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• Introduction
• The PZ Cussons Plc CSR Committee
• The Environment
• Health and Safety
• Development of staff & employment practices
• Local community and charitable activities
• Product safety and design
• Animal testing
• Everyday, good quality, affordable products
• Financial Performance

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Local community and charitable activities

PZ Cussons has operations in over 12 countries and employs around 9,000 people worldwide. We seek to support the local communities in which our employees live and work by making donations to, and working with, local charities and investing the time and skills of our employees. We are committed to establishing and maintaining strong relationships with community groups, building goodwill and a reputation as a good employer. The Group also ensures that decisions in respect of its operations take due account of their potential effects on the wider community.

In particular, throughout our long involvement in Nigeria the Group has always taken very seriously its responsibilities as one of the country's leading companies and employers and we have supported a wide range of initiatives and projects over the years to assist the country's development and to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The PZ Cussons Nigeria Foundation was founded in November 2007 to bring greater focus to those activities.

The Foundation was mandated to support projects in Nigeria in respect of transport and roads and other infrastructural improvements relating to the provision of fresh water, sanitation, health and education. The Foundation funds and implements projects which:

• focus on people and community development in locations where the Group operates
• promote the well being of local people
• are sustainable
• produce innovative solutions which can be easily replicated throughout the country.

Recent projects have included the commissioning of fresh water boreholes and storage tanks in Ikorodu and Obudu, the building of new classroom blocks in Ikorodu and Obudu, the repair of the Minna market road and the creation and ongoing maintenance of a recreational park in Illupeju. Future plans include the erection of classrooms in six other locations in Nigeria and the commissioning of water boreholes in five locations. During the year PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc donated approximately £285,000 to the Foundation and PZ Cussons Plc donated a further £125,000.

Outside Nigeria, community and charitable activities included:

• over the last 12 months we have worked with the Seashell Trust, a registered charity which provides education and residential care for people with communication difficulties from across the UK. The complex needs of their students may arise from a combination of multi-sensory impairments and PZ Cussons has provided expertise by working with students to devise a range of smells and fragrances to help develop their communication skills. On a practical basis, PZ Cussons also provides a range of personal care products for those students who live on site as well as providing financial support for the Trust
• PZ Cussons Australia introduced a volunteering policy which provides for one additional day of annual leave for all employees to work on a PZ Cussons sponsored community project
• PZ Cussons Plc and our Australian business supported the Victorian Bushfire Appeal through donations and staff time
• our business in Kenya made donations to the victims of the fires in Nakumatt and Molo and to the Kenyan community at large following the elections crisis in 2008
• PZ Cussons UK has increased its involvement in local educational institutions through its membership of Business in the Community
• the Group continues to be involved in a wide range of local community activities including providing work experience placements, factory visits and the support of local charities.