Published 05-10-17
Issued by John Lewis Partnership
John Lewis Partnership has launched an online Corporate Responsibility report and Human Rights and Modern Slavery report to complement its 2017 Annual Report and Accounts.
John Lewis Partnership has launched an online Corporate Responsibility report and Human Rights and Modern Slavery report to complement its 2017 Annual Report and Accounts.
Report Highlights for 2016/17
Collectively the reports explain how the business is positioning itself for the far-reaching changes happening in society, the workplace and in the retail market through its strategy – ‘It’s Your Business 2028’. This will see the business strengthening its brands and driving new growth, continuing its commitment to ‘better jobs, for better performing Partners on better pay’ and strengthening its financial stability.
At www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/csr the Partnership reports on how its approach to Corporate Responsibility underpins the strategy and provides an update on its targets, priorities and achievements in 2016/17. Core to its way of to doing business is its Constitution – a set of Rules and Principles first published in 1928 by its Founder, John Spedan Lewis, who took over the business from his father and transferred ownership of the Company into a trust for the benefit of his staff. The Constitution covers responsibilities to customers, suppliers, the environment and communities and includes ‘Principle 1’ at its centre – ‘the happiness’ of its employees or ‘Partners’.
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The John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned UK company which operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets and some other services.