where next?

Cadbury Schweppes has a heritage of trust and responsibility based on living our values. This heritage is the foundation for our future success.

The year 2005 marked the end of a five-year milestone of 'Growing Responsibly in CSR' that was founded firmly on our Five Pillars of CSR. As a result of Growing Responsibly in CSR, our approach, policies and practices in these areas are more clearly defined, more effectively communicated and better understood.

Over these five years our Company changed. The world around us changed too. Interest in where and how companies source their supplies grew significantly. Food and consumer issues rose on the public agenda as did how companies respond to environmental concerns. The shape and nature of the global market changed. We also saw growth for our products in emerging markets such as China, India, Latin America and Russia. We expect the growth to continue.

Now we are looking forward to the next five years, to 2010 and beyond. In planning ahead, we do not just look at business trends. We consider the broader environmental, social and economic changes that academics, specialists and researchers among others are anticipating. We are assessing what they will mean for our business and how they will condition the environment for sustainable growth.

Cadbury Schweppes will, of course, continue to focus on producing superior returns for shareowners. We will achieve this through responsible and sustainable business growth. By living our values we will reach our stretching commercial goals. Performance driven and values led growth is the key to sustainable shareowner value. For us, sustainability is also about taking care of the environment and the communities where we live, work and do business. We know we must be sensitive to their changing needs in the same way that our product mix must reflect the changing needs and tastes of our consumers.

Across the world, people are expecting more from business. It is more important than ever that we live by our values. This means dealing fairly with consumers and suppliers, with customers and employees. As well as creating brands people love, it is our job to engage with the issues that people really care about.

We know that Cadbury Schweppes' reputation as a responsible company is not to be taken for granted. We have to work hard to renew it day by day. It is in our brands, in our processes, in our people, and in our plans for the future. Everyone whose lives we touch, however briefly, in markets old and new, must see that we live by our values.

We have adopted a new set of specific commitments and goals for CSR, our Goals and Commitments on Sustainability for the years to 2010. Meeting them will require continued dedication from our leadership team and our colleagues and the support of our many stakeholders.

In the mid 19th century, our Company was founded with a strong sense of obligation to society. We look to the 21st century equally determined to be the stewards, not only of our great business and brands, but of our role in society and our impact upon the world around us. It will be the ideas, the energy and the commitment of our colleagues and business partners that provide a platform for solid and lasting growth, for the benefit of future generations.

In the future, as in the past, we will live out our values in the way we conduct our business.