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J Sainsbury — ESG Presentation (2021)
39 slides from J Sainsbury's sustainability presentation, 2021
Slide 1: Sainsbury's Sustainability Update 2020/21
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 01
Slide 2: Welcome
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 02 Welcome Offering delicious, great quality food Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 Committed to Net Zero by 2040 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Slide 3: Committed to Net Zero by 2040
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 03 Committed to Net Zero by 2040 In his first year as Chief Executive Officer and a year on from launching our ambitious Net Zero by 2040 commitment, Simon Roberts reflects on our progress and how we’re embedding sustainability across the bus
Slide 4: Plastic challenges and COP26 partnership
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 04 However in areas like plastic, issue and know the solution is increased volume as a result through collaboration, therefore of the pandemic impacted the as we look to the year ahead, amount of plastic we put into I’m really pleased we were
Slide 5: Net Zero by 2040
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 05 Net Zero by 2040 We have committed to investing £1 billion over twenty years towards becoming a Net Zero business across our own operations by 2040, aligned to the highest ambitions of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. We are implementin
Slide 6: Carbon
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 06 Carbon Climate change and resource scarcity are complex, global challenges, which affect every part of our business. To grow our business sustainably, we are cutting carbon and maximising energy efficiency. Net Zero by 2040 occur throughou
Slide 7: Cutting carbon emissions
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 07 five to be used by in the UK and run on 100 per cent electric 79% power, with battery charging at depot and an axle generating of supermarkets fully electricity to top up the battery upgraded with LED when on the road. lighting (on track t
Slide 8: Water
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 08 Water Water is the most precious natural resource on the planet. But, as populations increase, there’s less of it to go around. We’re doing our bit to tackle water scarcity by improving the efficiency of our water use across our operations
Slide 9: Food waste
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 09 Food waste Around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, therefore we’re working to reduce or put as much of our waste as possible to good use. This includes working with farmers and growers to reduce food wa
Slide 10: Food Waste
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 10 Food Waste 1,861 tonnes of surplus food was redistributed to local communities (a 19% improvement from last year) es nn 26 o 8t 80 ,54 15, 5t on ne s 7,932 tonnes of surplus bread was used for animal feed (a 5% improvement on last year) 31
Slide 11: Plastics and recycling
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 11 Plastics and recycling Packaging helps us deliver fresh, undamaged produce, but we know that it can have a negative impact on our planet, therefore reducing plastic across all our stores and supply chain is one of our absolute priorities.
Slide 12: Replace, Recycle, Reuse and refill
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 12 Replace Recycle This year we launched a 63-store trial for an in- 100% of our hangers used for our Tu clothing are made This year we trialled a new Through our facilities we help store recycling system from recycled materials. Last plant-b
Slide 13: Healthy sustainable diets
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 13 Healthy sustainable diets We are serious about our responsibility to help our customers eat healthily, whatever their budget. As the UK’s second largest food retailer, we also know we have a role to play in helping to navigate customer cho
Slide 14: Innovating for healthier choices
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 14 Innovating for key vitamins in their diet, including our Super Mushrooms We know it is particularly important that we do our bit vegetables, with over 450,000 customers signing up to take four. The vouchers consisted of a £2 fruit and vege
Slide 15: Biodiversity
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 15 Biodiversity We work closely with farmers, growers and suppliers – in the UK and internationally – so we can reassure customers about where and how our products are sourced. Sourcing our products sustainably helps us to improve people’s li
Slide 16: Sustainable seafood and cotton
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 16 towards meeting the MSC sustainable seafood, and the standard for a number of largest number of MSC labelled 89% species, including scallops, fish and seafood products of monkfish and langoustines, any UK retailer, our sixth win to deliver
Slide 17: Sustainable Sourcing
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 17 Sustainable Sourcing We source products from over 60 countries and have a vital role to play in supporting our farmers, growers and suppliers across the world. We work collaboratively to tackle climate change, reduce our environmental impa
Slide 18: Working closely with our farmers and growers
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 18 Working closely Initiative for over 15 years, supporting rural communities behaviours. We also continue to provide our Egg Tracker on suppliers on the year ahead. This year the conference was with our farmers and over 100 beef producers in
Slide 19: Trading for a fairer future
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 19 Trading for a of company performance on farm animal welfare. We fairer future also scored 47 per cent on the We have a long history of Fashion Transparency Index, a supporting smallholder farmers disclosure on policies, practices and worke
Slide 20: Our People
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 20 Our People Our colleagues make a big difference to our customers, serving them well day in and day out, and we know that having engaged colleagues is critical to the long-term success of our business. We are committed to being an inclusive
Slide 21: Our colleagues
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 21 Our colleagues A place where 85 per cent last year. We also introduced a check-in survey the hard work and commitment of our frontline colleagues This helps us to ensure that we have the right level colleagues love to ensure we’re engaging
Slide 22: Celebrating and empowering diverse colleagues
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 22 safety and petroleum safety. These relationships are built on Celebrating and • All management must have a personal goal stages of our pipeline this year, with over 250 and the composition of our talent pools empowering a foundation of tru
Slide 23: Recognising our great colleagues
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 23 the number of offers this year, while our median sustainable change to improve attended by Non-Executive We also continue to invite our ‘temperature check’ survey to ethnically diverse gender pay gap has increased the lived experience and
Slide 24: Our communities
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 24 Our communities Sainsbury’s is a place-based business and our long-term business success relies on resilient, thriving communities. We have presence in thousands of communities across the country through our supermarkets, convenience store
Slide 25: Supporting our communities during the pandemic
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 25 local communities. We are a charities who have been amounts to their shops, with meals to communities over founding member of FareShare supporting the most vulnerable 100 per cent of donations going Christmas. which began in 1994 and durin
Slide 26: Our suppliers
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 26 Our suppliers Our customers want to be confident that the people who make or grow our products are not being exploited or exposed to unsafe working conditions. We are committed to establishing long-term, open and fair relationships with ou
Slide 27: Collaborating for greater impact
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 27 Collaborating for disclosure’s ultimate goal is to improve the quality of jobs We also scored 44 per cent in Oxfam’s annual Behind the policies and practices and looks for behaviours that protect greater impact in multinational companies’
Slide 28: Governance
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 28 Governance
Slide 29: Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee Report
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 29 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee Report Dear Shareholder, The Committee oversees November 2020. As the business the governance of being a adapted to feeding the nation, As a responsible retailer, sustainable business.
Slide 30: Committee Report continued
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 30 Scopes 1, 2 and 3. This year the on foodbanks and help those in in Glasgow in November 2021. Committee worked with the our communities most severely Climate change is a key global Remuneration Committee to impacted by the pandemic. challen
Slide 31: Principal role and responsibilities
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 31 Principal Principal feedback. Engaging with shareholders on ESG matters is becoming role and activities in the The Committee was pleased increasingly important. The with the progress made on responsibilities year supplier engagement and th
Slide 32: Governance
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 32 Governance Oversight of the sustainability strategy J Sainsbury plc Board Chair: Martin Scicluna Reviews the sustainability strategy; our Net Zero by 2040 plan. It also monitors the business’s engagement with colleagues, customers, supplie
Slide 33: Reporting frameworks
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 33 Reporting frameworks Taskforce on Climate-related Sustainability Accounting Financial Disclosures Standards Board The TCFD developed a framework to help public companies and other organizations more effectively The Sustainability Accountin
Slide 34: Performance Scorecard
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 34 See Page 7 & 8 See Page 14 See Page 19 See Page 19 See Page 27 See Page 27 Performance Scorecard Our performance scorecard provides an overview of our key commitments, KPIs and performance across our Net Zero by 2040 pillars.
Slide 35: Reduce absolute GHG emissions to Net Zero by 2040
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 35 Commitment Reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our own operations to Net Zero by no later than 2040 Metric Methodology Baseline Results Target 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2040/41 Absolute GHG emissions within Absolute, market b
Slide 36: Healthy sustainable diets and food waste
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 36 Commitment Develop and deliver healthy and sustainable diets for all Metric Methodology Baseline Results Target 2019/20 2019/20 2020/21 2040/41 % healthy products sold as a Total sales of healthy and better for you choice food as a 55.6% 5
Slide 37: Reduce plastic packaging by 50% by 2025
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 37 Commitment Reduce our use of plastic packaging by 50% by 2025 and then go further Metric Methodology Baseline Results Target 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2025/26 Food: % reduction in plastic Plastic tonnage for the calendar year calculated by
Slide 38: Net positive impact for biodiversity
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 38 Commitment Ensure that the impact of our operations is net positive for biodiversity Metric Methodology Baseline Results Target 2019/20 2019/20 2020/21 N/A % timber sourced to an Total cubic metre volume of sustainably sourced timber produ
Slide 39: Biodiversity commentary
Sainsbury’s Sustainability Update 2020/21 J Sainsbury plc 39 Commentary % timber sourced to an independent sustainability standard Last year we reported on Sainsbury’s only. This is the first year that we have reported on Argos and Habitat which will be a focus going forward. % palm sourced to an in