Our key principles

Respect and protect the environment

Drive and invest in our businesses to improve their operational efficiencies by minimising environmental impact through reduced energy and water use, and CO₂ emissions
Align with recognised frameworks such as SASB, TCFD and CDP to increase transparency of actions as a core driver for change

Environmental leadership Sustainability performance data

Support and harness product innovation and quality within our businesses, to help their customers deliver on their commercial and environmental goals and find effective solutions to assist them in addressing climate change

Drive our businesses to follow best health and safety practice across operations, respect employees’ human rights and positively contribute to their communities by implementing effective policies and procedures, supported by local management accountability and a culture of strong awareness, training and investment
Ensure the pension schemes that we inherit are managed prudently and effectively for both employees and retirees, and where relevant, seek to create better funded schemes with more prudent targets under our stewardship
Promote diversity and inclusion at all levels
Promote fair employment and skills development
Ensure that our people have a voice and can inform executive decisions

Our people Health and safety

Implement and enforce effective compliance policies across our businesses, ensuring integrity, responsibility and adherence to ethical principles
Encourage them to protect the ultimate wellbeing of their products’ end-users by adhering to the highest safety standards
Ensure our businesses respect labour and human rights and request their suppliers to respect these principles
Protect information security and data privacy
Carry out prudent and responsible financial and tax planning and management
Maintain sensible and sustainable leverage to support investment

Ethics and compliance