‘Doing Good Business’
The CSR Committee has developed a Statement on Corporate Social Responsibility, called 'Doing Good Business', which sets out the Group's key values and principles. The 'Doing Good Business' statement is available here.
Recognising that doing the 'right thing' in business can sometimes seem to involve difficult decisions, the Statement is intended to provide everyone throughout the Group, at all levels within the business, with guidance on how to conduct their business activities and on what 'good business' looks like at PZ Cussons. It is also intended to motivate and support all our employees to identify and vigorously pursue opportunities across the Group to optimise our activities so far as their social and environmental impact is concerned. In doing so, it is the belief of the Board and the CSR Committee that we will make our business stronger, more sustainable and, as a consequence, more profitable.
The Statement has been rolled out across all of the Group's businesses and its policies and principles apply to every director, manager and employee in all our businesses across our global operations.
The Statement sets out 'the Big 6': the six principal areas in which our operations have the greatest potential to impact - either favourably or adversely - upon our stakeholders. They are:
- The environment
- Health and safety
- Product testing and consumer safety
- Business conduct and ethics
- Our employees
- Local community and charity
The Statement has its foundation in our CANDO values, being those core values which are embedded in our culture:
Courage
Accountability
Networking
Drive
Oneness
These values can be found across the Group in every operation and every territory and provide the framework for staff and ultimately for the Group to develop and succeed. The Statement draws on these values and the experiences which have made PZ Cussons the company which it is today. It also sets out our intentions and aspirations for the future: that, as the Group develops and grows, we will remain true to our core values and convictions and continue to be a company which our shareholders, our customers, the wider community and our employees and their families can be proud of.
The rest of the Corporate Responsibility section of the website sets out, in respect of each of the Big 6, the values and principles which are set out in the Statement and the actions which have been taken during the year. It also addresses our future aspirations, including the further development of CSR reporting, and includes a review of the wider CSR benefits of the Group's activities.
