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At BAT, we have set ourselves the aim of Building a Smokeless World by actively migrating smokers from cigarettes to smokeless products.
One week after BAT launched its major global initiative to make a Smokeless World a reality, Dr Elaine Round, Global Head of Life Sciences at BAT, presented Omni™ at the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in Athens, Greece - the world’s leading annual conference discussing the future of the tobacco and nicotine industries.
Omni™ platform aims to accelerate the shift from cigarettes to smokeless alternatives that are backed by science.
Our Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco shares his views on BAT’s Half-Year Results for the six months to 30 June 2024.
We’ve been named as a Climate Leader for the fourth successive year by the Financial Times in its annual European listing.
New multi-year research programme of BAT’s oral nicotine product Velo further demonstrates the product’s reduced-risk potential when used as a complete substitute for continued cigarette smoking
BAT has agreed a multi-year partnership extension with McLaren Racing to further progress its transformation agenda.
BAT has opened a state-of-the-art facility in Southampton dedicated to accelerating the development of its smokeless products.
BAT has published its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31st December 2023.
Our Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco shares his views on BAT’s Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2023.
BAT has signed up to the TNFD (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures) to be an Early Adopter.
BAT is delighted to announce that it has been named a Global Top Employer for a seventh successive year by the Top Employers Institute.
As we continue to build A Better Tomorrow™, this month we celebrated a decade of transformation across our New Categories portfolio.
Measuring the Impact of Menthol and Tobacco-flavoured Vapour Product Use on Cigarette Smoking Cessation and Reductions
Striking the balance between harm reduction and creating unintended consequences — BAT’s Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, shares his thoughts with The Grocer.
Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) – BAT’s corporate capital venture arm - invests in sustainable packaging and bioplastics company FlexSea
Seven colleagues have been recognised in the 2023 Heroes Role Model Lists for driving diversity in the workplace.
BAT’s Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, has called for smarter regulation and greater collaboration in order for countries to achieve their smokefree ambitions.
Listen to the latest science podcast on ResearchPod. Our scientists share fascinating insights into BAT’s scientific research.
Our Chief Growth Officer, Kingsley Wheaton appeared on Sky News to discuss BAT’s 2023 Half Year Results with Business Presenter Ian King.
Our Chief Executive Tadeu Marroco shares his views on BAT’s Half-Year Results for the six months to 30 June 2023.
Our Half-Year Results animation runs through some of the highlights of our performance for the six months to 30 June 2023.
BAT opens a new facility in Trieste, Italy, dedicated to its New Category products.
On World Environment Day, BAT’s Sustainability Capability Manager Nisaar Ebrahim highlights our approach to the circular economy and stopping plastic pollution.
Opinion piece written by Dr James Murphy, Director of Research and Science at BAT
Five colleagues have been recognised in the Empower Role Model Lists, created by the diversity and inclusion global network INvolve.
BAT has been included for a third consecutive year in the FT Europe’s Climate Leaders listing of companies making the most progress in tackling their carbon emissions.
John O'Reilly, BAT's Group Head of Procurement Strategy & Sustainability speaks with the Gartner Supply Chain Podcast on the importance of collaborating with our supplier base to accelerate our journey to net zero.
When it comes to collaborating with suppliers to tackle climate change, we’re among the world’s best businesses.
Btomorrow Ventures (BTV), BAT’s corporate venture unit, has appointed a new Managing Director, Juan M. Palacios.
The McLaren MCL60 featured the branding of our Velo modern oral brand, putting BAT's A Better Tomorrow™ transformation on the global F1 stage once again.
BAT's 2022 Full-Year Results demonstrate how we are accelerating the transformation of our business.
Whether it is harnessing cutting-edge science or pioneering disruptive technologies to create new, alternative nicotine products for consumers, BAT’s R&D experts are on a mission to build A Better Tomorrow™ for our consumers, society, and planet.
Our Full-Year Results animation runs through some of the highlights of our performance in the year ended 31 December 2022.
BAT’s no.1 global vape brand Vuse and our F1 partners McLaren Racing have again teamed up with an emerging female artist to deliver a striking livery for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Our Group Head of ESG, Edward Butt, features in an exclusive interview with leading industry publication edie as part of its ‘Net Zero November’ campaign.
The winners of BAT’s global business competition, Battle of Minds, have been announced.
BAT’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) has been named one of the world’s Top 20 “Most Admired Shared Services Organisations” (SSOs) for a fourth consecutive year!
BAT’s Chief Growth Officer Kingsley Wheaton has called for greater collaboration to drive widespread recognition of tobacco harm reduction.
To mark UK National Inclusion Week we caught up with Eka Gvimradze, a founder board member and proud ally of B United – the LGBT+ employee network at BAT.
Véronique Laury has become the latest member of our Main Board, with effect from 19 September 2022.
BAT has been recognised by a major UK government-backed accreditation scheme for the way we attract, develop and support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
Flora Okereke, BAT’s Head of Regulatory Insights and Foresights, discusses the positive impact of BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ ambition in the latest edition of Tobacco Reporter magazine.
BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ ambition has been making headlines around the world as Management Board members Hae In Kim and Johan Vandermeulen spoke to high profile media outlets about our transformation.
BAT (Holdings) Limited has improved and enhanced supplier payments in compliance with the UK Prompt Payment Code.
BAT’s Half-Year Results were the topic of conversation this morning as our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton appeared on Sky News.
Our Half-Year Results animation runs through some of the highlights of our performance for the six months to 30 June 2022.
Our Finance and Transformation Director Tadeu Marroco discussed BAT’s transformation with leading financial publication The CFO this week.
VIDEO: Making Tobacco Harm Reduction a reality has never been more crucial, our Chief Marketing Officer – now Chief Growth Officer – Kingsley Wheaton has told Arabian Business magazine.
Adrian Longdon is a founder member of BAT’s LGBT+ network B United and sits on its board. He talks to us about the network’s contribution to life at BAT and his excitement for what lies ahead.
Each June we nightly light up our London HQ in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride month.
Half-way point ceremony for phase 1 of new A Better Tomorrow™ Innovation Hub in Italy.
As a business that depends on natural resources, we take an active approach to reduce our environmental impact.
In its fourth year, the competition is run in partnership with BAT’s corporate venture unit, Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) and aims to discover the brightest, early-career business minds around the globe.
She’s done it again! Btomorrow Ventures Managing Director, Lisa Smith, has again been recognised in the Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Powerlist 2022.
BAT Bangladesh has become the first consumer goods company in the country to release an ESG report.
Hae In Kim, BAT’s Director of Talent, Culture and Inclusion, showcases our strong D&I culture in a Q&A with a leading HR magazine.
BAT has been named as a Climate Leader for the second successive year by the Financial Times in its annual European ranking.
Our world number one global vapour brand Vuse has landed another award acknowledging its sustainability leadership credentials.
Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of BAT, has launched a campaign to highlight the facts and science of vaping.
BAT is entering the next phase of its transformation journey towards A Better Tomorrow™ – Faster Transformation – our Chief Executive, Jack Bowles told analysts and investors.
Lukasz Garbowski of Btomorrow Ventures has been named as a Global Corporate Venturing ‘Rising Star’ of 2022.
Velo and Vuse were voted winners in a survey of almost 10,000 consumers and a panel of experts.
BAT’s global partners McLaren Racing have unveiled their new Formula 1 car ahead of the upcoming 2022 FIA F1 World Championship.
BAT’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, spoke to the media as news organisations reacted to our full-year results.
Long read: To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we caught up with Dr Sharon Goodall, our Group Head of Regulatory Science to find out about her career, motivations, and more.
Our animation runs through some of the highlights of our 2021 results.
We have once more been listed in S&P Global's 2022 Sustainability Yearbook, achieving the highest award of a 'gold class' distinction.
Our Quarterly Science Updates provide a digital snapshot of the research supporting our New Category products, demonstrating our scientific leadership.
BAT has been named in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the 20th consecutive year and, once again, is the only tobacco company to be included in the prestigious DJSI World Index.
BAT’s global vapour brand Vuse has teamed up with McLaren Racing and an up-and-coming, UAE-based female artist to produce a one-off livery ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
BAT’s ongoing digital transformation has been recognised with a prestigious award for our Director of Digital and Information, Marina Bellini.
BAT’s ongoing digital transformation was in the spotlight recently as we hosted a summit bringing together some of the biggest names in technology.
The winners of Battle of Minds, BAT’s global business competition, have been announced! Click to see who won.
BAT’s commitment to diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been rewarded with a significant piece of recognition.
BAT’s Director of Scientific Research Dr David O’Reilly has contributed to the September edition of Tobacco Reporter magazine, writing about the importance tobacco harm reduction.
As National Inclusion Week is marked in the UK, we catch up with one of B United’s leading lights, Jay Morris.
The hub will host a new manufacturing site for BAT’s New Category products, a digital boutique, innovation lab and centre of excellence for digital transformation and digital marketing.
Sharing our scientific research is a vital part of our transparent approach. That’s why we’ve refreshed our dedicated science site, bat-science.com
Our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton called 2021 ‘a critical year for progress’ for tobacco harm reduction as he addressed the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in London today.
For the third year in a row, BAT’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) has been recognised as one of the world’s Top 20 Most Admired Shared Services Organisations (SSOs) by SSON Analytics.
Our leading approach to ESG reporting has once again been recognised at the prestigious Corporate Register (CR) Reporting Awards.
BAT’s corporate venture arm, Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) and its Managing Director Lisa Smith have been named in a prestigious ranking.
Q&A with Jennie Galbraith, our Group Head of Environment, Social and Governance, discussing the step-change in BAT’s sustainability ambitions.
Our animation runs through some of the highlights of our Half-Year Report for the six months to 30 June 2021.
VIDEO: BAT’s transformation journey is making us a more sustainable, responsible business, says our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton.
The revamped careers.bat.com will be key to attracting talented people to BAT to be part of building A Better Tomorrow™
Our global vapour brand took top prize at the 2021 Transform Awards Europe – in recognition of its Vuse Inspiration Stores.
Following the success of the virtual programme in 2020 and continued global travel restrictions, the Academy was again conducted in a fully digital environment
VIDEO: The BAT LGBT+ network B United plays a huge part in helping to create A Better Tomorrow™ for all of our employees.
Report showcases our latest scientific research and highlights our world-class scientists who are accelerating our transformation
Btomorrow Ventures, BAT’s corporate venture arm, has today unveiled its new website: www.btomorrowv.com
We’re showing how we are playing our part to live up to this year’s theme of ‘Reimagine, Recreate, Restore’.
B United, our global network of LGBTQ+ employees, redoubled its efforts during the pandemic to ensure its members stayed connected.
BAT signs-up to Business for Nature’s Call to Action, a global coalition uniting businesses to call for collective action to reverse ‘nature loss’.
Our Director, Digital and Information, Marina Bellini, is in the running for the 14th annual MIT Sloan CIO leadership award.
Our global business competition is back - focusing on discovering the brightest, early-career business minds around the globe.
On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, we look back at the past year and how we've responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BAT ranked in the top 10% of 141 responding companies by the Workforce Disclosure Initiative for a third consecutive year.
BAT’s ongoing digital transformation has been recognised with a prestigious award.
We have received further recognition for our employee best practice by retaining a ‘National Undergraduate Employability’ award.
Building A Better Tomorrow™. Highlights of our transformation journey.
BAT’s A Better Tomorrow™ transformation story was the big talking point on the CNBC Europe news channel, this morning.
We are proud to have received two more prestigious awards for our sustainability achievements.
Adverts in prestigious media titles showcase recognition we have received and progress on A Better Tomorrow™ journey.
A focus on some of the brilliant women who are helping to accelerate our A Better Tomorrow™ transformation.
For the third consecutive year, Reynolds American Inc has earned top marks on the Human Rights Campaign's annual assessment of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.
The recent recognition of BAT as a Global Top Employer was our third employer-related accolade in a matter of weeks.
Pilot launch in Manchester, UK, makes us the first truly global vaping company to launch a CBD vaping product.
Plans have commenced to start the first Phase I study of BAT’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
Our Human Rights Report was published on Human Rights Day 2020 which focused on the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights.
VIDEO: BAT is also the only tobacco company listed in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World Index.
VIDEO: We are proud to have been named as a Diversity Leader by the Financial Times for a second consecutive year.
Our Director of Digital and Information, Marina Bellini, is taking the lead role in ensuring smart technology and connectivity accelerate BAT’s <em>A Better Tomorrow</em> journey.
Travel restrictions, lockdown or working from home have not stopped our global learning programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BAT Healthy Minds Champions like Jo Vezey have played a key role as our people adapt to life in a pandemic.
Our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, has today called for meaningful change in the way that global tobacco and nicotine policies are developed.
BAT Global Business Services function enabling BAT to build A Better Tomorrow .
In a year that has seen Pride celebrations cancelled around the world, our colleagues in Southampton, UK, have brought colour to their site in support of our LGBTQ+ community.
Our video has won a platinum award in the long-form video category at this year’s dotCOMM Awards.
We landed the 'Openness and Honesty' award for our 2018 Sustainability Report at the prestigious Corporate Register Reporting Awards.
BAT recently held its first ever global digital gathering, bringing together our employees to connect, engage and be inspired.
Our global internship initiative continues to underscore our innovative approach to attracting and developing the best talent.
Despite the impact of COVID-19 on how we all work, our LGBTQ+ employee network continues to play a crucial role in reaffirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
We are proud to have our pioneering women in STEM and their male allies featured in womeninstem.co.uk today.
Rafaela Alves Souza, Global Head of Activation, is one of three women finalists in the WeQual UK 2020 awards.
We believe that company transformation and focus on ESG has driven elevation to 21st position.
Our potential COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to produce a positive immune response and is poised to move to the next phase of testing.
An open letter from our Chief Executive, Jack Bowles, on BAT's commitment to supporting all our stakeholders in these unprecedented times.
Our animation further explains BAT’s evolved corporate strategy and details how we are committed to building <em>A Better Tomorrow</em>.
Find out about the progress we have made and hear from BAT employees around the world about how they will contribute to a more gender-equal world.
The Public Health England report provides an update on the use of nicotine vaping products in England and public perceptions of the harmfulness of vaping.
As a truly international company, we celebrate our differences and what brings us together.
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we shine a light on the achievements of our female scientists
Our business in the U.S. has been designated as a ‘Best Place to Work for LGBTQ equality’ by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
The Vype ePod has won in the e-cigarette category at this year’s eagerly-anticipated UK Product of the Year awards.
To show how their graduates can succeed, the team at our Augustow factory in Poland have put together a fantastic video.
Our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton on why the time is right to simplify our New Category brand portfolio.
Our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, chats to Sky News Business Presenter, Ian King, live from Abu Dhabi.
We've been acknowledged as an example of best practice by the organisers of the annual International Women’s Day celebrations.
Public Health England (PHE) has reiterated its support for the vaping category in light of the ongoing debate surrounding vaping and lung disease in the US.
On World Mental Health Day, Jo, one of our Healthy Minds Champions, discusses wellness and her own mental health journey.
Our short video recaps on a hugely successful summer 2019 for our lesbian, gay, bi, and trans (LGBT+) employee network, B United.
The US Food and Drug Administration warns public to stop using THC-containing vaping products and any vaping products obtained off the street.
Watch our Chief Marketing Officer Kingsley Wheaton's appearance on CNN’s flagship business programme Quest Means Business.
Ceylon Tobacco Company – our subsidiary in Sri Lanka – is using the WOW factor to attract, develop and retain the best female talent.
Probaho now provides 400,000 litres of water daily to some of the rural areas of Bangladesh which are affected by arsenic-contaminated water.
Our Women in STEM initiative is aimed at attracting, developing and retaining women who can bring fresh perspectives to BAT as we accelerate our Transforming Tobacco ambition.
Find out more about the new-look bat-science.com and watch our Scientific Research Director discuss how science is powering innovation at BAT.
Watch our Chief Marketing Officer, Kingsley Wheaton, and Head of New Categories, R&D, Marina Trani, discuss topics including our Transforming Tobacco journey on world-renowned business news channel, CNBC.
We talk to Natalia about being part of our LGBT+ network, B United and the support she received from BAT during some testing times.
As Pride month is celebrated around the world, we proudly shine a light on the great work being done by our LGBT+ employee network.
On Global Day of Parents, we talk to three of our mums and dads about what parenthood means to them.
‘We are progress-makers, convention-breakers. We are serious rainmakers.’ Watch our latest video to find out what makes a BAT person.
The latest BAT Grad Academy saw 129 graduates from 32 countries travelling to the UK for an action-packed fortnight of learning.
Meet Jack Bowles, BAT’s new Chief Executive. Jack takes over from Nicandro Durante, who has retired after more than 37 years with the company.
On World Water Day, we focus on how BAT’s Project AQUA is making a difference in Fiji by supplying local tobacco farming communities with a safe water supply.
Formula One giants McLaren – with whom BAT announced a global partnership on Monday – have unveiled their car for the 2019 season.
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we caught up with some of our female scientists who help us to deliver our Transforming Tobacco ambition.
Our factsheet explains the scientific approach we take to assessing the reduced-risk potential of our vapour and tobacco heating products.
We are proud to announce that BAT has been named as a Global Top Employer for the second year running.
BAT Kenya has unveiled its transformed Nairobi headquarters, marking an important milestone for its 'hub rejuvenation' project.
BAT celebrated being named as a Top Employer Asia-Pacific for the second successive year at a ceremony held in Singapore last week.
Graduates from more than 40 different countries touched down in the UK for BAT’s latest Global Graduate Academy.
We’re launching a range of benefits to help new parents at BAT balance their home and work lives
Reynolds American Inc., our business in the U.S, receives two pieces of recognition that herald it as a ‘great place to work’.
British American Tobacco is named as a Top Employer Africa for the second year in a row.
Watch our short video to get an idea of what it's like to work for British American Tobacco in Northern Europe Area.
We’ve teamed up with LinkedIn’s Lynda.com to transform the way our employees learn and develop their careers.
Read a factsheet explaining our approach and commitment to tobacco harm reduction
We are proud to have been recognised as a Global Top Employer for 2018.
Our ‘Your Voice’ employee engagement survey gives our people the opportunity to say how well they think BAT is performing on a range of topics.
Our work to provide a village with better access to safe drinking water is the focus of the second follow-up to our company video, We are BAT.
We were proud to showcase our commitment to and progress in Next Generation Products (NGP) at a Capital Markets Day for investors and analysts on 25 October.
Award recognises top employers that display leadership and innovation in engaging their workforces
In a follow-up to our company video, employees in South Africa share their experiences of working for BAT.
How Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC), has brought the gift of light to a remote village.
Take a look inside our world-first Vype store in Milan.
Graduates who touched down in London in February to take part in our first ever Graduate Academy tell us why they were excited to be there.
Watch a 90-second video about our business – our performance, our products, our people and our strategy.
BAT Bangladesh had extra reason to celebrate on International Women’s Day
The people who help make us the company we are today take centre stage in our company video, We are BAT.
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