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• Introduction
• The PZ Cussons Plc CSR Committee
• ‘Doing Good Business’
• The Environment
• Health and Safety
• Product testing and consumer safety
• Business conduct and ethics
• Our employees
• Local community and charity

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Local community and charity

We recognise our responsibilities to society and, in particular, to the local communities in which we operate. We are committed to enriching the lives of our local communities. Wherever we operate, we ensure that our activities do not have any material adverse environmental or social impact upon local communities.

• We encourage, promote and support involvement by our Group businesses and employees in local community and charitable initiatives through the allocation of financial and other resources.
  
  

  PZ Cussons has operations in 10 countries and employs over 8,000 people worldwide. We are committed to establishing and maintaining strong relationships with community groups, building goodwill and a reputation as a good employer.

  We seek to support the local communities in which our employees live and work by making donations to, and working with, local charities and investing the time and skills of our employees. We prioritise community and charitable initiatives which are:

  • relevant to the local communities in which we operate
  • relevant to our products or the businesses which we carry out across the Group
  • related to the provision of fresh water, sanitation, health and hygiene and education.

  Examples of initiatives across the Group in 2010 are set out below:

  • throughout our long involvement in Nigeria, the Group has always taken very seriously its responsibilities as one of the country’s leading companies and employers and we have supported a wide range of initiatives and projects over the years to assist the country’s development and to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The PZ Cussons Nigeria Foundation was founded in 2007 to bring greater focus to those activities. The Foundation was mandated to support projects in Nigeria in respect of transport and roads and other infrastructural improvements relating to the provision of fresh water, sanitation, health and education. The Foundation funds and implements projects which:
    
    
    • focus on people and community development in locations where the Group operates;
    • promote the well being of local people;
    • are sustainable; and
    • produce innovative solutions which can be easily replicated throughout the country.

    Recent projects have included the introduction of solar equipment to power a number of the facilities commissioned in earlier phases including the recreational park in Illupeju. The provision by the Foundation of well equipped classrooms and portable drinking water has now had a positive impact in more than 13 communities in Nigeria.
    During the year PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc donated approximately £125,000 to the Foundation and PZ Cussons Plc donated a further £125,000.

  • As a Group, we are pleased to continue to work with the Seashell Trust as one of its principal partners. The Seashell Trust is a registered charity which provides education and residential care for people with communication difficulties from across the UK. The complex needs of their students may arise from a combination of multi-sensory impairments and PZ Cussons has worked with the Seashell Trust to devise a range of smells and fragrances for introduction into their learning programmes and to help with the development of communication skills. In addition to the work which we are doing with students, we are also working in partnership with the Trust to explore ways of commercialising the tools and processes which have been developed to the benefit of both parties.
  • PZ Cussons UK is an active member of Business in the Community, an organisation which works with companies which make a commitment to social issues and responsible business practice. As part of this, the UK business participates in the Prince's May Day Network which is the UK’s largest group of businesses committed to taking action on climate change and during the year it has increased its involvement in local educational institutions.
  • PZ Cussons Australia has forged strong ties with a local school catering especially for disadvantaged children with special needs. Initiatives include career visits, the development of interview skills, mentoring and the sponsorship of state awards recognising achievements in vocational studies. The Australian business also partners with a local university to provide work experience and apprenticeships.
  • Our Kenyan business is a participant in the Nairobi Greenline Initiative, a project launched by the Kenyan Association of Manufacturers in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service to preserve the Nairobi National Park.