uk bat.com - Awards and recognition
The following is a selection of awards and recognition received by British American Tobacco p.l.c.
2013
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Our 2011 Sustainability Report received notable recognition at the annual Corporate Register Reporting Awards (CRRA), achieving top ten global ranking in four of the nine categories: 8th for Best Report, 4th for Relevance & Materiality, 10th for Openness & Honesty, 7th for Credibility through Assurance.
2012
- Selected for the 11th successive year in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, scored on economic, social and environmental performance.
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Ranked in the top 25 per cent of companies in Transparency International's "Transparency in Corporate Reporting: Assessing the World's Largest Companies" study. British American Tobacco were awarded a score of 6.1 out of 10, placing us 23rd out of 105 companies. We scored 81 per cent in anti-corruption reporting and 100 per cent in organisational transparency.
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Featured in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, with a score of 86 per cent. This index highlights those companies in the FTSE 350 Index that have shown the most professional approach to managing and disclosing their climate change impacts. High scores indicate that senior management understands the business issues related to climate change and is building climate related risks and opportunities into the core business.
- Ranked second in the FTSE 350 for our approach to sustainability assurance in the annual Carbon Smart ranking of assurance practices.
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Highly commended at PricewaterhouseCooper’s annual Building Public Trust Awards for ‘People Reporting in the FTSE 100'.
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Listed in the ‘Top 10 in Year 10’ for 'Excellence in Reporting in the FTSE 100' at this year's Building Public Trust Awards.
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Ranked 5th overall out of 127 European companies for addressing biodiversity impacts in a new report by European Ratings agency, Vigeo. We scored highest in the 'efficiency of measures' category.
2011
- Received a Gold rating in the UK Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index with a score of 94%.
- Selected for the 10th successive year in the 2010 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index (DJSI Europe), scored on economic, social and environmental performance.
- Featured in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, with a score of 91 per cent.
- Ranked as the top company in the grocery sector by the UK Environment Agency in their first CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Performance League Table. This table ranks over 2,000 organisations on their actions to manage energy consumption. We were one of only 22 companies to score 100 per cent.
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Won the top award for both People and Executive Remuneration reporting in PricewaterhouseCooper’s annual Building Public Trust Awards.
2010
- Won Best Online Learning Programme in the Corporate Learning category of the 2010 E-Learning Awards for our MXS marketing training and development programme.
- Named Best Sustainability Report in the FTSE 350 and of the UK's largest private companies by Radley Yeldar, a leading communication consultancy, in their 'How Does It Stack Up, Sustainability Reports 2010' report.
- Ranked second in the FTSE 350 for our approach to sustainability assurance in the annual Carbon Smart ranking of assurance practices.
- Placed in the Top 3 in the 2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers' Building Public Trust Award for Sustainability Reporting in the FTSE 100.
- Selected for the 9th successive year in the 2010 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index (DJSI Europe), scored on economic, social and environmental performance.
2009
- Selected for the 8th successive year as the only tobacco business in the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index (DJSI STOXX) for Europe, scored on economic, social and environmental performance.
- Received a Platinum rating in the UK Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index. We are the first tobacco company to reach Platinum status and one of only nine new entrants in the Platinum sector during 2009.
- Included in the Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) Sustainability Yearbook 2009, achieving Gold Class as well as being identified as both a sector Leader and a sector Mover.
2008
- Selected for the 7th successive year as the only tobacco business in the 2008/09 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index for Europe, scored on economic, social and environmental performance.
- Awarded a Gold ranking in the 'Companies that Count 2008' list of the UK's 100 most responsible companies, published in the Sunday Times and based on the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index.
2007
- Ranked third out of the FTSE100 companies in the Ethical Bonus Index 2007, compiled by Intelligent Giving on how companies enable staff to donate to charity, including allowing time off for volunteering, matching donations and running a ‘payroll giving’ service.
- Achieved a Gold ranking in the ‘Companies that Count 2007’ list of the UK’s 100 most responsible companies, published by the Sunday Times and based on the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index.
- Earned an overall score of 98.6 per cent in the Business in the Environment Index, also run by Business in the Community, placing us in the highest possible Platinum performance band.
- Received a 'Big Tick' Award in the Supply Chain category of the Business in the Community Awards for Excellence, recognising our Business Enabler Survey Tool and Social Responsibility in Tobacco Production programmes.
2006
- Ranked in the Premier League of Business in the Community’s Environment Index, as one of the 23 companies out of 155 participants to score over 95 per cent.
- Ranked joint 31st of the top 100 companies in Business in the Community’s wider Corporate Responsibility Index, including ‘outstanding’ scores for environmental management and marketplace management.
Group companies
Many of our Group companies have also received local awards and recognition:
Who We Are 2013
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