Annual Report 2022 - Giving More

Our commitments:

• Contribute up to 1% of EBIT to Giving More initiatives around the world

• Double-match all employee-initiated Giving More fundraising

• Inspire all employees to take up to 4 days' paid leave for Giving More activities

We will continue our positive contribution to society and the communities that we live and work in, with Giving More at the centre of everything we do.  

Giving is one of Edrington’s four core values, along with Respect, Integrity and Excellence. This ethos was inherited from our principal shareholder – The Robertson Trust – Scotland’s largest independent grant-making trust. Since the incorporation of Edrington in 1961, the Trust has donated £322m to a variety of charities to advance its aims of working for a fairer Scotland, funded by dividends from the Company.  

In the UK, Edrington and The Robertson Trust both match the charitable fundraising of employees. In 2021/22 the total donated by Edrington employees to causes in Scotland was more than £545,000. With the obvious challenges to fundraising caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, our employees focused their efforts on volunteering and making a difference in their local communities.

As Edrington has grown internationally, the company has encouraged our people to contribute to the wellbeing of the communities in which they live and work. Across our international locations, our employees are supported in making a difference by championing causes they feel passionate about. To do this, Edrington sets aside 1% of EBIT each year for charitable giving by its employees worldwide, with their fundraising efforts being double matched by The Robertson Trust and Edrington. Last year Edrington empowered its people across the world to make donations valued at £2.5m, bringing the total raised and donated by Edrington’s international employees to £15.5 million since Giving More was rolled out internationally in 2012. 

In addition to Giving More through charitable funding, Edrington offers every employee four days’ paid leave to volunteer in their local communities and encourages employees to dedicate this time to causes that are important to them.

Explore our four focus areas below and download the Sustainability & Responsibility Report for more detail.