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Our grocery businesses are taking action on key ESG priorities. With programmes tailored to local needs, they aim to support people, strengthen supply chains and protect the environment.
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Our Grocery segment is comprised of the Grocery Group, Twinings Ovaltine, George Weston Foods and ACH.
Each division within this segment manages its ESG strategies and initiatives independently, tailoring its activities to address specific needs and priorities. This allows each division to effectively manage environmental and social impacts, risks and opportunities across its operations and supply chains.
Businesses within the Grocery Group division have established their own medium to long term actions to address their most material ESG issues. These actions aim to reduce plastic use, carbon emissions, water consumption and waste, and improve working conditions and livelihoods of people in their supply chains. The businesses are also guided by their collaboration with organisations such as WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), the Sustainable Spice Initiative and the Sustainable Rice Platform.
The Finance Director of the Grocery Group is accountable for the division’s overall ESG agenda, while the individual businesses are responsible for implementing ESG programmes and policies at business level. There is also a divisional ESG team at the Grocery Group level whose function is to provide guidance and oversight on ESG topics.
Each business within the Grocery Group has dedicated policies for Responsible Sourcing, Environment, and Escalation and Remediation, alongside roadmaps to meet the expectations set out by their policies.
At Twinings Ovaltine, the Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer, International Supply Chain Director and Chief Brand Officer have oversight and overall responsibility for effective ESG risk management across the business. The ESG Governance Committee meets quarterly to formally review the risks and opportunities and to oversee implementation and direction of the strategy.
To help identify, assess and manage ESG risks and opportunities, Twinings Ovaltine has a Human Rights Due Diligence Steering Committee and an Environmental Steering Committee. Both cross-functional teams are responsible for implementing the strategy across the value chain and providing a forum to discuss progress. Challenges and emerging risks are identified and assessed through horizon scanning, salient risk reviews, stakeholder engagement and third-party research.
Twinings Ovaltine also has a process to identify and manage issues, such as material human rights concerns, that require investigation and, where necessary, remediation support for suppliers.
For more information on ESG at Twinings please see its website.
The division operates a decentralised model with distinct business units and employs a range of governance measures both at the individual business unit level and divisional level. A cross-business Sustainability Taskforce comprising senior representatives from each business unit works to ensure local ESG-related plans and priorities are aligned with divisional priorities. ESG initiatives are guided by a central Sustainability Framework, built around three core pillars: People, Products and Planet.
For more information on ESG at George Weston Foods please see its website.
At ACH, ultimate responsibility and accountability for risk management, including ESG risks, sits with the Chief Executive. ACH has established a cross-functional team, including members from Supply Chain, Packaging Development and People teams who are actively engaged in managing critical ESG areas for its businesses, such as solid waste reduction, GHG emissions reduction and people safety.
