british american tobacco p.l.c. sustainability report 2010 - 2011 supply chain goals
For supply chain management
- Establish an external stakeholder panel to provide guidance and challenge on supply chain sustainability issues by end 2011;
- Carry out a review of our Business Enabler Survey Tool to incorporate further sustainability criteria into the assessment process by end 2011;
- Further integrate sustainability principles into the selection criteria for our direct materials and machinery suppliers by end 2011;
- Use our approach for considering environmental impacts in all global factory sourcing decisions by end 2011; and
- Trial our environmental scorecard with strategic suppliers by end 2011.
For tobacco leaf supply
- Introduce requirements for our leaf suppliers to meet minimum performance thresholds in their Social Responsibility in Tobacco Production assessment scores by end 2011; and
- Aim for zero use of natural forest for directly contracted farmers’ curing fuels by end 2015.
For manufacturing
- Extend our third party manufacturing assessments to include water by end 2011; and
- Undertake a feasibility review of renewable energy to help identify potentially suitable manufacturing locations and technologies by end 2011.
For logistics
- Roll out our energy and CO2e assessments for warehouses across the Group by end 2012; and
- Roll out our programme to improve fuel efficiency across all Group Trade Marketing & Distribution teams by end 2012.
