Communities

We employ more than 4,500 people across England, Scotland and Wales and we've developed strong relationships with the local communities in which we work. We also play an important role in supporting some of the country's most prominent sporting activities, including the Football League.

We have a responsibility to our local communities and we aim to make a positive difference to them. We do this in two ways:

• Through the economic benefit that our business activities bring
• Through our many community and charitable programmes and initiatives.

How we manage our impact

The CCE Executive Team and CCGB's Leadership Team have overall responsibility for managing our social and economic impacts.

• At national level, the Public Affairs and Communications Teams manage our local community investment. Both teams get input from the Corporate Responsibility Steering Committee about key issues and programmes.
• At a local level, community investment is looked after by CCE's regional teams and by the management teams at each of our seven manufacturing sites in the UK.

Working with government

The Public Affairs and Communications teams at CCGB and CCE regularly engage with government departments and regulators in England, Scotland and Wales. They tackle a wide variety of public policy issues related to our business.

During 2008 we responded to Government consultations on a variety of topics, including:

• England's Waste Strategy (DEFRA)
• The Food Industry Sustainability Strategy (DEFRA)
• Standards for School Food (DfES)
• Advertising of Food & Drink Products on TV (Ofcom)

We don't make any financial or in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians or related institutions in Great Britain.