JOHN LEWIS PARTNERSHIP PLC PUBLISHES 2020/21 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS AND ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT

Thursday 22 April 2021

The John Lewis Partnership today published its Annual Report and Accounts and Ethics and Sustainability Progress Report for 2020/21.

Our Emerging Stronger - Annual Report and Accounts provides more detail on our financial performance over the past year, sets out how we’ve responded to the pandemic, includes reports from the sub-committees to the Partnership Board on their key areas of focus and provides an overview of our plans for the future.

Our Ethics and Sustainability Progress Report outlines our new strategy and commitments and highlights progress made so far on reaching our targets. We want to be among the UK’s most sustainable purpose-led businesses and have made good progress in 2020. But we know we’re far from perfect and have much more to do. 

The Annual Report and Accounts is available at johnlewispartnership.co.uk/annualreport and the Ethics and Sustainability Report is available at johnlewispartnership.co.uk/progressreport.

About the John Lewis Partnership

The John Lewis Partnership owns and operates two of Britain's best-loved retail brands - John Lewis and Waitrose. Started as a radical idea nearly a century ago, the Partnership is the largest employee-owned business in the UK and amongst the largest in the world, with over 80,000 employees who are all Partners in the business. Profits made are reinvested into the business - for customers and Partners. John Lewis operates 42 shops plus one outlet across the UK as well as johnlewis.com. Waitrose has 331 shops in England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands, including 59 convenience branches, and another 27 shops at Welcome Break locations. The retailer's omnichannel business includes the online grocery service, Waitrose.com, as well as specialist online shops including waitrosecellar.com for wine and waitroseflorist.com for plants and flowers.