Dairy Crest Corporate Responsibility Report 2009

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Carole Piwinika Small

Carole Piwnica
Non-Executive Board Director,
Chairwoman CR committee

Carole Piwinika Small

Caroline Slettengren
Group Solicitor

Aligning our CR programme closely with the way
we do business

Managing CR at Dairy Crest

In our last annual report we stated that we had established a CR committee—chaired by Carole Piwnica—with a mandate to review and implement Dairy Crest’s CR strategy. As a result, we are pleased to report here that we have delivered on our promise, and to set out our commitment to corporate responsibility, our CR strategy, and how, and by whom, it is being managed.

Dairy Crest’s CR Committee approves our CR strategy and plans, and regularly reports to the Board with updates and reviews.

Group Solicitor, Caroline Slettengren, leads CR Champions from the group and business units in putting the strategy into action. We have appointed Champions in four key areas: Workplace, Marketplace, Community and Environment. These Champions form part of the CR Steering Committee, chaired by Caroline, which meets each month to ensure that we are implementing the CR strategy in line with our plans.

Our CR commitments and targets for 2009

These are some of our key commitments for the year and our targets against these commitments.

	Commitments	Targets
Workplace	Develop inspiring leaders	10% improvement in Employee Engagement Index
	Increase the safety of our employees	AIR target for safety average = 1775
Community	Our employees to support and raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support	£300,000 to be raised by employees
Marketplace	Offer quality low fat choices: • Country Life Spreadable Lighter • Clover Lighter • Cathedral City Lighter	15% of total brand volume
	• 1% Milk	12.2 million litres
	Engagement with partners within the supply chain to drive continuous improvement to health and environmental credentials	Sign up our top 10 suppliers to an environmental/ethical supply policy by 31 March 2010
Environment	Reduce CO2 emissions Reduce water usage Reduce waste to landfill	3% reduction 3% reduction 10% reduction