Our commitments for the future

We are committed to ensuring our direct suppliers meet our ethical sourcing standards by 2010. We will do this with our higher risk suppliers through active supplier self-assessments via SEDEX plus sample independent audits. This will likely involve about 3,000 suppliers. For the remaining approximate 37,000 suppliers, we will make them aware of our standards and encourage them to work towards them through self-development and SEDEX self-assessment.

We are further committed to sustainably sourcing at least half of our key agricultural raw materials such as cocoa, sugar, palm oil and gum arabic, for our core brands by the end of the decade. We will do this by working with supply chain partners including NGOs, farmers, scientists, government, trade associations and multi-stakeholder groups.