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Rowland Hill, Corporate and Social Responsibility Manager, Marks & Spencer said: "We are delighted to be both included and finish top of the retail sector indexes. It is good to be recognised for the work we have achieved in all aspects of CSR."

Marks & Spencer has undertaken a wide range of activities in CSR covering everything from improving environmental performance of its products, enhancing the well-being of workers including those people who work for suppliers based abroad, to innovative programmes to reach out to the socially excluded such as the homeless. Many of these achievements have been recognised with a number of awards such as the Urban Delivery Vehicle of the Year Award, the Opportunity Now Award and the Compassionate Supermarket of the Year Award.

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