uk bat.com - Operating responsibly FAQs
Doesn’t tobacco growing lead to a loss of biodiversity?
Is it really feasible for you to continue to recruit talented employees in the future given that you sell cigarettes?
Where fertile land is used to grow tobacco rather than food, doesn't tobacco cultivation contribute directly to hunger and malnutrition?
How can you say you support regulation when it must damage your business?
What do you mean by an ‘orderly market’ for your tobacco products?
Should you consider human rights in decisions about where to operate?
Are you involved in CSR so you can resist tighter regulation?
Do you believe in voluntary restrictions or statutory regulation?
Are you using environmental NGOs to create false ‘green credibility’ for yourselves?
How is the Biodiversity Partnership structured for success?
How did your NGO partners in the Biodiversity Partnership evaluate you as a potential partner?
How are you replacing wood used to cure tobacco and make cigarette packaging?
Do all growers wear the protective clothing you provide?
What is your policy on the use of pesticides?
Wouldn’t land given over to tobacco in poorer countries be better used for growing food?
Do cigarettes cause litter?
How much do you spend on Environment, Health and Safety?
How are stakeholders chosen for dialogue?
Who chooses how your reporting assurance is done?
How have your Reports been received?
Can sustainability reporting be meaningful for a tobacco business?
Why are you doing sustainability reporting?
What is your position on child labour?
Is it really feasible for you to continue to recruit talented employees in the future given that you sell cigarettes?
Where fertile land is used to grow tobacco rather than food, doesn't tobacco cultivation contribute directly to hunger and malnutrition?
How can you say you support regulation when it must damage your business?
What do you mean by an ‘orderly market’ for your tobacco products?
Should you consider human rights in decisions about where to operate?
Are you involved in CSR so you can resist tighter regulation?
Do you believe in voluntary restrictions or statutory regulation?
Are you using environmental NGOs to create false ‘green credibility’ for yourselves?
How is the Biodiversity Partnership structured for success?
How did your NGO partners in the Biodiversity Partnership evaluate you as a potential partner?
How are you replacing wood used to cure tobacco and make cigarette packaging?
Do all growers wear the protective clothing you provide?
What is your policy on the use of pesticides?
Wouldn’t land given over to tobacco in poorer countries be better used for growing food?
Do cigarettes cause litter?
How much do you spend on Environment, Health and Safety?
How are stakeholders chosen for dialogue?
Who chooses how your reporting assurance is done?
How have your Reports been received?
Can sustainability reporting be meaningful for a tobacco business?
Why are you doing sustainability reporting?
What is your position on child labour?