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Reduce the overall environmental impact of the companies’ activities |
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Promote energy conservation and waste management across Reynolds American and its operating companies |
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 In 2007, Reynolds American and its operating companies formed a CSR Environmental Sustainability team to collaborate and unify operating company efforts around common environmental sustainability objectives.
While every company shared a commitment to environmental sustainability, each operating company was on a somewhat different page, and some had historically been more aggressive than others in pursuing environmental goals. By beginning a process in which the companies share best practices; collaborate on common challenges and find solutions; and begin establishing goals and metrics, the companies will be able to demonstrate reductions in their environmental impact in the future. It became apparent that the CSR team needed to begin this process by creating a first-ever baseline of accurate environmental data across the operating companies.
The team enlisted the help of an engineering consulting firm and chose to use guidelines established by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to drive this process. R.J. Reynolds had used this process in 2006 in its CSR report, but the Reynolds American 2008 CSR report reflects a much broader view, including all RAI operating companies. This database now becomes the benchmark against which the team will establish future goals and review progress. The compilation of those efforts appears at the end of this section.
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SFNTC has been recognized as a partner in promoting renewable energy sources at its Oxford, N.C., manufacturing facilities. The company meets one-quarter of its electricity needs by buying wind-generated power through NC GreenPower, the nation's first statewide, multi-utility green energy program.
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