R&R - Social Responsibilities

R&R - a responsible business

As a leading European ice cream manufacturer, we're committed to serving our customers, looking after our staff and supporting the localities where they live and work. We also recognise a wider corporate responsibility for issues such as protecting the environment. This is a summary of our CSR commitment:-

Economic

We make a significant contribution to the economies of the countries in which we operate every year. This is through both direct and indirect taxation such as corporation tax, business rates, National Insurance and climate change levies. We are based in the North of England - at Leeming Bar and Leeds - and in the South West at Bodmin. On mainland Europe we have sites at Osnabruck in Germany; Brittany, Charante and Bordeaux in France and at Mielic in Poland. Our workforce across the whole group numbers over 2150.

Employees

We aim to be a good employer, treating people fairly at all times to ensure we attract and retain the best staff. We value people and their contribution, irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion or ethnic origin. Our culture is to develop the skills and knowledge of all our employees. We are widely recognised as an employer who is committed to training and developing its staff so equipping them with the skills, knowledge and expertise needed to ensure the company retains its marketing leading position.

Customers and suppliers

We aim to be innovative in meeting our customers' needs and are committed to being honest and fair in all our dealings with customers and suppliers.

Community

We strive to be a good corporate citizen with a responsibility to work in partnership with the communities in which we operate. Each year we donate 0.25% of our profits to local charities as well as providing indirect giving in terms of free-of-charge products or employee support. We've selected two main charities with a strong focus on children - Hope and Homes and the Rainbow Trust - which have received donations totalling over £75,000 from the business during the past year. In addition, our employees raised a further £7,000 through payroll giving and charity events.

Business ethics

We're committed to conducting our business with an ethically and socially responsible attitude and treating employees, customers, suppliers and shareholders in a fair, open and honest manner. As a business we're regularly audited by our customers. We also measure our progress through staff satisfaction surveys and KPI measures.

Health, safety and the environment

We maintain healthy and safe working conditions and operate in an environmentally responsible manner. We carry out regular risk management audits to identify areas for improvement. Minimising the impact we make on the environment is important to us and we are committed to continual environmental improvement and pollution prevention, which has enabled us to reduce our carbon footprint across the Group by over 2% in the past year.

Managing our business

We aim to manage our business in a responsible manner by using KPIs that help us focus on our goals and assess our business, health & safety and environmental performances.