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Guided by our values, we've set ourselves 20 challenging sustainability targets to reach by 2020.

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New -fashioned -values

Post-crunch shoppers embrace ‘new-fashioned values’

Judith Batchelar 01 December 2012

In these difficult economic times, there is a tendency for food retailers to be all doom and gl...

Jean Tomlin

J Sainsbury plc announces new non-executive director

17 December 2012

J Sainsbury plc today announces that Jean Tomlin will be joining the Board as a ...

Christmas card recycling

How to recycle your Christmas cards and other festive waste

Paul Crewe 30 December 2012

While I sit at home watching the flames on my log burner, with just a few days to go until we h...

Tags: Positive waste

Christmas store working

Sainsbury’s colleagues go back to the floor for the festive frenzy

14 December 2012

Over 2,000 Sainsbury’s office workers from the retailer’s store support centres ...

Amy Wynne

Amy Wynne: Around the Business in 80 days

Our Graduates 17 December 2012

I want you to think back to when you were little, around 6 years old. What was your favourite c...

Tags: Jobs and skills

Fairtrade Coffee

Guilt-free Coffee with Sainsbury’s

12 December 2012

If you’re a coffee connoisseur or keen to buy a stocking filler with a feel good...

Tags: Fairly traded

Fuel

Schoolboys’ science project gets green light from Sainsbury’s to help customers save fuel and cut CO2

07 December 2012

Four school children from Twickenham have been given the green light to have the...

Tags: Operational carbonSupplier carbon

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What might Sainsbury’s have achieved by 2020?

Stuart Wright 23 November 2012

On November 21, the glitterati of the sustainability world convened to discuss progress on our ...

Energy NI

Supermarket First as Sainsbury’s Enter the NI Heating Market

06 December 2012

Sainsbury’s has today unveiled plans to sell a range of highly efficient gas and...

Slipjack -Tuna

Sainsbury’s introduces MSC certified canned tuna

05 December 2012

Today Sainsbury’s has announced that 100% of the canned skipjack tuna sourced fr...

Tags: Sustainable fish

Sainsbury's bags for life

Welsh Carrier Bags

31 May 2012

Sainsbury’s is committed to being the UK’s greenest grocer. Since October 2011, ...

Ugly potatoes

We love ‘ugly’ fruit & veg

Judith Batchelar 28 September 2012

At Sainsbury’s we’ve taken the decision to radically change our approach to buying British frui...

Tags: Best for British

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Sainsbury's Christmas Jobs

Sainsbury’s to offer 5,000 additional Christmas jobs

13 November 2012

Sainsbury's said today that 5,000 additional seasonal jobs will be created this ...

british farmer

Sainsbury’s outlines commitment to British farming at Oxford Farming Conference

03 January 2012

In a first for a major retailer, Sainsbury’s will today host a fringe event for ...

Tags: Best for BritishOperational carbonSupplier carbonSupplier standards

FareShare Million Meal Appeal

Sainsbury’s and FareShare to run the UK’s biggest ever single-charity food collection

Andy White 03 October 2012

Sainsbury’s was one of the founders of food redistribution charity FareShare, and we have been ...

Tags: Community investment

20 by 20 sustainability plan

Third Quarter Corporate Responsibility Update

11 January 2012

Sainsbury’s sets out £1 billion sustainability plan. Sainsbury's has launched a...

Graduate Daniel Mortimer

Daniel Mortimer: Being a graduate at Sainsbury's is about more than stacking shelves

Our Graduates 22 October 2012

Once and for all I hope to put to bed the myth that all graduates do is ‘stack shelves’ in stor...

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Sainsbury's SO Organic Range

Producing food organically is all about working with nature

03 September 2012

We work closely with the best organic farms and producers to bring you over 250 ...