Corporate Responsibility Report

The report covers Next's retailing, Ventura and Corporate Responsibility performance for the year ended 31 January 2006. It highlights £3,106m of group turnover, 1,360 supplier factories across 46 countries and 550 factories audited against Next's Code of Practice. Environmental reporting includes 31,935 tonnes of total waste and 14,948 tonnes recycled, while the assurance statement was provided by The Reassurance Network.