M&S shopping for greener stores with new lease initiative

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Retail giant to add green clauses to current leases with shopping centre and retail park landlords

Marks & Spencer will next week announce a major new green lease policy designed to make it easier for the company to improve the environmental credentials of stores let from landlords such as shopping...

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