As global demand for meat consumption is set to grow well beyond 2020, it's important we work towards higher standards for the future.
And we were awarded Freedom Food's 2014 Best Retailer award for our contribution to farm animal welfare.
Other awards include Compassion in World Farming's Best Retailer Marketing Award (2013), Best Volume Retailer (2011) as well as recognition for our higher welfare pig breeding trial (2012).
Our Agricultural Development Groups are integral to our monitoring of animal welfare.
For example, our veal has been reared on RSPCA accredited farms since 2013, and uses male calves from the Sainsbury's Dairy Development Group.
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What we're doing As part of our commitment to British farming, we've built strong relationships with over 2,000 farmers and growers that belong to our nine UK Farmer and Grower Development Groups.
This was the latest development in our R&D programme, which has supported 27 projects with greater than £2.
The focus on R&D also extended to our December 2014 Farmer conference, where over 500 delegates discussed R&D and the use of 'big data'.
In 2014 we launched our Horticultural apprenticeship scheme and this year we have extended this to agriculture with seven apprentices embedded in our poultry and livestock supply chain.
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Collectively we need to ensure the quality and availability of water through responsible resource management.
What we're doing Across our existing estate we've focused on accurate metering to identify any leaks – instead of waiting for increases in our bills.
With our supply partners we've looked to source new technology and adopt new principles in the way we build new stores to reduce water use wherever possible.
In fact, the water saved within local communities is more than the drinking water used by the stores, making the area net positive for water.
We've reviewed our commitment to fairly traded because our ambition is to do more than just drive sales. What we're doing We're making progress in our commitment to fairly traded products and addressing the sustainability of our supply chains, both locally and internationally. Last year, we worked alongside the Department for International Development (DFID) to fund a training and skills programme for 170 people across South Africa. The 'Top of the Class' programme helped build awareness of how to deal with personal and social issues and access career development. The programme produced brilliant results and 24 of the participants have since been promoted. Our standards address the gaps in the existing standards that are available to ensure we support across environmental, economic and social impacts. We have our first standard in place, for our farmed prawns. This standard works across our prawn farmers in Thailand and spans environmental factors including water quality through to social impact, worker welfare and the productivity levels of the business. We've helped raise money for the Woodland Trust for over 10 years since the launching Woodland free range eggs in 2004. An on pack donation from sales of eggs, chicken and turkey goes to the Woodland Trust to help plant millions of trees across the UK. ,
We source from over 60 countries, working with over 1,800 supplier sites to offer over 15,000 own brand products to our customers. Our customers trust us to source in a way that addresses the collective impacts of these global value chains, economically, environmentally and socially. Our commitment to source key raw materials sustainably will help us continue to meet our customers' expectations whist providing quality products both now and into the future. What we're doing As part of our commitment to sourcing with integrity, we've identified 35 key raw materials to source sustainably to an independent standard. In addition to our investment in the sustainable sourcing of raw materials, we have set out to create our own independent sustainability standards. moncler baby jacket sale We're working together with our suppliers, farmers and growers to build more sustainable supply chains. Resource efficiency, water stewardship and addressing waste are global issues that we'll be addressing through our commitment to sustainable sourcing. What we're doing We've built strong relationships with over 2,000 farmers and growers that belong to our eleven Development Groups, we work with them to reduce their impact on the environment. Since 2008 we've assessed carbon footprints of our Development Group farmers. Using carbon footprinting, benchmarking and regional workshops we've helped focused on areas of opportunity for improvement. We've also offered poppy recycling and exclusive food, general merchandise and floral products as part of our partnership with the Legion. This year we extended our partnership with the exclusive launch of stick on poppies with online deliveries. Hundreds of our stores have Food Donation Partnerships, and last year we worked with our supplier, Faccenda, to donate nearly 10,000 turkeys to FareShare for Christmas. What we'll do We'll continue to grow our Local Charity of the Year programme. We'll develop our national partnerships with Comic Relief and The Royal British Legion. moncler baby jacket sale Large stone paddles are stacked on wires and enabled to rotate according to the pattern or effect the user wishes to anoint. Designed in triangular sections to accommodate the manufacturing process, the colours and composition can be varied to tailor the final mural to the character or requirements of the user. This stone has been overlooked in contemporary design and our objective is to re contextualise it and to beautify the worlds perception of this intriguing material. We have a freestanding framed screen which allows playful adaption by the user, as well as a wall based marquetry design in varied colours and textures. " Giles Miller, Giles Miller Studio.By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, moncler baby jacket sale all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.
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