Our environment target highlights

Highlights of progress against the targets we set and published during 2010/11 are as follows:

Target: To improve sustainability of our business operations with a particular dedication to the reduction of our carbon footprint, reporting outcomes in the annual corporate social responsibility report and in line with GRI guidelines.

Achievements: Across Alliance Boots we understand that reducing our carbon footprint is not the responsibility of a handful of people that pursue specific initiatives but the responsibility of all of us; wherever we work. All of our people are encouraged to think about ways they might be able to amend their working practices so that our business can use less carbon and become more sustainable. These include heating and lighting stores, transport and business travel. We also work with a variety of other organisations to share our best practice and also learn from them; these include the Carbon Trust, Forum For The Future and the Mayday Network. All of our businesses are being encouraged to achieve ISO 14001 and our Czech Republic wholesale business was accredited in April 2010 without any non-conformances. During the year we also continued with programmes to reduce waste and recycling, increase biodiversity and reduce water consumption.