Managing our environmental impacts
After more than a decade of action, we continue to make progress on managing the environmental impacts of our own operations. In most areas, our impacts extend far beyond our own operations.
On the 'upstream' side, in our supply chain, we use our Business Partner Code to ensure that our suppliers meet our expectations on environmental and social impacts. We estimate that over two-thirds of our raw materials come from agriculture, so our Sustainable Agriculture Programme has a key role in managing our upstream impacts.
On the 'downstream' side – when consumers use our products – we work in partnership with various organisations and engage with consumers to achieve improvements in our wider environmental footprint, for example on water use. Our research and product development teams also aim to reduce the environmental impacts of our products during consumer use through reformulation and other innovations.
