Corporate Responsibility Report

The report covers Next's social, ethical and environmental performance in the UK, ROI and Denmark for the financial year ending 31 January 2008, while noting that Ventura is not comprehensively covered. It reports a carbon footprint of 230,639 tonnes of CO2e as a 2006/07 baseline, alongside around 41,000 tonnes of operational waste with 45% recycled. The Reassurance Network independently verified the report using the AA1000AS assurance standard.