Trinidad & Tobago 2004/05 - British American Tobacco

West Indian Tobacco Dialogue Team
The West Indian Tobacco Dialogue Team
comprised the Company’s Managing Director
and members of the Executive Committee
representing the major functions within the
Company, including Marketing, Production,
Human Resources and Corporate & Legal Affairs.
The role of the Dialogue Team in Dialogue
One was to listen and understand stakeholders'
expectations and to provide clarifi cation on
topics of importance, where necessary. In
Dialogue Two, the role of this team was
to provide responses and commitments to
stakeholders.
The Auditor
Independent verifi cation of the process is a
critical element for building credibility and
providing legitimacy to the Social Reporting
process. Verifi cation covers the entire Social
Reporting process in order to ensure compliance
with the AA1000 requirements.
As part of the verifi cation, the verifi er
attended all dialogue sessions and checked
that stakeholders were free to express their
views openly and without restriction; that
the dialogues were carried out fairly; that
stakeholders' positions were accurately reported;
and that the Company responded to all
expectations raised by stakeholders.
The independent auditor for the West Indian
Tobacco Social Reporting process was Bureau
Veritas (Colombia).
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Observers
West Indian Tobacco invited the Trinidad
and Tobago Transparency Institute and the
University of the West Indies – Department of
Management Studies, to attend both dialogue
sessions as neutral observers.
Other observers were representatives from
British American Tobacco Group companies
within the Caribbean and Latin America.
SCOPE OF THIS SOCIAL REPORT
This Report covers the operations and activities
of West Indian Tobacco, located at Eastern Main
Road, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad. There have
been no exclusions in terms of issues, activities
and operations. With regard to stakeholders,
the sole exclusion in this process is the media,
which, although identifi ed as a stakeholder
of West Indian Tobacco, was not invited to
participate in any of the dialogue sessions in
order to ensure confi dentiality of the process.
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1.0
About
Stakeholder
Engagement
1.3
Stakeholder
Engagement -
The Heart of
this Report
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