Sustainability approach at a glance

Our sustainability strategy is communicated under the banner of 'Doing the right thing for the long term' – one of our '10 Behaviours that add value'. 

It is categorised as a 'behaviour' because we believe sustainability is about how we do business and extends to every decision each one of us makes as we seek to grow our business. We are committed to delivering economic growth while building a culture of social and environmental responsibility to ensure we don't compromise the rights of current and future generations.

We have chosen the symbol 'O' – a circle – to reflect this approach and the fact that sustainability is a continuous journey. We have grouped our strategic goals into four priority areas, brought to life as quadrants of this circle:

> Commercial > Environmental > Our people > Community

Commercial

We provide enormous benefit to the countries in which we operate by being a profitable company that employs close to 8,000 people. Furthermore, every job we create leads to 4.4 more jobs in Australia and New Zealand respectively in the agricultural, hospitality and tourism sectors. In total, we create around $5.5 billion of value for these two economies each year and we aspire to grow this economic contribution. We don't shy away from the fact that to do this we need to operate in profitable industries with balanced and rational regulatory environments. For this to be achieved, and because it's the right thing to do, we need to act with integrity in our business practices and champion a sustainable product portfolio. This means demonstrating leading governance and marketplace practices, marketing sustainable products and sourcing our inputs with a firm eye on the social consequences for our suppliers and communities.

Environmental

We have a clear goal: to reduce our environmental footprint while we grow. We have a strong record of investing to improve our environmental footprint. We are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water usage and waste, and to increasing the recycled material in our packaging and its recyclability. We are also committed to environmentally sustainable sourcing of inputs. We have put in place clear targets in each of these areas and intend to be accountable to our people and external stakeholders as we endeavor to achieve them.

Our people

People practices, leadership and our culture are competitive advantages. Living constructive behaviours and developing strong leaders will create an achievement culture that will attract and retain great people, make our business financially successful and deliver benefits for all our people. We want to engage our people, help them be the best they can be, really make a difference – and have a great time doing it. We want to create an environment where our people can live authentically and be the same people at work that they are at home. To address our capability challenge, embedding sustainability knowledge and capability are key strategic priorities.

Community

We recognise that we only exist with the support and permission of the communities in which we operate. Only through a two-way dialogue with our stakeholders and by demonstrating genuine leadership that delivers on their reasonable expectations will we retain that support and permission. At the same time, we are committed to providing consumers with information about our products so they can make healthy lifestyle choices, while playing a role as part of the community effort to encourage healthy and responsible enjoyment of our products. 

SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP GROUP