SUPPORTER PROFILES:
British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco is the world’s second largest tobacco group by global market share, with brands sold in more than 180 markets. BAT was founded in 1902 and by 1912 had become one of the world’s top dozen companies by market capitalisation, today they have 60,000 employees worldwide.
BAT considers corporate responsibility as integral to their overall business strategy and believes that business has a key role to play in helping societies to achieve economic growth, environmental protection and social progress. BAT knows that partnerships among governments, civil society and business are vital for progress. As part of their sustainability efforts BAT work on meeting high environmental, health and safety standards; towards the elimination of child labour and the development of efficient markets, including fairtrade.
