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Overview

Overview

Overview
Overview

For the first time, an executive summary of our Sustainability Report has been produced. This gives an overview of our business, our sustainability performance and our future ambitions.

Executive summary(919kb)

5,000 trading outlets Direct GHG emissions reduced (tonnes C02e) - 2010 : 953,678 - 2009 : 1,117,174 6m+ members
Fairtrade sales increased 37% - 2010 : £97m - 2009 : £71m 109,614 Employees Record share of profits earned by members - 2010 : £70.5m - 2009 : £50.4m

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The Co-operative Group (The Co-operative) stands apart from other businesses in the UK as an organisation which is owned, not by investor shareholders, but by over six million consumer members. An overview of our family of business, which ranges from food retail to financial services, can be found in the executive summary.

Our vision is to build a better society by excelling in everything that we do. Find out more about our vision and aims, and the co-operative values and principles that guide our business practice.

These web pages can be used to access all of the performance contained in the full pdf of our Report, and also provides supplementary data and information. To find out how you can become involved our sustainability activity or campaigns visit our Join the Revolution website.


Join the revolution

 
Join the revolution

In March 2011, following the announcement of our new Ethical Operating Plan, we launched ‘Join the Revolution’, our largest ever marketing campaign on ethics. The national TV, press and online campaign tells the story behind The Co-operative revolution, focuses on some of the people whose personal revolutions we have supported (featured throughout the Report), and encourages our members and stakeholders to help us achieve our radical ethical goals.


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Download a pdf of the 2010 full report and previous reports
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