Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

C&C Group plc is a manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of alcoholic beverages.

The company's core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, financial inclusion initiatives, customer financial data accessibility, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, community finance reinvestment, financial literacy programs, customer debt burden, geographic inclusion for banking services, and product simplicity for financial products, are not applicable to its operations.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

No specific quantitative evidence was found in the provided article to assess the company against the defined KPIs for Fair Pay & Worker Respect. While the article mentions policies such as recognizing trade unions

, promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion , and providing a whistleblowing helpline , it does not offer concrete metrics like living wage coverage, CEO to median pay ratio, percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements, safety incident rates, pay equity ratios, employee engagement scores (only response rate is given ), turnover rates, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage percentages.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

The provided articles do not contain specific, quantifiable data points for any of the KPIs under the 'Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing' value. There is no explicit information regarding the percentage of fair-trade certified spend. The manufacturing site at Wellpark, Glasgow undergoes routine SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audits).

The intention is to begin the process to roll this out to the other manufacturing site in Clonmel, Ireland in the coming year. The Group confirms there were no concerns raised in financial year 2025 regarding modern slavery, child labour or human trafficking. During financial year 2025 the Group has taken steps to confirm that its supply chain has either agreed to comply with the Code or has in place policies or codes of conduct which are materially as robust as the Code. There is no specific information regarding traceability coverage, remediation speed, percentage of supplier contracts with enforceable ethical clauses, share of spend on high-risk materials, or supplier diversity spend.

Honest & Fair Business

C&C Group has a Whistleblowing Policy

and operates ‘Vault’, a confidential app and online platform for employees to raise concerns . No reports related to modern slavery or human trafficking were registered via Vault or the previous whistleblowing hotline in the financial year 2024 . The company also has an Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy with a zero-tolerance approach to bribery . This policy includes guidance that any gift, hospitality, benefit, or entertainment should be proportionate, within business unit thresholds for approval, and logged in a Gifts and Hospitality Register . Joint venture partners (50% owned) are expected to implement policies consistent with C&C Group's policy .

No War, No Weapons

No evidence was found in the provided articles pertaining to CCR.LSE (C&C Group plc) and its activities related to the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value. The articles discuss the US Department of Defense budget

, Russia's war economy , and a defense electronics company named THEON , none of which are relevant to C&C Group plc, an alcoholic beverage manufacturer.

Planet-Friendly Business

In FY2025, 95% of the total Group's electricity use was sourced renewably, with all electricity at main manufacturing sites coming from renewable sources.

The company recycles 100% of manufacturing by-products for use as animal feed or organic compost, supporting a commitment to Zero Waste to Landfill across manufacturing sites. Its greenhouse gas reduction targets are formally validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for a well below 2°C trajectory, including interim targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 35% and Scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030 (versus FY2020 baseline). Biodiversity efforts include managing one third of grassy areas under a pollinator-friendly regime and dedicating 35m2 of land to pollinator-friendly containers and a bee hotel at the Bulmer's site.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

The company has achieved 100% waste diversion from landfill across its manufacturing sites, with all manufacturing by-products recycled for animal feed or organic compost.

All products are sold in containers that can be recycled. As of 2023, 70% of the company's packaging is recyclable. and 30% recycled content is used in pallet stretch wrap in Clonmel. 26% of products are available in returnable formats. The company's waste management policy is guided by a waste hierarchy approach, prioritizing prevention, reuse, and recycling. Waste reduction initiatives include source-segregation of waste materials, prioritizing waste minimisation, investment in 'dry end' packaging machinery, and a circular economy initiative that led to recycling 50% of its packaging materials in 2023. Anaerobic digestion plants at Wellpark and Clonmel reduce wastewater emissions by approximately 90%. The company passed a Soil Association audit with zero non-conformances. C&C Group has a commitment to Zero Waste to Landfill across manufacturing sites. and its Environmental Policy includes focus areas for improving sustainability throughout the supply chain.