The British American Tobacco 2005 Social report is now available online, and can be found at: www.bat.com/socialreport

The report highlights the company’s performance in mitigating its social, ethical and environmental business impacts. It candidly deals with issues surrounding the product the company grows, manufactures and markets, and covers key issues such as what is being done in terms of harm reduction, and public place smoking.

Important social issues such as addressing human rights, eliminating child labour, regulation and lobbying are also dealt with in the report, together with information on how the company is dealing with the increasing problem of illicit trade.

The report also covers employee issues, including the impacts of factory rationalisation decisions and its occupational health and safety record. The company is mindful that their operations impact on the environment and the report highlights its environmental performance and what it is doing to address its impacts on biodiversity.

British American Tobacco has been in business for over 100 years and is the world’s most international tobacco group, with a presence in over 180 markets. Their companies, including associates, employ over 96,000 people around the world and have over 300 brands in their portfolio. They are also the only international tobacco group with a significant interest in tobacco leaf growing, with social responsibility programmes covering some 250,000 farmers worldwide.

Hard copies or CD ROM’s of the report can be requested at the following e mail address: csr@bat.com

Visit www.CorporateRegister.com to access this publication together with a further 11,750 CSR reports.