Tate & Lyle has won a gold award for its ‘outstanding community involvement’ from the UK-based Food and Drink Federation.
The sugar company took the award for its community programme, which
seeks to raise academic standards in schools. The programme offers
volunteer and financial support to groups near its east London
headquarters and has assisted 6000 people in the community during the
past year. Michael Grier, Tate & Lyle’s CSR manager, said the
company aimed to make its programme ‘as practical as possible’. Many
staff volunteer to help children to read or offer careers advice to
teenagers.
Tate & Lyle also won a silver award in the workplace community
category for its employee health and wellbeing scheme. This includes
health awareness and fitness programmes, support for staff to quit
smoking, and counselling.
On safety, the company’s units have ‘continued to outperform’ their
peers in their respective sectors at a time when overall safety
standards have risen, the company’s website says.
