Our commitment
To strive to reduce our environmental impact and resource use via greater eco-efficiency, and to make absolute reductions where feasible as well as maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.

2008 key data

• Energy use cut by 3.6%


• Water use cut by 6.9%


• Green House Gas (GHG) emissions cut by 6.6%


• Sulphur dioxide emissions cut by 28.3%


• Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions cut by 15.4%


• Waste cut by 4.9% (including returnable packaging)


• Almost half of our factories and warehouses send no waste to landfill


• 95% of our waste is recycled, re-used or used for energy generation


• All our factories are ISO 14001 and either OHSAS 18000 or VPP accredited (except 3, which are recent acquisitions or start ups)


• We cut our accident rate by 18% (enlarged frequency rate)

Note: all reductions are per finished product.