Building a Sustainable Partnership - edie.net · 8/31/2018  · Boots UK –Pharmacy Services The UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer • We have 2,485* stores,

Member of Walgreens Boots Alliance

Building a Sustainable Partnership

Natalie GourlayEnvironmental Manager, Boots UK

What We Stand For

Our mission

Be the first choice for

pharmacy, health and

beauty - caring for

people, customers and

communities everywhere

Our purpose Our values

Championing

everyone’s

right to feel

good

Trust

Care

Innovation

Dedication

Partnership

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CSR Pillars

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Partnership

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“We built on

long standing partnershipsto deliver vital healthcare services around the world,

extended out commitment to issues such as access to healthcare and invested in programs to reduce our

environmental impact.”

Ornella Barra

Co-Chief Operating Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

What does the PHS partnership mean for Boots?

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Responsible

Pharmacy

Services

Landfill

DiversionInspiring

Low Carbon

Action

Boots UK – Pharmacy ServicesThe UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer

• We have 2,485* stores, 618* Boots Opticians practices,

and 503* Boots Hearing care locations

• We have 5* vaccination services, 380,000* Flu vaccinations

• We have 12* travel vaccinations, 200,000* administered

• All stores have at least one consultation room (even airports!)

• We have 344* stores that provide Care Home services

• We have mother and baby rooms in 200* stores

Over 90%* of the UK population is within

10 minutes of a Boots store

PHS service all of them!

*Figures as of August 31, 2018 excluding equity method investments6

Diversion from Landfill Ambition

Target under BRC’s ABRC (A Better Retailing Climate) initiative:

‘To send less than 1% of waste to landfill by 2020’

One of Boots most challenging waste streams is…

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Partnership

Diversion from Landfill Journey

Target under BRC’s ABRC (A Better Retailing Climate) initiative:

‘To send less than 1% of waste to landfill by 2020’

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10%

20%

30%

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50%

5 YearsAgo

Today FutureState

2017 Further landfill

diversion initiatives

introduced including 2018 PHS Lifecycle

diverting 72%* of

Boots hygiene

waste2019

PHS projected

Lifecycle diversion

of 83% of Boots

hygiene waste 2020 and

Beyond PHS Lifecycle diversion

of 100% of Boots

hygiene waste and

<1% waste to landfill

Pharmacy Delivery and Collection (PDC) Fleet A ground-breaking, national pharmacy-led delivery service, uniquely loved and trusted by

customers provided by amazing people

Opportunity

6744carbon tonne

reduction

25%overall

supply chain CO2

1,100electric vehicles

AmbitionTo maximise the opportunity to operate a low emission PDC fleet

utilising EV technologies and other efficiencies.

Inspiring Low Carbon Action

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