PILLAR # 1
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W hen it comes to sustainability , AB Sugar is quite clear about its objectives . “ Our commitments are ambitious ,” says CEO Dr Mark Carr , “ but represent the next step of our journey towards becoming the world ’ s leading sustainable sugar business .”
Managing sustainability across such a large corporation can be as challenging as it is rewarding . Spread across 10 territories with over 30,000 workers producing 4.5mn tonnes of sugar each year , AB Sugar – part of Associated British Foods PLC – is a massively challenging operation when it comes to implementing genuinely sustainable change . However , small changes at companies as large as AB have dramatic effects across the end-to-end supply chain and associated communities .
Katharine Teague is Head of Advocacy at AB Sugar and oversees the company ’ s strategy in this space . “ From an AB Sugar perspective , focusing on sustainability is how we ’ ve always run our businesses ,” explains Teague . “ We ’ re always looking to do more with less . I think that ’ s a fair thing to say . We don ’ t talk about sustainability as a standalone factor . Instead , we look at sustainability through the framework that we ’ ve established around ‘ Global Minds , Local Champions ’ and we have broken it down into three pillars .”
PILLAR # 1
The first pillar of AB ’ s sustainability strategy centres around both supporting rural economies and its commitment to building vibrant and diverse supply
APRIL 2019