Newsletter

Water

Water is essential to life - for drinking, washing and farming - it is important that we understand the impact of the water we use and discharge, and minimise our water intake

Our pledges made in 2008

  • Achieve zero water intake at our Walkers Crisps manufacturing sites within 10 years.
  • Reduce water use at British site by a further 45% per kg of production within 3 years.
  • Invest in research to identify the most environmentally sensitive ways of irrigating our agricultural raw materials.
  • Carry out research to identify operations that risk contributing to water shortages.

Key achievements

Since our pledges were introduced we have:

  • Reduced the water consumption at our sites by 14.3% per kg of production.
  • Decreased out total water consumption by 7.6%.

For details on progress again all our pledges, read our latest Environmental Sustainability Report.