In January 2008 Marks and Spencer issued a press release detailing their progress in implementing Plan A, which the company launched in January 2007. The 2009 How We Do Business Report, which continues to document progress on Plan A was published in June 2009. Plan A committed M&S to delivering 100 different sustainable development work streams to change Marks and Spencer over the next five years.

Planting crops for biofuel could improve biodiversity in the British countryside as well as helping soften the impact of human carbon dioxide emissions, according to new research. The paper, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, suggests that crops like coppiced willow or miscanthus grass can support more wild species than traditional arable crops, particularly in the uncultivated margins around the edges of fields.