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Building a
sustainable future.

Our approach to being a sustainable business.

We've really thought hard about what matters most – not just to us as a business, but to everyone we work with and who's part of our journey. That's why our Sustainability and Social Impact strategy is all about tackling the big stuff. We're putting our energy into three key areas:

  • Making the most of our resources and building a circular way of doing things. 
  • Helping to end digital poverty.
  • Hitting net zero emissions by 2040.

We've set some big, exciting goals to make real change happen! We know there's much more to do, but we are proud of the progress we’re making. To learn more about our strategy, visit our PLC site here.

Improving our use of resources and creating circular business models.

Giving tech a longer life.

We know our customers are looking to reduce their impact on the environment, and it’s our job to make that easier. Join us on our mission to reduce waste and divert tech away from landfill. Here’s what we did last year:

6.3m

units of e-waste collected across our Group for reuse or recycling.

11.6m

active care services and tech insurance plans across the Group.

1.6m

customer repairs activities across our Group to keep tech working.

  • Newark repair centre.

    Our Newark facility is pretty impressive! It's over 500,000 square feet and is one of Europe's largest repair centres. We're proud to have a team of more than 1,000 colleagues there, and they're busy – they repair, refurbish, or recycle nearly 1 million products annually.

Newark repair centre.

Our Newark facility is pretty impressive! It's over 500,000 square feet and is one of Europe's largest repair centres. We're proud to have a team of more than 1,000 colleagues there, and they're busy – they repair, refurbish, or recycle nearly 1 million products annually.

  • Helping customers reduce their impact on the environment.

    We want to make recycling customers old tech as simple as possible. Thanks to our 'Trade In' initiative, 71,000 products were traded in by our customers, and our 'Cash for Trash' scheme saw over 340,000 redemptions and saved customers a huge £2.5m in the last year.

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Helping customers reduce their impact on the environment.

We want to make recycling customers old tech as simple as possible. Thanks to our 'Trade In' initiative, 71,000 products were traded in by our customers, and our 'Cash for Trash' scheme saw over 340,000 redemptions and saved customers a huge £2.5m in the last year.

Learn more.

Helping to end digital poverty.

Currys is committed to extending the lifespan of technology, and we're also dedicated to helping eliminate digital poverty. As part of this commitment, we have worked with the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) for over five years to help raise awareness, of the issues and work collaboratively with others to help more people experience the benefits of being digitally included.

  • Helping everyone have access to tech.

    In May 2022, we launched the Tech4Families initiative with the aim of increasing access to digital devices and enhancing digital skills for families in disadvantaged communities. The scheme is funded by colleague and customer donations as well £1 donations made from each refurbished laptop sold online. The scheme has now provided laptops to over 3,000 families who didn’t have access to suitable devices. 85% of children who have received a laptop through the Tech4Families scheme were getting one for the first time.

    Learn more.

Helping everyone have access to tech.

In May 2022, we launched the Tech4Families initiative with the aim of increasing access to digital devices and enhancing digital skills for families in disadvantaged communities. The scheme is funded by colleague and customer donations as well £1 donations made from each refurbished laptop sold online. The scheme has now provided laptops to over 3,000 families who didn’t have access to suitable devices. 85% of children who have received a laptop through the Tech4Families scheme were getting one for the first time.

Learn more.

Hitting net zero emissions by 2040.

We’re committed to being net zero carbon by 2040, and to date we have reduced our emissions by over a third. We already procure renewable electricity for all our UK & Ireland properties, and the wheels are in motion to move our vehicle fleet to run on electric or alternative fuels. And we’re working with suppliers and manufacturers to reduce the environmental impact of the tech we sell.

  • Sustainable fleet.

    We are transitioning our fleet to lower-emission alternatives. By 2030, all our company cars and small vans, and half our medium and heavy vehicles, will run on electric or alternative fuel. Across the Group, we operated 52 EVs, 64 hybrid vehicles and 14 vehicles using alternative fuel last year. In addition, we introduced two new 100% electric tractor units operated by our partners at GXO.

Sustainable fleet.

We are transitioning our fleet to lower-emission alternatives. By 2030, all our company cars and small vans, and half our medium and heavy vehicles, will run on electric or alternative fuel. Across the Group, we operated 52 EVs, 64 hybrid vehicles and 14 vehicles using alternative fuel last year. In addition, we introduced two new 100% electric tractor units operated by our partners at GXO.

  • Initiatives for reducing emissions.

    We're working hard to use less energy too! We're upgrading to LED lighting, enhancing energy efficiency and improving energy monitoring., We’re transitioning away from fossil fuel-based heating to electric alternatives. Plus, we have 17 sites with solar photovoltaic installed across the Group.

    Learn more.

Initiatives for reducing emissions.

We're working hard to use less energy too! We're upgrading to LED lighting, enhancing energy efficiency and improving energy monitoring., We’re transitioning away from fossil fuel-based heating to electric alternatives. Plus, we have 17 sites with solar photovoltaic installed across the Group.

Learn more.