development is widely about
people, well being and the environment. Nowadays every organisation are working for the
sustainable initiatives. Every pronunciation has different sustainable practices including, reduce
wastage, diversity, avoid use of the plastic and many more. The going green sustainability
initiative is very useful for the organisation and environment as it help the company get more
talented employees and also help to build a good reputation in market. It reduce pollution in the air
that make the environment clear. Today's trend of the solar glass is increasing as organisation start
us e the solar glass. Therefore, it is suggested to every organisation that they should use solar glass
so that it can reduce the global warming that make the environment more healthier in effective and
efficient manner.

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