Scotscape Ltd, the market leader in the design, installation and ongoing maintenance of living wall systems, has completed the installation of four new living walls at Marks and Spencer’s Simply Food stores in a variety of locations around the UK.

The living walls form an integral part of Marks and Spencer’s renowned ‘Plan A Sustainability Programme’ which has inspired retailers worldwide to improve their sustainability performance.

Having built a series of sustainable learning stores over the past couple of years at Sheffield, Norwich, Stratford City and Cheshire Oaks, Marks and Spencer has further refined its commitment to implementing successful sustainable building features.

Along with 100% LED lighting, reusing waste heat, and rain-water harvesting, Scotscape Living Walls have now been applied to four of the company’s existing Simply Food stores at - Slough, Heswall, Oswestry and Epping.

The key benefits of living walls include air-purification, sound abatement, insulation (leading to improved U-values and carbon reduction) and flood water mitigation.