Stakeholder engagement

Stakeholders Who are they Channels of dialogue
Federal, state and local governments

National (New Zealand)

Federal

State

Local

Lion Nathan participates directly in public policy debates on a range of issues. We also engage with key government bodies such as Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ).
Industry

Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG)

Alcoholic beverages

Beverages

Food and Groceries

We work with the following industry associations to address general business, alcohol and environmental policy making:
  • Australian Food and Grocery Council
  • Australian Industry Group
  • National Alcohol Beverage Industries Council Incorporated
  • Dairy Australia
  • Dairy Manufacturers Sustainability Council
  • Winemakers Federation of Australia
  • Australasian Associated Brewers Inc
  • Dieticians Association of Australia
  • Packaging Stewardship Forum
  • Australian Association of National Advertisers
  • New Zealand Food and Grocery Council
  • Packaging Council of New Zealand
  • New Zealand Glass Packaging Forum
  • Association of New Zealand Advertisers
  • New Zealand Distilled Spirits Association
  • Wine Growers Association of New Zealand
  • Nutrition Society of Australia
  • Nutrition Australia
  • Australian Dairy Federation
  • Sustainable Agriculture Inititative (SAI) Australian Platform
  • Dairy Manufacturers Sustainability Council (DMSC)
  • Australian Food & Grocery Council – Sustainable Practices Committee
Community

Community groups

Unions

NGOs – particularly in the alcohol and environment sectors

  • DrinkWise Australia
  • Be Drink Aware (Australia) and Drink Responsibly (New Zealand) websites
  • Advertising Standards Board (Australia) and Advertising Standards Authority (New Zealand)
  • Regular contact via key charitable partnerships eg Speight’s environment fund, West End community fund, Lion Pride and eCAP workplace giving partners, community investment partners
  • Various health and nutrition bodies such as Heart Foundation
  • Proactively engage with the community in various fora
Consumers and their
representative bodies
 
  • Education resources
  • Social media – chat rooms, blogs, etc
  • Our corporate and brand websites
  • Dozens of ad hoc research projects, qualitative and quantitative, are conducted with consumers
  • Consumer helplines
  • For LN, weekly dialogue takes place with a range of men and women over 18, through online polls to conversations in the homes or local pubs of our consumers
Customers  
  • Regular contact from a dedicated sales executive or account manager, along with our credit team
  • Access to our call centres in Australia and New Zealand
  • Regular visits from our Beer Systems/Tap Beer Services team
  • In New Zealand through our Wine and Spirits Ambassador program
  • At time of delivery through BevChain in Australia and regional contractors in New Zealand
  • Yearly customer satisfaction surveys are conducted with a random sample of approximately 2,000 customers
  • Further contact through customer association groups (eg Hospitality Association of New Zealand)
Suppliers

Farmers

Raw materials

Packaging

Utilities

Energy

  • Our farm services team regularly engages with dairy farmers to inform them and help them develop and implement sustainable farming practices
  • Regularly meet with various suppliers to discuss potential sustainability initiatives
  • Regularly meet with suppliers to discuss innovation opportunities
  • We work with our major suppliers on industry initiatives via industry associations
  • In New Zealand we hold an annual Supplier Awards event to recognise excellence in supply performance
Our people  
  • Dedicated people and culture business partners for all functions
  • Regular communications from CEO and other senior leaders
  • Annual engagement survey
  • Quarterly people pulse survey
  • Bi-annual culture survey
  • Daily organisational announcements
  • Intranet with various sites and tools, including feedback options
  • Monthly one-on-ones with leader
  • Regular internal magazines