BAT Vietnam - Corporate behaviour

Raising standards, leading the industry

Standards of Business Conduct

Our Standards of Business Conduct are a set of global policies of British American Tobacco, expressing the high standards of integrity we are committed to upholding. The Standards apply to all Group companies and employees and require high standards of behaviour and integrity wherever our businesses operate.

Each operating company in the Group must adopt the SoBC, or its own standards reflecting them, and each employee is expected to know and comply with their provisions. General Managers and Heads of Function formally confirm on an annual basis that their market or business unit has adequate procedures in place to support SoBC compliance, and continuous information on performance against the Standards is gathered and reported quarterly to the Board Audit Committee.

Supplier Code of Conduct

Our Supplier Code of Conduct complements our Group Standards of Business Conduct by defining the minimum standards we expect our suppliers to adhere to in order to supply goods or services to BAT and any BAT Group company. This builds upon our long-standing commitment to operating to high standards of corporate conduct for both our own business operations and our wider supply chain. It also supports our continuing commitment to respect human rights and uphold international standards, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Our approach

Conducting our affairs with honesty, integrity and transparency is key if we are to continue to develop as a responsible, successful and sustainable business. Our corporate behaviour approach is built on:

•  Delivery with integrity: We’re committed to sustaining a culture of integrity. Our business standards should never be compromised for the sake of results.
•  Protecting human rights: We respect the rights of people across our entire supply chain and our own operations. We have an integrated approach to protecting human rights.
•  Marketing responsibly: We are committed to marketing all our tobacco and nicotine products responsibly and only to adult consumers.

See also

• Regulation in Vietnam
• International Marketing Principles
  
• Youth Access Prevention