Forging Relationships

In all our activities we will:

• Meet and, where appropriate, exceed the requirements of all relevant legislation.
• Seek to reduce the consumption of materials, re-use rather than dispose wherever possible, and promote recycling.
• Design energy efficiency into new buildings, products and services and manage energy wisely.
• Organise the transportation of our products to minimise fuel consumption, consistent with business needs.
• Site and maintain our buildings and plant to minimise visual, noise and other impacts on the local environment.
• Educate our employees on the environmental impact of our activities.

Each of our major businesses has an appropriate member of its senior management team to lead the process of implementing this policy and keeping it under continual review.

William Jackson Food Group is a signatory of the Food & Drink Federation’s environmental five-fold ambition, which commits us to make a significant contribution to improving the environment by targeting priorities where we can make the biggest difference. Working collectively, the five-fold ambition is to:

• Achieve a 20% absolute reduction in CO2 emissions by 2010
• Send zero food and packaging waste to landfill from 2015
• Contribute to achieve an absolute reduction in the level of packaging reaching households by 2010
• Reduce stress on the nation’s water supplies through a 20% reduction in water usage by 2020
• Achieve fewer food transport miles and contribute to reducing the environmental and social impact of transport by 20% by 2012