2008 Environment Report
Our first Environmental Sustainability Report set out a range of ambitious pledges promising both short-term action and long-term transformation of our business.
Businesses such as ours rely on vibrant societies to grow and succeed, and both rely on a healthy planet to support their activities and ways of life.
As human activity puts the Earth under increasing stress, three major environmental challenges pose fundamental questions for society, and for business - climate change, resource depletion, and water shortages.
Extreme weather conditions, crop failures and increased commodity prices are already affecting our bottom line - so we know the challenge is real, and here now. The business decisions we take need to address the real challenges of climate change, such as resource depletion and water shortages - and move our business towards replenishing the planet.
This section of our website represents the content of our first ever environmental sustainability report, which you can download here:
Download Environmental Sustainability Report 2008 (3.64MB, pdf)
We hope we clearly lay out our understanding of the key environmental challenges we, and society, face - and our evolving response to those challenges, our commitments and our achievements.
We would welcome your feedback on our report, and the strategy it outlines.
You can also see what a range of stakeholders have already told us on future challenges here.
In this section
Climate change
The effects of global warming pose a direct threat to our business. Unpredictable weather events, increased drought, flooding, storms and forced migration pose a threat to our facilities, our employees, our supply chain in the UK and overseas, and our consumers.
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Engaging the public
Over the last two years the level of consumer concern and interest in environmental issues, but particularly climate change, has increased dramatically.
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Water
Water is essential for all foods: for growing, washing, processing and cooking them. How much water we use is important, and we are committed to minimising our water footprint through greater efficiency in our operations.
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Waste and packaging
The majority of our packaging comes from nonrenewable sources, such as fossil fuels, and landfill capacity in the UK is finite. As a result, we are committed to reducing the energy and non-renewable raw materials used to manufacture our packaging.
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