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Associated British Foods plc is a diversified group of companies which enjoy a high degree of autonomy.
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Our 2016 Annual Report for the 53 weeks ended 17 September 2016 is now available.
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Doing good everyday

Read about our activities and the positive role we play, both socially and environmentally in our 2016 CR Report.
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Doing good every day

Chief executive’s introduction

I am proud of the work being done throughout our organisation to protect vulnerable people in our supply chain.”

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INTRODUCTION ON PAGE 1

George Weston, Chief Executive, Associated British Foods

Our Approach

We believe that an ethical business is primarily built by its people not through codes or words on a page

Ever since Associated British Foods was incorporated, our businesses have been making a difference to people’s lives.

As we have grown and evolved into an international food, ingredients and retail business, we have been able to hire more people, work with more businesses and support more communities. We are proud that Associated British Foods is a force for good in the world, helping to make people’s lives better.

We nurture ethical business practices through the actions we undertake every day and if we observe something is not right we act quickly to correct it.

Our 2016 CR Pillars

Our different divisions share common areas of interest. Our approach to corporate responsibility is therefore organised into five pillars:

Our Environment
Our People
Our Supply Chain
Our Neighbours
Our Customers

Measuring Our Impact

Our People

we've created 5,880 NEW jobs 22,477 people have attended a training course or personal development workshop We've trained 381 of our people to recognise unconscious bias

Our Supply Chain

72,367 people in our supply chain have been helped by health initiatives Our programmes to improve productivity have boosted the livelihoods of 11,398 smallholder farmers

Our Neighbours

We have supported 8,050 people in need through food programmes Our staff have raised and donated over £100,000 to charity We have helped boost the career prospects of 26,103 young people

Our Customers

We helped 44 customers create new or improved bakery products in our centre of excellence Our nutrition education websites have helped 9 million consumers make more informed choices about what they eat

Our Environment

We reduced our gross greenhouse gasses by 9% last year Last year we recycled 78% of our waste 49% of the energy we used last year came from renewable fuel sources

Grocery

Our Grocery businesses produce a wide range of household brands that are enjoyed by millions of people every week. Our primary function is to offer good value, safe and delicious food products but we are also motivated by a desire to have a positive impact on the wider world.

Twinnings has been ranked fourth in the UK's Best Workplaces survey.

4,800 people in India have benefitted from our clean cook stove project

Our nutrition education campaign, A Grain of Truth, has reached around 8m people

We've set up farmer schools in Malawi to teach smallholders new skills

Read more about our grocery businesses on pages 26-41

We are motivated by a desire to have a positive impact in the wider world

Sugar

Our vision is to be a world-leading sugar business.
AB Sugar is an international business with
long-standing operations in the UK, Spain, China
and southern Africa. It has its foundations in
both food and agriculture, and its operating model
depends on sustainable agriculture,
advanced manufacturing practices
and productive, prosperous rural economies.

We support 2,500 African farmers to help improve their livlihoods

We have a Zero approach to land rights abuses

Half the energy we use is obtained from renewable sources

We encourage girls to choose careers in STEM subjects

Read more about our sugar businesses on pages 42-55

Global mind, local champions - growing a sustainable future

Agriculture

AB Agri is a group of leading agricultural businesses that operate across the food supply chain. We are active in over 70 countries around the world and we directly employ more than 3,000 people.