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We understand the potential to contribute towards certain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the ESG programmes of some of our businesses.
Several businesses donate surplus products to food banks and other organisations that support vulnerable people in need. Some of them are involved in initiatives that aim to increase the yields and incomes of smallholder farmers or improve their resilience to the impacts of climate change.
By assessing water scarcity risks at a site level and building partnerships in water-stressed areas, our businesses seek to improve water quality and water management by reducing pollution, treating waste water and reusing or recycling more water in their operations.
A number of our businesses implement initiatives that aim to improve the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of their people and some, for example our sugar businesses in Africa, provide a wide range of healthcare benefits for their workforce and their families such as health clinics and vaccination programmes.
There are many projects that seek to mitigate our businesses’ contribution to climate change and assess and improve their capacity for adaptation. These include process developments that aim to reduce GHG emissions through a mix of energy efficiency, lower-carbon fuels and renewable energy.
Across the Group, our businesses continue to invest in upgrading facilities and systems with the aim of improving the efficiency of their manufacturing and agriculture operations. These range from the irrigation technology used on our sugar estates to energy reduction programmes at our production sites.
Many of our businesses seek to improve energy efficiency through energy management systems and several businesses self-generate or procure renewable energy for their operations. In some of our businesses renewable energy is generated on site from biogenic sources.
Several programmes across our Group are designed to promote inclusion, including initiatives to empower women and people with disabilities. For example, Primark has worked with ILGA World to promote LGBTQIA+ rights and has amended its recruitment process to remove barriers to candidates with a disability.
Many projects aim to protect the ecosystems surrounding our businesses’ operations and supply chains, and minimise deforestation associated with the sourcing of key commodities such as palm oil and soya. With urgent action needed to reduce habitat and biodiversity loss, we support nature and wildlife habitat projects that seek to protect and restore nature reserves surrounding our businesses’ operations and within their supply chains.
Across our businesses’ operations and their supply chains there are many initiatives aimed at supporting the development of women. For example, Illovo Sugar Malawi's Illovo Women in Leadership Forum, which aims to help businesses attract and retain female employees.
Our businesses offer programmes to encourage inclusive working practices, fulfilling employment and fair rewards within our businesses and their supply chains. All of our businesses are expected to follow the Group Supplier Code of Conduct and have initiatives in place that seek to promote labour rights and maintain safe working conditions.
