At Lion, sustainability is about how we do business.
To achieve our core purpose of growing sociability and wellbeing in our world we must act sustainably. This extends to every decision we make as we seek to grow our business.
We communicate our sustainability strategy under the banner ‘Doing the right thing for the long term’. This reflects our commitment to delivering compelling economic growth while maintaining a culture of social and environmental responsibility – to ensure we do not compromise the rights of current and future generations.
We have grouped our strategic goals into four priority areas:
Commercial
Environmental
Our people
Community
Commercial
We generate substantial societal benefit by being a profitable company that employs close to 8,000 people in Australia and New Zealand. We are a significant purchaser of agricultural goods, and an integral part of the retail, hospitality and tourism industries.
In total, we create more than $5.5 billion of value (direct and indirect) for the Australian and New Zealand economies each year[1]. It is estimated, that a $1 million increase in demand for our beer products alone results in more than a $2 million increase in output across the Australian economy and a $2 million increase across the New Zealand economy[2]. Furthermore, every job we create leads to the creation of more than four jobs in Australia and more than four in New Zealand[1].
As the market leader in fresh milk, we buy 2.3 billion litres of milk that comes from more than 1,000 Australian dairy farms. Through our local brewing operations we source around 90,000 tonnes of barley from more than 5,000 Australian farmers annually. We are the largest citrus and fruit processor in Australia, purchasing one in every four oranges and crushing around 90,000 tonnes of fresh citrus fruit every year.
To continue to generate this broader economic value, we need to operate in profitable industries with balanced and rational regulatory environments.
Environmental
We have a clear goal – to reduce our environmental footprint while we continue to grow.
We have a strong record of improving our environmental performance over many years and we proactively manage this by:
Implementing environmental management systems;
Reducing emissions, waste and our consumption of natural resources, including water, energy, packaging and raw materials;
Partnering with key suppliers to minimise the environmental impact of the goods, materials and services we procure;
Innovating to reduce the amount of packaging we use and increase the recycling the re-use of our packaging;
Communicating our progress, achievements and environmental targets to our stakeholders.
Our People
We have great people at Lion, and by ensuring we live constructive behaviours and develop strong leaders, we will strengthen our achievement culture and continue to attract and retain great people – helping them be the best they can be, really make a difference and have a great time doing it. Our strong people practices, leadership and our culture are competitive advantages for us and also deliver benefits to all our people. Find out more about our investment in our people and our culture.
Community
We recognise we are a part of the communities in which we operate, and like all members of the community, we must make a positive contribution.
Engaging with the community and taking the time to listen to and understand, their various needs and concerns is an important aspect of the way we do business.
We champion sociability and wellbeing in the community, because we recognise that our products, when enjoyed responsibly, are part of a healthy lifestyle for many people. We are committed to playing our part in encouraging a healthy eating and drinking culture and providing consumers with information about our products so they can make healthy lifestyle choices.
We recognise that we also have an important role to play in helping to minimise the issue of misuse. This is demonstrated by our many targeted community partnerships which are focused on driving real change in the causes of, and solutions to, misuse. For example:
We also support workplace giving by providing our people with the opportunity to support the causes they are passionate about and matching our people’s contributions dollar for dollar. In 2009/2010 Lion matched close to $195,000 our people donated to charities across Australia and New Zealand.
[1] Lion Nathan National Foods Economic Contribution, Access Economics, February 2011
[2] Lion Nathan Economic Contribution, Access Economics, February 2009
Growing sociability and wellbeing in our world
Sustainability
At Lion, sustainability is about how we do business.
To achieve our core purpose of growing sociability and wellbeing in our world we must act sustainably. This extends to every decision we make as we seek to grow our business.
We communicate our sustainability strategy under the banner ‘Doing the right thing for the long term’. This reflects our commitment to delivering compelling economic growth while maintaining a culture of social and environmental responsibility – to ensure we do not compromise the rights of current and future generations.
We have grouped our strategic goals into four priority areas:
Commercial
We generate substantial societal benefit by being a profitable company that employs close to 8,000 people in Australia and New Zealand. We are a significant purchaser of agricultural goods, and an integral part of the retail, hospitality and tourism industries.
In total, we create more than $5.5 billion of value (direct and indirect) for the Australian and New Zealand economies each year[1]. It is estimated, that a $1 million increase in demand for our beer products alone results in more than a $2 million increase in output across the Australian economy and a $2 million increase across the New Zealand economy[2]. Furthermore, every job we create leads to the creation of more than four jobs in Australia and more than four in New Zealand[1].
As the market leader in fresh milk, we buy 2.3 billion litres of milk that comes from more than 1,000 Australian dairy farms. Through our local brewing operations we source around 90,000 tonnes of barley from more than 5,000 Australian farmers annually. We are the largest citrus and fruit processor in Australia, purchasing one in every four oranges and crushing around 90,000 tonnes of fresh citrus fruit every year.
To continue to generate this broader economic value, we need to operate in profitable industries with balanced and rational regulatory environments.
Environmental
We have a clear goal – to reduce our environmental footprint while we continue to grow.
We have a strong record of improving our environmental performance over many years and we proactively manage this by:
Our People
We have great people at Lion, and by ensuring we live constructive behaviours and develop strong leaders, we will strengthen our achievement culture and continue to attract and retain great people – helping them be the best they can be, really make a difference and have a great time doing it. Our strong people practices, leadership and our culture are competitive advantages for us and also deliver benefits to all our people. Find out more about our investment in our people and our culture.
Community
We recognise we are a part of the communities in which we operate, and like all members of the community, we must make a positive contribution.
Engaging with the community and taking the time to listen to and understand, their various needs and concerns is an important aspect of the way we do business.
We champion sociability and wellbeing in the community, because we recognise that our products, when enjoyed responsibly, are part of a healthy lifestyle for many people. We are committed to playing our part in encouraging a healthy eating and drinking culture and providing consumers with information about our products so they can make healthy lifestyle choices.
We recognise that we also have an important role to play in helping to minimise the issue of misuse. This is demonstrated by our many targeted community partnerships which are focused on driving real change in the causes of, and solutions to, misuse. For example:
Australia
New Zealand
We support a number of environmental initiatives, such as:
We also support workplace giving by providing our people with the opportunity to support the causes they are passionate about and matching our people’s contributions dollar for dollar. In 2009/2010 Lion matched close to $195,000 our people donated to charities across Australia and New Zealand.
[1] Lion Nathan National Foods Economic Contribution, Access Economics, February 2011
[2] Lion Nathan Economic Contribution, Access Economics, February 2009