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Building a company that can prosper over the long term.
We’re building and nurturing some of the world’s most iconic brands, rooted in culture and local communities, which is why we're focussed on creating an inclusive, sustainable and responsible business.
Our ongoing ESG action plan, Spirit of Progress addresses the most significant environmental and social opportunities and risks Diageo faces.
Today, we are one of the world’s leading companies. A business tuned to respond to the needs of all our stakeholders and society at large. Our distilleries, breweries and the hospitality industry we serve are at the heart of local communities, and our business will only thrive if it helps these communities prosper too. That’s why we believe that our responsibility and influence extend beyond our direct operations.
Our Spirit of Progress plan sets ambitious targets that support this commitment. It has three priorities to promote positive drinking, champion inclusion and diversity and pioneer grain-to-glass sustainability. Doing business the right way underpins everything we do.
ESG Reports and Resources
A link to our ESG Reporting Index 2024 is provided below. Within our ESG Reporting Index 2024, you will find our GRI & SASB Index 2024. Please also see our TCFD Report 2024 and our progress against our ESG targets.
ESG Reporting Index 2024
GRI & SASB Index 2024
TCFD Report 2024
Progress against our ESG targets
ESG governance
To ensure our success in achieving the targets set out in our Spirit of Progress action plan, we depend on both internal and external regulatory frameworks
Corporate governance
The principal corporate governance rules applying to Diageo (as a UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange) are contained in the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018.
Diageo Spirit of Progress Investor Webcast
The ESG Webcast provides a deeper dive into its 10-year action plan, Spirit of Progress
Spirit of Progress
Our strategy
Our ongoing ESG action plan, Spirit of Progress addresses the most significant environmental and social opportunities and risks Diageo faces. It has three priorities to promote positive drinking, champion inclusion and diversity and pioneer grain-to-glass sustainability. Doing business the right way underpins everything we do.
Doing business the right way from grain to glass
Doing the right thing, in the right way, is the foundation of our business and our Spirit of Progress 10-year ESG action.
Our Spirit of Progress targets
Our targets underpin our ongoing ESG action plan to create a more inclusive and sustainable world and are aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Our core pillars
Promote Positive drinking
Our ambition is to change the way people drink for the better. This is why we promote moderate drinking and invest in education programmes to discourage the harmful use of alcohol.
Champion Inclusion and diversity
Championing inclusion and diversity is at the heart of what we do, and is crucial to our purpose of ‘celebrating life, every day, everywhere’
Pioneer grain-to-glass sustainability
Our ambition is to build a resilient supply chain that helps our communities to adapt to climate change, protects our licence to operate and benefits the bottom line of our business. We are accelerating our focus on water and carbon, to address our most significant risks and greatest opportunities.
Grain to glass ambitions
Preserve water for life
Our Water Stewardship Strategy
Accelerating to a low carbon world
Our Net-Zero Carbon Strategy
Becoming sustainable by design
Reinventing Packaging
2020 sustainability and responsibility achievements
Our 2020 targets built and expanded on the foundations laid by our precious 2015 targets. They also helped form our latest 10-year ESG action plan, Spirit of Progress
If you’d like to get in touch with our Investor Relations team to learn more about our ESG commitments, please email [email protected]