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News and stories 11 March 2024

New Innovation Centre in Southampton

BAT has opened a state-of-the-art facility in Southampton dedicated to accelerating the development its smokeless products.

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News and stories 08 February 2024

Animation: our 2023 Preliminary Results highlights

BAT has published its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31st December 2023.

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News and stories 08 February 2024

Video: Chief Executive’s take on Preliminary Results 2023

Our Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco shares his views on BAT’s Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2023.

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News and stories 18 January 2024

BAT signs up as an Early Adopter of the TNFD

BAT has signed up to the TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures) to be an Early Adopter.

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News and stories 18 January 2024

BAT is one of just 15 companies to be recognised as a Global Top Employer

BAT is delighted to announce that it has been named a Global Top Employer for a seventh successive year by the Top Employers Institute.

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News and stories 30 October 2023

A decade of portfolio transformation at BAT

As we continue to build A Better Tomorrow™, this month we celebrated a decade of transformation across our New Categories portfolio.

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News and stories 24 October 2023

Watch: Vuse Longitudinal Study Interim Results Overview

Measuring the Impact of Menthol and Tobacco-flavoured Vapour Product Use on Cigarette Smoking Cessation and Reductions

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News and stories 17 October 2023

A smoke-free UK requires smarter vaping regulation

Striking the balance between harm reduction and creating unintended consequences — BAT’s Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, shares his thoughts with The Grocer.

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News and stories 04 October 2023

New investment supports the development of bioplastics

Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) – BAT’s corporate capital venture arm - invests in sustainable packaging and bioplastics company FlexSea

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News and stories 03 October 2023

Diversity and inclusion heroes

Seven colleagues have been recognised in the 2023 Heroes Role Model Lists for driving diversity in the workplace.

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News and stories 20 September 2023

BAT calls for smarter regulations to achieve smokefree ambitions

BAT’s Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, has called for smarter regulation and greater collaboration in order for countries to achieve their smokefree ambitions.

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News and stories 01 August 2023

The science behind vapour products: new podcast on ResearchPod published

Listen to the latest science podcast on ResearchPod. Our scientists share fascinating insights into BAT’s scientific research.

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News and stories 27 July 2023

HYR 2023: resilient performance, renewed energy, full-year guidance on track

Our Chief Growth Officer, Kingsley Wheaton appeared on Sky News to discuss BAT’s 2023 Half Year Results with Business Presenter Ian King.

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News and stories 26 July 2023

Video: Chief Executive’s take on HYR 2023

Our Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco shares his views on BAT’s Half-Year Results for the six months to 30 June 2023.

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News and stories 26 July 2023

Animation: our 2023 Half-Year Results highlights

Our Half-Year Results animation runs through some of the highlights of our performance for the six months to 30 June 2023.

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News and stories 23 June 2023

New Innovation Hub opens in Italy

BAT opens a new facility in Trieste, Italy, dedicated to its New Category products.

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News and stories 05 June 2023

Solutions to plastic pollution – the BAT perspective

On World Environment Day, BAT’s Sustainability Capability Manager Nisaar Ebrahim highlights our approach to the circular economy and stopping plastic pollution.

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News and stories 30 May 2023

World Vape Day: New scientific study on Vuse underscores contribution vapour products can make towards Tobacco Harm Reduction

Opinion piece written by Dr James Murphy, Director of Research and Science at BAT

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News and stories 24 May 2023

Championing diversity and inclusion

Five colleagues have been recognised in the Empower Role Model Lists, created by the diversity and inclusion global network INvolve.

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News and stories 12 May 2023

BAT named a Financial Times 2023 climate change leader

BAT has been included for a third consecutive year in the FT Europe’s Climate Leaders listing of companies making the most progress in tackling their carbon emissions.

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News and stories 11 May 2023

BAT on Gartner: Leveraging disruption to accelerate sustainability

John O'Reilly, BAT's Group Head of Procurement Strategy & Sustainability speaks with the Gartner Supply Chain Podcast on the importance of collaborating with our supplier base to accelerate our journey to net zero.

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News and stories 05 April 2023

Our leading climate change engagement

When it comes to collaborating with suppliers to tackle climate change, we’re among the world’s best businesses.

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News and stories 30 March 2023

Btomorrow Ventures names new MD

Btomorrow Ventures (BTV), BAT’s corporate venture unit, has appointed a new Managing Director, Juan M. Palacios.

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News and stories 20 February 2023

Velo front and centre at McLaren F1 car launch

The McLaren MCL60 featured the branding of our Velo modern oral brand, putting BAT's A Better Tomorrow™ transformation on the global F1 stage once again.

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News and stories 10 February 2023

FYR 2022: accelerating progress towards A Better Tomorrow™

BAT's 2022 Full-Year Results demonstrate how we are accelerating the transformation of our business.

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News and stories 10 February 2023

Innovating for a sustainable future: Celebrating BAT’s Women in Science

Whether it is harnessing cutting-edge science or pioneering disruptive technologies to create new, alternative nicotine products for consumers, BAT’s R&D experts are on a mission to build A Better Tomorrow™ for our consumers, society, and planet.

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News and stories 09 February 2023

Animation: our 2022 results highlights

Our Full-Year Results animation runs through some of the highlights of our performance in the year ended 31 December 2022.

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News and stories 18 November 2022

Focus on our Low-Carbon Transition Plan & climate targets

Our Group Head of ESG, Edward Butt, features in an exclusive interview with leading industry publication edie as part of its ‘Net Zero November’ campaign.

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News and stories 18 November 2022

Vuse ‘drives for change’ again with McLaren car livery

BAT’s no.1 global vape brand Vuse and our F1 partners McLaren Racing have again teamed up with an emerging female artist to deliver a striking livery for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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News and stories 26 October 2022

Announcing the 2022 Battle of Minds winners

The winners of BAT’s global business competition, Battle of Minds, have been announced.

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News and stories 05 October 2022

More recognition for BAT’s Global Business Solutions

BAT’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) has been named one of the world’s Top 20 “Most Admired Shared Services Organisations” (SSOs) for a fourth consecutive year!

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News and stories 29 September 2022

BAT calls for collaboration to accelerate tobacco harm reduction

BAT’s Chief Growth Officer Kingsley Wheaton has called for greater collaboration to drive widespread recognition of tobacco harm reduction.

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News and stories 28 September 2022

Allyship and creating an inclusive culture

To mark UK National Inclusion Week we caught up with Eka Gvimradze, a founder board member and proud ally of B United – the LGBT+ employee network at BAT.

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News and stories 21 September 2022

Recognition for disability support

BAT has been recognised by a major UK government-backed accreditation scheme for the way we attract, develop and support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.

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News and stories 21 September 2022

Welcoming Véronique Laury to our Main Board

Véronique Laury has become the latest member of our Main Board, with effect from 19 September 2022.

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News and stories 08 September 2022

‘The transformation is real, and we are delivering tangible change’

Flora Okereke, BAT’s Head of Regulatory Insights and Foresights, discusses the positive impact of BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ ambition in the latest edition of Tobacco Reporter magazine.

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News and stories 07 September 2022

A Better Tomorrow™ around the world

BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ ambition has been making headlines around the world as Management Board members Hae In Kim and Johan Vandermeulen spoke to high profile media outlets about our transformation.

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News and stories 09 August 2022

The pivotal role of suppliers in our transformation

BAT (Holdings) Limited has improved and enhanced supplier payments in compliance with the UK Prompt Payment Code.

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News and stories 27 July 2022

HYR22: our results in the news

BAT’s Half-Year Results were the topic of conversation this morning as our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton appeared on Sky News.

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News and stories 27 July 2022

2022 Half-Year Results: highlights animation

Our Half-Year Results animation runs through some of the highlights of our performance for the six months to 30 June 2022.

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News and stories 11 July 2022

How we’re becoming a multi category Enterprise of the Future

Our Finance and Transformation Director Tadeu Marroco discussed BAT’s transformation with leading financial publication The CFO this week.

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News and stories 07 July 2022

‘Our transformation continues at pace’

VIDEO: Making Tobacco Harm Reduction a reality has never been more crucial, our Chief Marketing Officer – now Chief Growth Officer – Kingsley Wheaton has told Arabian Business magazine.

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News and stories 30 June 2022

The importance of Pride in 2022

Adrian Longdon is a founder member of BAT’s LGBT+ network B United and sits on its board. He talks to us about the network’s contribution to life at BAT and his excitement for what lies ahead.

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News and stories 22 June 2022

Showing our solidarity with Pride

Each June we nightly light up our London HQ in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride month.

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News and stories 20 June 2022

Innovation Hub reaches milestone

Half-way point ceremony for phase 1 of new A Better Tomorrow™ Innovation Hub in Italy.

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News and stories 06 June 2022

Our journey to a greener tomorrow

As a business that depends on natural resources, we take an active approach to reduce our environmental impact.

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News and stories 06 June 2022

Let the Battle of Minds begin!

In its fourth year, the competition is run in partnership with BAT’s corporate venture unit, Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) and aims to discover the brightest, early-career business minds around the globe.

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News and stories 18 May 2022

BTV’s Lisa has the power!

She’s done it again! Btomorrow Ventures Managing Director, Lisa Smith, has again been recognised in the Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Powerlist 2022.

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News and stories 17 May 2022

BAT Bangladesh makes history with ESG Report

BAT Bangladesh has become the first consumer goods company in the country to release an ESG report.

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News and stories 12 May 2022

Strength through diversity and inclusion

Hae In Kim, BAT’s Director of Talent, Culture and Inclusion, showcases our strong D&I culture in a Q&A with a leading HR magazine.

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News and stories 07 April 2022

BAT recognised as an FT Climate Leader again

BAT has been named as a Climate Leader for the second successive year by the Financial Times in its annual European ranking.

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News and stories 01 April 2022

Vuse strikes more sustainability gold

Our world number one global vapour brand Vuse has landed another award acknowledging its sustainability leadership credentials.

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News and stories 17 March 2022

Vaping facts campaign under way in Canada

Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of BAT, has launched a campaign to highlight the facts and science of vaping.

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News and stories 25 February 2022

The next stage of our transformation

BAT is entering the next phase of its transformation journey towards A Better Tomorrow™ – Faster Transformation – our Chief Executive, Jack Bowles told analysts and investors.

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News and stories 23 February 2022

BTV’s Lukasz named as a rising star

Lukasz Garbowski of Btomorrow Ventures has been named as a Global Corporate Venturing ‘Rising Star’ of 2022.

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News and stories 22 February 2022

Double win at Product of the Year awards

Velo and Vuse were voted winners in a survey of almost 10,000 consumers and a panel of experts.

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News and stories 15 February 2022

2022 McLaren Racing F1 car unveiled

BAT’s global partners McLaren Racing have unveiled their new Formula 1 car ahead of the upcoming 2022 FIA F1 World Championship.

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News and stories 14 February 2022

‘BAT has delivered in a pivotal year’

BAT’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, spoke to the media as news organisations reacted to our full-year results.

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News and stories 11 February 2022

Watch: 2021 results highlights animation

Our animation runs through some of the highlights of our 2021 results.

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News and stories 11 February 2022

‘It’s a very exciting time to be a scientist at BAT!’

Long read: To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we caught up with Dr Sharon Goodall, our Group Head of Regulatory Science to find out about her career, motivations, and more.

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News and stories 09 February 2021

Reynolds again lands U.S. LGBTQ+ equality honour

For the third consecutive year, Reynolds American Inc has earned top marks on the Human Rights Campaign's annual assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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News and stories 07 February 2022

BAT strikes gold again in sustainability

We have once more been listed in S&P Global's 2022 Sustainability Yearbook, achieving the highest award of a 'gold class' distinction.

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News and stories 17 December 2021

Showcasing our world-class science

Our Quarterly Science Updates provide a digital snapshot of the research supporting our New Category products, demonstrating our scientific leadership.

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News and stories 13 December 2021

Celebrating 20 years in the DJSI

BAT has been named in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the 20th consecutive year and, once again, is the only tobacco company to be included in the prestigious DJSI World Index.

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News and stories 07 December 2021

Vuse and McLaren Racing mark world first

BAT’s global vapour brand Vuse has teamed up with McLaren Racing and an up-and-coming, UAE-based female artist to produce a one-off livery ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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News and stories 19 November 2021

Digital award highlights our A Better Tomorrow™ transformation

BAT’s ongoing digital transformation has been recognised with a prestigious award for our Director of Digital and Information, Marina Bellini.

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News and stories 17 November 2021

It’s TIME to talk automation

BAT’s ongoing digital transformation was in the spotlight recently as we hosted a summit bringing together some of the biggest names in technology.

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News and stories 16 November 2021

Battle of Minds: and the winners are…

The winners of Battle of Minds, BAT’s global business competition, have been announced!
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News and stories 08 November 2021

BAT lands industry-first diversity recognition

BAT’s commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been rewarded with a significant piece of recognition.

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News and stories 29 September 2021

National Inclusion week: Jay’s story

As National Inclusion Week is marked in the UK, we catch up with one of B United’s leading lights, Jay Morris.

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News and stories 29 September 2021

The importance of effective tobacco harm reduction strategy

BAT’s Director of Scientific Research Dr David O’Reilly has contributed to the September edition of Tobacco Reporter magazine, writing about the importance tobacco harm reduction.

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News and stories 28 September 2021

A Better Tomorrow™ Innovation Hub to launch in Italy

The hub will host a new manufacturing site for BAT’s New Category products, a digital boutique, innovation lab and centre of excellence for digital transformation and digital marketing.

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News and stories 23 September 2021

2021 is a critical year for tobacco harm reduction

Our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton called 2021 ‘a critical year for progress’ for tobacco harm reduction as he addressed the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in London today.

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News and stories 23 September 2021

Refreshed science site showcases our research

Sharing our scientific research is a vital part of our transparent approach. That’s why we’ve refreshed our dedicated science site, bat-science.com

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News and stories 09 September 2021

BAT in Top 20 Most Admired Shared Services Organisations (SSOs) for third year running

For the third year in a row, BAT’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) has been recognised as one of the world’s Top 20 Most Admired Shared Services Organisations (SSOs) by SSON Analytics.

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News and stories 23 August 2021

BAT wins 2nd runner-up for best ESG Report globally

Our leading approach to ESG reporting has once again been recognised at the prestigious Corporate Register (CR) Reporting Awards.

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News and stories 16 August 2021

BTV’s Lisa ranked in top 100 corporate venturing ‘powerlist’

BAT’s corporate venture arm, Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) and its Managing Director Lisa Smith have been named in a prestigious ranking.

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News and stories 11 August 2021

Accelerating our progress towards a sustainable future

Q&A with Jennie Galbraith, our Group Head of Environment, Social and Governance, discussing the step-change in BAT’s sustainability ambitions.

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News and stories 28 July 2021

Animation: Highlights of BAT’s 2021 Half-Year Results

Our animation runs through some of the highlights of our Half-Year Report for the six months to 30 June 2021.

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News and stories 08 July 2021

Building A Better Tomorrow™. Responsibly

VIDEO: BAT’s transformation journey is making us a more sustainable, responsible business, says our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton.

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News and stories 02 July 2021

New careers site has ‘candidate at its heart’

The revamped careers.bat.com will be key to attracting talented people to BAT to be part of building A Better Tomorrow™

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News and stories 30 June 2021

Vuse strikes gold for ‘Best Brand Experience’

Our global vapour brand took top prize at the 2021 Transform Awards Europe – in recognition of its Vuse Inspiration Stores.

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News and stories 19 June 2021

Grad Academy goes virtual again

Following the success of the virtual programme in 2020 and continued global travel restrictions, the Academy was again conducted in a fully digital environment

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News and stories 16 June 2021

Rainbow display shows we’re proud to B United

VIDEO: The BAT LGBT+ network B United plays a huge part in helping to create A Better Tomorrow™ for all of our employees.

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News and stories 09 June 2021

Our Science & Innovation Report – available now

Report showcases our latest scientific research and highlights our world-class scientists who are accelerating our transformation

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News and stories 07 June 2021

Btomorrow Ventures website goes live

Btomorrow Ventures, BAT’s corporate venture arm, has today unveiled its new website: www.btomorrowv.com

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News and stories 05 June 2021

Celebrating World Environment Day

We’re showing how we are playing our part to live up to this year’s theme of ‘Reimagine, Recreate, Restore’.

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News and stories 04 June 2021

We’ll still B United, no matter what

B United, our global network of LGBTQ+ employees, redoubled its efforts during the pandemic to ensure its members stayed connected.

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News and stories 22 May 2021

Biodiversity Day 2021: We’re part of the solution

BAT signs-up to Business for Nature’s Call to Action, a global coalition uniting businesses to call for collective action to reverse ‘nature loss’.

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News and stories 12 May 2021

Marina ‘honoured’ by CIO award nomination

Our Director, Digital and Information, Marina Bellini, is in the running for the 14th annual MIT Sloan CIO leadership award.

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News and stories 06 May 2021

ESG front and centre of Battle of Minds

Our global business competition is back - focusing on discovering the brightest, early-career business minds around the globe.

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News and stories 28 April 2021

Marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work

On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we look back at the past year and how we've responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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News and stories 01 April 2021

Honoured again for workforce transparency

BAT ranked in the top 10% of 141 responding companies by the Workforce Disclosure Initiative for a third consecutive year.

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News and stories 31 March 2021

Award acknowledges our digital transformation

BAT’s ongoing digital transformation has been recognised with a prestigious award.

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News and stories 16 March 2021

R&D student scheme honoured again

We have received further recognition for our employee best practice by retaining a ‘National Undergraduate Employability’ award.

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News and stories 26 February 2021

Video: BAT’s 2020 full-year results

Building A Better Tomorrow™. Highlights of our transformation journey.

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News and stories 17 February 2021

FYR 2020: our transformation story in focus on CNBC

BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ transformation story was the big talking point on the CNBC Europe news channel, this morning.

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News and stories 16 February 2021

We strike gold again in sustainability

We are proud to have received two more prestigious awards for our sustainability achievements.

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News and stories 11 February 2021

Campaign highlights our transformation

Adverts in prestigious media titles showcase recognition we have received and progress on A Better Tomorrow™ journey.

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News and stories 11 February 2021

Celebrating our women in Science

A focus on some of the brilliant women who are helping to accelerate our A Better Tomorrow™ transformation.

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News and stories 02 February 2021

Multiple employer recognition awards

The recent recognition of BAT as a Global Top Employer was our third employer-related accolade in a matter of weeks.

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News and stories 11 January 2021

BAT launches first CBD vaping product

Pilot launch in Manchester, UK, makes us the first truly global vaping company to launch a CBD vaping product.

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News and stories 16 December 2020

Our COVID-19 candidate vaccine given approval to progress into human trials

Plans have commenced to start the first Phase I study of BAT’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

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News and stories 10 December 2020

BAT launches tobacco industry-first Human Rights Report

Our Human Rights Report was published on Human Rights Day 2020 which focused on the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights.

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News and stories 27 November 2020

We're listed in DJSI for 19th consecutive year

VIDEO: BAT is also the only tobacco company listed in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World Index.

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News and stories 27 November 2020

BAT named as FT Diversity Leader again

VIDEO: We are proud to have been named as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times for a second consecutive year.

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News and stories 30 October 2020

How digital is driving our transformation

Our Director of Digital and Information, Marina Bellini, is taking the lead role in ensuring smart technology and connectivity accelerate BAT’s A Better Tomorrow journey.

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News and stories 27 October 2020

Virtual Grad Academy is a great success

Travel restrictions, lockdown or working from home have not stopped our global learning programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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News and stories 09 October 2020

Looking after mental health in a pandemic

BAT Healthy Minds Champions like Jo Vezey have played a key role as our people adapt to life in a pandemic.

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News and stories 23 September 2020

Our CMO’s keynote speech at GTNF 2020

Our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, has today called for meaningful change in the way that global tobacco and nicotine policies are developed.

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News and stories 09 September 2020

BAT in Top 20 Most Admired Shared Services Organisations

BAT Global Business Services function enabling BAT to build A Better Tomorrow .

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News and stories 08 September 2020

Proud to B United at our R&D centre

In a year that has seen Pride celebrations cancelled around the world, our colleagues in Southampton, UK, have brought colour to their site in support of our LGBTQ+ community.

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News and stories 11 August 2020

Women in Science video lands 'dotCOMM' honour

Our video has won a platinum award in the long-form video category at this year’s dotCOMM Awards.

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News and stories 10 August 2020

Sustainability report wins ‘Openness and Honesty’ award

We landed the 'Openness and Honesty' award for our 2018 Sustainability Report at the prestigious Corporate Register Reporting Awards.

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News and stories 05 August 2020

Event shows we're #StrongerTogether @BAT

BAT recently held its first ever global digital gathering, bringing together our employees to connect, engage and be inspired.

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News and stories 03 July 2020

Battle of Minds: our global internship case competition

Our global internship initiative continues to underscore our innovative approach to attracting and developing the best talent.

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News and stories 25 June 2020

Continuing to B United in a pandemic

Despite the impact of COVID-19 on how we all work, our LGBTQ+ employee network continues to play a crucial role in reaffirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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News and stories 18 June 2020

Women in STEM: a key part of our transformation

We are proud to have our pioneering women in STEM and their male allies featured in womeninstem.co.uk today.

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News and stories 10 June 2020

WeQual recognition for Rafaela highlights importance of diversity

Rafaela Alves Souza, Global Head of Activation, is one of three women finalists in the WeQual UK 2020 awards.

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News and stories 09 June 2020

BAT named in The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2020

We believe that company transformation and focus on ESG has driven elevation to 21st position.

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News and stories 15 May 2020

COVID-19 vaccine: update on our progress

Our potential COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to produce a positive immune response and is poised to move to the next phase of testing.

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News and stories 05 May 2020

Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic

An open letter from our Chief Executive, Jack Bowles, on BAT's commitment to supporting all our stakeholders in these unprecedented times.

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News and stories 20 April 2020

Building A Better Tomorrow

Our animation further explains BAT’s evolved corporate strategy and details how we are committed to building A Better Tomorrow .

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News and stories 09 March 2020

International Women's Day at BAT

Find out about the progress we have made and hear from BAT employees around the world about how they will contribute to a more gender-equal world.

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News and stories 04 March 2020

BAT responds to latest PHE vaping report

The Public Health England report provides an update on the use of nicotine vaping products in England and public perceptions of the harmfulness of vaping.

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News and stories 21 February 2020

International Mother Language Day

As a truly international company, we celebrate our differences and what brings us together.

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News and stories 11 February 2020

Celebrating our Women in Science

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we shine a light on the achievements of our female scientists

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News and stories 30 January 2020

RAI Group LGBTQ equality honour

Our business in the U.S. has been designated as a ‘Best Place to Work for LGBTQ equality’ by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

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News and stories 24 January 2020

Vype wins at Product of the Year awards again!

The Vype ePod has won in the e-cigarette category at this year’s eagerly-anticipated UK Product of the Year awards.

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News and stories 18 December 2019

Attracting the best – Augustow style!

To show how their graduates can succeed, the team at our Augustow factory in Poland have put together a fantastic video.

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News and stories 28 November 2019

Our New Category ambitions in focus

Our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, chats to Sky News Business Presenter, Ian King, live from Abu Dhabi.

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News and stories 28 November 2019

Simplifying our New Category brands

Our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton on why the time is right to simplify our New Category brand portfolio.

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News and stories 11 November 2019

BAT hailed for IWD best practice

We've been acknowledged as an example of best practice by the organisers of the annual International Women’s Day celebrations.

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News and stories 29 October 2019

Public Health England issues advice on vaping

Public Health England (PHE) has reiterated its support for the vaping category in light of the ongoing debate surrounding vaping and lung disease in the US.

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News and stories 10 October 2019

Mental health focus: Jo’s journey

On World Mental Health Day, Jo, one of our Healthy Minds Champions, discusses wellness and her own mental health journey.

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News and stories 09 October 2019

Looking back on an incredible summer for B United

Our short video recaps on a hugely successful summer 2019 for our lesbian, gay, bi, and trans (LGBT+) employee network, B United.

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News and stories 06 October 2019

U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaping illness update

The US Food and Drug Administration warns public to stop using THC-containing vaping products and any vaping products obtained off the street.

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News and stories 19 September 2019

Our business transformation showcased on CNN

Watch our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton's appearance on CNN’s flagship business programme Quest Means Business.

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News and stories 09 September 2019

WOW factor heralds ‘new beginning’ for women at CTC

Ceylon Tobacco Company – our subsidiary in Sri Lanka – is using the WOW factor to attract, develop and retain the best female talent.

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News and stories 08 August 2019

10 years of our Probaho clean water initiative

Probaho now provides 400,000 litres of water daily to some of the rural areas of Bangladesh which are affected by arsenic-contaminated water.

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News and stories 11 July 2019

Introducing our Women in STEM initiative

Our Women in STEM initiative is aimed at attracting, developing and retaining women who can bring fresh perspectives to BAT as we accelerate our Transforming Tobacco ambition.

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News and stories 04 July 2019

Our science website has been transformed

Find out more about the new-look bat-science.com and watch our Scientific Research Director discuss how science is powering innovation at BAT.

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News and stories 26 June 2019

Transforming Tobacco in focus on CNBC

Watch our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, and Head of New Categories, R&D, Marina Trani, discuss topics including our Transforming Tobacco journey on world-renowned business news channel, CNBC.

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News and stories 19 June 2019

Pride month focus: Natalia’s story

We talk to Natalia about being part of our LGBT+ network, B United and the support she received from BAT during some testing times.

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News and stories 13 June 2019

Proud to B United – introducing BAT’s LGBT+ network

As Pride month is celebrated around the world, we proudly shine a light on the great work being done by our LGBT+ employee network.

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News and stories 01 June 2019

Celebrating Global Day of Parents

On Global Day of Parents, we talk to three of our mums and dads about what parenthood means to them.

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News and stories 23 May 2019

What makes a BAT person?

‘We are progress-makers, convention-breakers. We are serious rainmakers.’ Watch our latest video to find out what makes a BAT person.

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News and stories 11 April 2019

Latest Grad Academy is a huge success

The latest BAT Grad Academy saw 129 graduates from 32 countries travelling to the UK for an action-packed fortnight of learning.

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News and stories 01 April 2019

Welcoming our new Chief Executive

Meet Jack Bowles, BAT’s new Chief Executive. Jack takes over from Nicandro Durante, who has retired after more than 37 years with the company.

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News and stories 22 March 2019

Improving access to clean water in Fiji

On World Water Day, we focus on how BAT’s Project AQUA is making a difference in Fiji by supplying local tobacco farming communities with a safe water supply.

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News and stories 15 February 2019

Our global partners McLaren unveil new F1 car

Formula One giants McLaren – with whom BAT announced a global partnership on Monday – have unveiled their car for the 2019 season.

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News and stories 11 February 2019

Celebrating BAT’s female scientists

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we caught up with some of our female scientists who help us to deliver our Transforming Tobacco ambition.

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News and stories 05 February 2019

Assessing the reduced-risk potential of our products

Our factsheet explains the scientific approach we take to assessing the reduced-risk potential of our vapour and tobacco heating products.

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News and stories 31 January 2019

We’re a Global Top Employer again!

We are proud to announce that BAT has been named as a Global Top Employer for the second year running.

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News and stories 10 January 2019

BAT Kenya celebrates workplace transformation

BAT Kenya has unveiled its transformed Nairobi headquarters, marking an important milestone for its 'hub rejuvenation' project.

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News and stories 20 December 2018

We’re a top employer again in Asia-Pacific!

BAT celebrated being named as a Top Employer Asia-Pacific for the second successive year at a ceremony held in Singapore last week.

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News and stories 23 November 2018

NextGenBAT: our latest global graduates

Graduates from more than 40 different countries touched down in the UK for BAT’s latest Global Graduate Academy.

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News and stories 22 October 2018

Introducing Parents@BAT

We’re launching a range of benefits to help new parents at BAT balance their home and work lives

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News and stories 15 October 2018

Fortune favours RAI in best workplaces list

Reynolds American Inc., our business in the U.S, receives two pieces of recognition that herald it as a ‘great place to work’.

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News and stories 04 October 2018

We’re a top employer in Africa

British American Tobacco is named as a Top Employer Africa for the second year in a row.

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News and stories 17 September 2018

We are BAT

We are a truly global company with a highly successful past and an exciting future ahead of us.

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News and stories 22 August 2018

On the BAT career journey in Northern Europe

Watch our short video to get an idea of what it's like to work for British American Tobacco in Northern Europe Area.

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News and stories 07 August 2018

Learning with Lynda.com

We’ve teamed up with LinkedIn’s Lynda.com to transform the way our employees learn and develop their careers.

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News and stories 07 June 2018

Tobacco harm reduction in focus

Read a factsheet explaining our approach and commitment to tobacco harm reduction

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News and stories 15 February 2018

BAT is recognised as a Global Top Employer

We are proud to have been recognised as a Global Top Employer for 2018.

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News and stories 9 January 2018

What our employees had to say about working at BAT

Our ‘Your Voice’ employee engagement survey gives our people the opportunity to say how well they think BAT is performing on a range of topics.

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News and stories 13 November 2017

We are BAT - Bangladesh

Our work to provide a village with better access to safe drinking water is the focus of the second follow-up to our company video, We are BAT.

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News and stories 25 October 2017

NGP progress showcased at Capital Markets Day

We were proud to showcase our commitment to and progress in Next Generation Products (NGP) at a Capital Markets Day for investors and analysts on 25 October.

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News and stories 4 October 2017

RAI among employee engagement ‘elite’

Award recognises top employers that display leadership and innovation in engaging their workforces

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News and stories 7 September 2017

We are BAT - South Africa

In a follow-up to our company video, employees in South Africa share their experiences of working for BAT.

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News and stories 31 March 2017

BAT brings light to 3,000 lives in Pakistan

How Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), has brought the gift of light to a remote village.

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News and stories 24 March 2017

Opening the doors to a flagship store

Take a look inside our world-first Vype store in Milan.

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News and stories 20 March 2017

Glad grads

Graduates who touched down in London in February to take part in our first ever Graduate Academy tell us why they were excited to be there.

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News and stories 13 March 2017

Your 90-second guide to BAT

Watch a 90-second video about our business – our performance, our products, our people and our strategy.

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News and stories 9 March 2017

Inspiring women in Bangladesh

BAT Bangladesh had extra reason to celebrate on International Women’s Day

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News and stories 30 January 2017

We are BAT – our company video

The people who help make us the company we are today take centre stage in our company video, We are BAT.

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