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Tesco PLC Annual Report and Financial Statements 2009
27
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
Looking ahead
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we continue to open new stores and expand our services businesses,
particularly TPF. Indirectly, our investment in new stores, refits and
extensions will sustain more than 7,300 jobs in construction,
maintenance and related areas. We also plan to create a further
15,000 jobs in our international businesses.
 
country – fun days for the whole community to support local charities
and featuring local suppliers.
3bn+
Since launching green Clubcard points in August 2006
to reward customers who re-use their bags, they have
helped us to save over three billion bags.
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and in more communities.
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programmes around the world.
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through more recycling facilities and by reducing plastic bag usage
even further. We will also work with our suppliers to reduce carbon
emissions in our supply chain.
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communicate the findings to our customers. We will also continue
to grow our range of green products, making it easy and affordable
for our customers to make green choices.
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ensuring our Values live throughout our supply chain and improving
labour standards at the farms and factories that supply us.
 
three new Regeneration Partnerships.
Sustainable Consumption Institute
In 2007, we committed £25 million to create a new Sustainable
Consumption Institute (SCI) at the University of Manchester.
The SCI aims to answer some of the fundamental questions
about how to make a consumer society sustainable.
2008, the first year of the SCI, was devoted to building a team
and establishing the initial research streams. A total of 12 academic
appointments have now been made, including five at professorial
level. 11 PhD students from around the world have been recruited
and £2.3 million committed to 24 projects so far. An extensive,
multi-disciplinary, multi-faculty network of academics is being
established and prestigious SCI independent research fellowships
are being awarded.
The SCI is committed to publishing its research findings on an
open access basis. www.manchester.ac.uk/sci
We believe in encouraging customers to make greener
decisions by providing clear information to help them make
better choices.
We’ve been working with the Carbon Trust as well as
some of our main suppliers to develop a universal carbon
footprint label which not only helps inform customers, but
also helps our suppliers – by identifying opportunities to
reduce emissions. We started trialling carbon labels in the
UK and Ireland last year, on products such as orange juice,
light bulbs, washing detergents and potatoes, and the
results have been encouraging – more than half our
customers say that wider application of the labels could
change their purchasing decisions.
Does carbon labelling
really make a difference?
To find out more go to
www.tesco.com/cr-report09