We accept that our companies' operations affect the environment, and we are committed to following the best international standards of environmental protection, adhering to the principles of sustainable development, and protecting biodiversity.

Our environmental management systems conform to best international practices; in safety management, we have a zero target for accidents across our operations, and we are developing occupational health management from a sound basis already in place.

While the results of corporate benchmarking are very encouraging, they remind us that our work will never be complete. Every year we aim to improve our EHS performance, systems, programmes, data-gathering and target-setting, and develop new ways of reporting on progress.

For our report on 2002 Group environmental performance, examples of individual companies' activities and activities by the British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership, click on the link at the top of the page to our latest Social Report.