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Responsible Business SUSTAINABILIT Y PRIORITIE S
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Section We will be focusing on five key priorities. These topics impact us all and are the areas
Section
where we can make a real difference.
SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE 1. ENERGY
Now, more than ever, we recognise how
important sustainability is to us all. At SHS Climate change is an emergency and we need to act now to help prevent irreversible
damage. The majority of our sites now operate with renewable electricity and we
we are committed to doing our part. We are keen to continue to reduce our carbon emissions to ensure we’re as energy efficient
want to be the most sustainable business as possible. This not only minimises our environmental impact, but it also helps enhance our
that we can be. business resilience.
Over the course of the last year, we have Nigel Lyons Bronagh McKeown Our goal is to ensure that we are tracking and reducing our emissions as we begin to set out
been working on our Group sustainability Corporate Standard our roadmap to Net Zero carbon.
Services
Brands
strategy and roadmap. We benchmarked
our sites and the wider Group completed
a gap analysis and formalised our SHS 2. WASTE
Sustainability Charter. One of the objectives in our sustainability charter is to achieve zero landfill across
the Group and several of our divisions have now achieved this target. We continue
Planet Forum and Planet Champions to work to divert all general waste from landfill. To avoid creating waste in the first
To help us deliver our sustainability place, we will be setting goals to reduce waste generation across our sites.
strategy, we formed a Planet Forum. Waste has significant sustainability and cost impacts: the cost of the material, potential lost
This Forum will help us to meet our Graham Morris Tony Bellian sales and disposal fees. From a sustainability perspective, there are negative aspects linked
overarching sustainability goals and will SHS Manderson to waste disposal - did you know that if food waste was a country, it would have the third
continue to champion sustainability within Drinks House biggest carbon footprint in the world after the USA and China? In fact, food waste accounts
our Divisions through Divisional sustainability for more greenhouse gas emissions than flying!
action plans. We are in the process of creating a Planet
Our Planet Forum consists of: Champions network and we are looking for 3. PACKAGING
volunteers. As a Planet Champion, you will
take part and lead specific site projects
Plastic waste and plastic recycling have been in the spotlight since Sir David
and initiatives, as well as helping to raise Attenborough raised awareness of ocean pollution in Blue Planet. The media has
awareness of sustainability priorities and also highlighted the impact of certain types of plastic waste being exported abroad.
goals across your site. To try and address the problem at cause, we are setting a goal to make our product
If you are interested in getting involved, packaging fully recyclable and therefore as sustainable as possible by using FSC/PESC/
recycled cardboard and paper.
please contact your local Planet Forum
Representative.
Lucy Faulkner Declan Hughes 4. WATER
Condiments & Sauces/ Group Supply Chain
Planet Forum Chair
It’s easy to take water for granted; after all it feels like it’s all around us. Did you
know that only 1% of the world’s water is usable by humans? From a business
perspective, water is a key consideration as it is something we pay for twice. We pay
for clean water that we use and then we pay for wastewater. Going forward, we are setting
overarching goals to decrease our water consumption, reducing water used in production
processes (factoring out the water used in products like our drinks or sauces).

5. SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
Jordan Kear-Nash
3V Sustainable sourcing is a pivotal responsibility for us. We have a duty to ensure
that the products we buy or source across our global supply chain are not linked
to harmful ethical or environmental practices.

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