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2020 sustainability and responsibility achievements
2020 sustainability and responsibility achievements
Our 2020 targets built and expanded on the foundations laid by our previous 2015 targets. They also helped form our latest 10-year ESG action plan, Society 2030: Spirit of Progress.
We set ourselves ambitious targets to be reached by 2020 and committed to measuring and reporting on our progress in a transparent and meaningful way. Our targets were aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and support the World Health Organization's programmes on health.
Our goals reflected the holistic way we measure and evaluate our responsibility and sustainability efforts, focusing on impact, not only within our own business, but also within the communities in which we operate. We also understood the importance of working in partnership to create true scale for our many programmes and initiatives around the world.
Performance against our social targets
Positive drinking* |
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Targets |
Achievements |
Educate 5 million young people, parents and teachers about the dangers of underage drinking |
1 million educated
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Collect 50 million pledges never to drink and drive through #JoinThePact |
25.3 million pledges collected
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Reach 200 million people with moderation messages from our brands |
229.2 million people reached
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*At the end of 2020, our 2025 Positive drinking targets were superseded by our Society 2030: spirit of Progress Positive drinking targets.
Inclusion and diversity |
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Targets |
Achievements |
Build diversity, with 35% of leadership positions held by women by 2020 (40% by 2025) and measures implemented to help female employees |
39% of leadership positions held by women |
Our people |
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Increase employee engagement to 80%, becoming a top quartile performer on measures such as employee satisfaction, pride and loyalty |
Employee satisfaction, loyalty, advocacy and pride, measured through the Your Voice survey(i) |
Inclusive communities |
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Our community programmes enable those who live and work in our communities, particularly women, to have the skills and resources to build a better future for themselves. We will evaluate and report on the tangible impacts of our programmes |
6,600 people reached through skills and empowerment programmes. 250,000 people reached through community water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes. 35,000 Number women empowered by our programmes |
(i) In 2020 we were unable to conduct an annual Your Voice survey due to Covid 19. In its place we used a pulse survey tool to help us measure engagement, listen to employee feedback and learn from their experience of working during the pandemic. The survey had a response rate of 74%, with 91% reporting that they were ‘proud to work at Diageo’ and 86% confirming they would ‘recommend Diageo as a great place to work’.
Sustainable supply chains |
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Targets |
Achievements |
Deliver our responsible sourcing commitments with suppliers to improve labour standards and human rights in our supply chains |
82% of potential high-risk supplier sites audited |
Source 80% of our agricultural raw materials locally in Africa by 2020 |
79% of agricultural raw materials sourced locally in Africa |
Establish partnerships with farmers to develop sustainable agricultural supplies of key raw materials |
78,600 smallholder farmers supported |
Performance against our environmental targets
Water stewardship
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Targets |
Achievements |
Reduce water use through a 50% improvement in water use efficiency |
2.1%Δ 2020 46.0% Cumulative
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Return 100% of wastewater from our operations to the environment safely |
6.8%Δ 2020 46.4% Cumulative |
Replenish the amount of water used in our final product in water stressed areas
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39.5% 2020 116% Cumulative
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Carbon |
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Reduce absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from direct operations by 50% |
8.7%Δ 2020 50.1% Cumulative
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Achieve a 30% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions along the total supply chain |
5.5% 2020 33.7% Cumulative
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Ensure all our new refrigeration equipment in trade is HFC-free, with a reduction in associated greenhouse gas emissions from 2015 |
100% 2020 99.5% Cumulative |
Waste |
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Achieve zero waste to landfill |
39.0%Δ 2020 98.2% Cumulative |
Packaging |
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Reduce total packaging weight by 15% |
0.4% 2020 11.2% Cumulative |
Increase recycled content to 45% |
5.3% 2020 45.8% Cumulative |
Ensure 100% of packaging recyclable |
0.8% 2020 99.5% Cumulative |
Our packaging (plastic) targets |
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Achieve 40% average recycled content in all plastic bottles (and 100% by 2030)
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2.5% 2020 2.5% Cumulative |
Ensure 100% of our plastics will be designed to be recyclable, reusable or compostable in countries where we operate |
4.3% 2020 85.3% Cumulative |
Doing business the right way |
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Human rights |
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Act in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, by carrying out HRIAs in all markets |
17 of 21 markets On track until Covid-19; target extended to December 2021 |
Health and safety |
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Keep our people safe by achieving less than one lost-time accident (LTA) per 1,000 employees and no fatalities |
0.60Δ LTAs per 1,000 employees |
Keep our people safe by achieving no fatalities |
1 work-related fatality |
Society 2030
in action
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