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Doing good every day 2017 update

Chief executive’s introduction

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

READ THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S FULL STATEMENT ON
PAGE 1 OF THE 2016 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

George Weston, Chief Executive, Associated British Foods

Measuring Our Impact

Our People

We have provided 716,416 hours of training courses or personal development workshops We've trained 813 of our people to recognise unconscious bias We've created 2,674 new jobs

Our Supply Chain

65,360 people in our supply chain have been helped by health initiatives we've funded Our programmes to improve productivity have boosted the livelihoods of 14,797 smallholder farmers

Our Neighbours

We have provided over 1 million meals to people in need Our staff raised and donated nearly £300,000 to charity We have helped boost the career prospects of 29,827 young people

Our Customers

Our online nutrition education campaigns aimed at supporting customers to make more informed choices have now received over 600,000 views We helped 83 business customers create new or improved bakery products in our centre of excellence

Our Environment

2% decrease in packaging used 49% of the energy we use came from renewable fuel sources 71% of our waste was recycled

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.

8,000+ girls on tea estates in Assam have participated in an Adolescent Girls Groups
Allied Bakeries cut the distance its fleet travels by 1.2 million kilometres this year
Our UK Grocery businesses aim to cut waste in their supply chain by 20% by 2025
George Weston Foods partnered with the Bread & Butter Project to provide refugees with a 12-month traineeship

Read more about grocery on pages 26-41 of the report
and pages 19-30 of the update

Making life better for our consumers and the people working in our supply chain

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.

British Sugar trained 500 people on safety using virtual reality technology
Azucarera trained 350 beet growers to use solar-powered irrigation, reducing dependence on fossil fuels
Our sugar businesses source 58% of their energy consumption from renewable fuels
This year, British Sugar raised £28,000 for charity

Read more about our sugar on pages 42-55 of the report
and pages 31-41 of the update

Building a stronger future for our business and communities

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.

Our anaerobic digestion plant generates enough renewable fuel to offset the energy of three feed mills
We spent £1.7m this year on health and safety risk management
Increased transparency in our supply chain showed us that we use 2,200 ingredients from 35 countries
We protect bees: 1 in 3 mouthfuls of food relies on the service of pollinators!

Read more about AGRICULTURE on pages 56–67 of the
report and pages 42-48 of the update

Improving the efficiency, productivity and sustainability of agriculture

Ingredients

Our Ingredients division’s footprint is truly global,
with a presence in 34 countries and sales in more than 90.

Our Mexican factory has cut natural gas use by 5% by using BIOGAS generated in its effluent treatment plant
AB Mauri recycles 84% of its waste
In one site in Brazil, we reduced cardboard use by 88% by swapping cardboard boxes for recyclable plastic film
140 people in AB Mauri's Chinese Business received formal training this year

READ MORE ABOUT INGREDIENTS ON PAGES 68–77 OF THE
REPORT AND PAGES 49-57 OF THE UPDATE

Providing safe and healthy products in a sustainable way

Retail

Primark is one of Europe’s largest clothing retailers and an expanding international business.

In Bangladesh, we trained 55,000 workers in 47 factories on fire prevention and fire safety
In France, we have over 100 apprentices among our employees
Despite growing our selling floor space by 12%, our energy consumption rose by only 6%
Our sustainable cotton programme helps farmers increase their yields while using less water and chemicals

READ MORE ABOUT RETAIL ON PAGES 78–89 OF THE REPORT
AND PAGES 58-67 OF THE UPDATE

Building strong and meaningful relationships with our stakeholders

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