STAKEHOLDERS

"A Stakeholder is any group or individual who can affect, or is affected by, the achievement of the company's purpose."

We believe in engaging constructively with our stakeholders
Finding solutions to the issues associated with our business requires constructive dialogue involving many parts of society. We recognise that we have an important role in making this happen effectively. We also recognise that the quality of dialogue and solutions depends on the willingness of stakeholders to engage and contribute.

Our responsibility is to provide opportunities for our stakeholders to raise their concerns and expectations with us in dialogue and for us to listen with an open mind.

We will:

• Identify and engage with our stakeholders consistently, transparently and as inclusively as possible;
• Proactively seek the views of our stakeholders and provide opportunities for other interested parties to share their views and concerns with us;
• Translate the expectations of our stakeholders into action wherever we see it as reasonable and feasible.

British American Tobacco needs to make as secure an environment as possible for sceptical stakeholders. They need to be assured that they will be given an opportunity to voice their opinions and that what they say will be accurately recorded. If they can't trust British American Tobacco, they should be able to trust the process.
To support open and frank discussion, opinions expressed will not be attributed to particular individuals or organisations.

• British American Tobacco has conducted Stakeholders Mapping and Classification research to identify all stakeholders and their influencers and all issues key to the stakeholders.

The following groups of stakeholders were identified:

• European Commission
• DG Health and Consumer Protection
• DG Taxation and Customs Union
• DG Personnel and Administration/OLAF
• DG Enterprise
• DG Environment
• DG Employment and Social Affairs
• DG Agriculture
• DG Internal Market and Services
• DG Research
• Joint Research Centre
• SCHER
• SCENIHR
• DG Information Society and Media
• DG Justice, Freedom and Security
• European Parliament
• Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Committee on Budgetary Control
• Committee on Transport and Tourism
• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Committee on Culture and Education
• Committee on Legal Affairs
• Permanent Representations to the EU
• Public health Experts
• NGO's
• Business Organisation
• Think Tanks & Other Platforms

Our aim is to include all relevant stakeholders that have an interest in a debate around tobacco related issues. Additionally the stakeholders are invited to nominate others they think should participate in the Dialogue Sessions.

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