John Lewis plans ‘buy back or take back’ schemes in all product categories by 2025

Group will also develop more rental and resale options as it aims to be more sustainable

John Lewis has pledged to have buy back or take back" schemes operating in every product category by 2025 and to develop more rental and resale options as it steps up efforts to be a more sustainable business.

The group, which runs Waitrose supermarkets as well as a string of department stores, will also invest 2m over the next five years to restore and protect nature in Norfolk, a key source of meat, cereal and vegetable products, and in India's Noyyal and Bhavani river basins, where it sources cotton, under a partnership with the wildlife charity WWF.