Eye on CSR
Diageo Leads The Way In CSR Investment Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol bringing consumers a collection of brands including Guinness, Harp, Baileys, Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker and Tanqueray.
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iageo Ireland employs around 1,200 highly skilled people across five operations, including brewing, production of liqueurs, marketing, sales and commercial support. In Northern Ireland, Diageo is an
integral part of the community as a major exporter and employer with a significant economic footprint. The company employs more than 330 people across three sites including the Baileys global facility at Mallusk, a bottling and packaging
plant in east Belfast and the corporate HQ in Belfast city centre. Claire Hutchinson, Corporate Relations Manager, Diageo Northern Ireland said: “Sustainability and responsibility are integral to Diageo’s ambition to be the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products company in the world. In Northern Ireland, we play our part in achieving this through our corporate social responsibility agenda which focuses on
providing leadership in alcohol in society; helping to build thriving communities and reducing our environmental impact. It is through our committed work in these areas that Diageo has achieved gold level CORE, Business in the Community’s Responsible Business Standard and Northern Ireland’s only corporate responsibility accreditation. CORE has provided us with formal recognition, both internally and externally, while helping to focus our efforts on continuous improvement.”
Maura Forbes from Diageo is pictured collecting the company’s Gold CORE Award from Lisa McIlvenna, Deputy MD of Business in the Community at the Responsible Business Awards in June 2018.
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