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|[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.dfnionline.com/latest-news/imperial-brands-calls-closer-industry-collaboration-25-10-2021/ Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition & Conference ]
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|Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition & Conference  
 
|Event
 
|Event
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|Imperial Brands exhibited in Cannes at the Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition & Conference to showcase. <ref>DFNI, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.dfnionline.com/latest-news/imperial-brands-calls-closer-industry-collaboration-25-10-2021/ Imperial Brands calls on closer industry collaboration], 25 October 2021, 9 November 2021</ref>
 
|2021
 
|2021
|Imperial Brands exhibited in Cannes at the Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition & Conference to showcase. <ref>DFNI, [http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.dfnionline.com/latest-news/imperial-brands-calls-closer-industry-collaboration-25-10-2021/ Imperial Brands calls on closer industry collaboration], 25 October 2021, 9 November 2021</ref>
 
 
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|[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theage.com.au/national/choir-master-jonathon-welch-hits-bum-note-20211010-p58yrv.html Cornerstone]
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|Cornerstone
 
|Lobbying
 
|Lobbying
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|Cornerstone added Imperial Tobacco in Australia to its client list in in January 2021. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theage.com.au/national/choir-master-jonathon-welch-hits-bum-note-20211010-p58yrv.html Choir master Jonathon Welch hits bum note], ''The Age'', 11 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>
 
|2021
 
|2021
|Cornerstone added Imperial Tobacco in Australia to its client list in in January 2021. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theage.com.au/national/choir-master-jonathon-welch-hits-bum-note-20211010-p58yrv.html Choir master Jonathon Welch hits bum note], ''The Age'', 11 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021</ref>
 
 
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|[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kyivpost.com/business/big-tobacco-tries-to-improve-its-image-through-greenwashing.html UN Global Compact]
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|UN Global Compact
 
|CSR
 
|CSR
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|The United Nations Global Compact Ukraine, an initiative promoting responsible business practices, recently named international tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco as one of “the most responsible and far-sighted companies in Ukraine.” <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kyivpost.com/business/big-tobacco-tries-to-improve-its-image-through-greenwashing.html], ''Kyiv Post'', 4 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021 </ref>
 
|2021
 
|2021
|The United Nations Global Compact Ukraine, an initiative promoting responsible business practices, recently named international tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco as one of “the most responsible and far-sighted companies in Ukraine.” <ref>[http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kyivpost.com/business/big-tobacco-tries-to-improve-its-image-through-greenwashing.html], ''Kyiv Post'', 4 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021 </ref>
 
 
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|[https://www.retailersagainstsmuggling.ie/ Retailers Against Smuggling]
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|Retailers Against Smuggling
 
|Lobbying
 
|Lobbying
 
|Retailers Against Smuggling is an Irish organization that gathers retailers' efforts to prevent illicit trade in the country. It is funded by the Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee, composed of JTI Ireland, Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco subsidiaries.<ref>Tobacco Tactics website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php?title=Lobby_Groups Lobby Group], Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>
 
|Retailers Against Smuggling is an Irish organization that gathers retailers' efforts to prevent illicit trade in the country. It is funded by the Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee, composed of JTI Ireland, Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco subsidiaries.<ref>Tobacco Tactics website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php?title=Lobby_Groups Lobby Group], Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>
 
|2019
 
|2019
 
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|[https://iccwbo.org/ International Chamber of Commerce]
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|International Chamber of Commerce
 
|Lobbying  
 
|Lobbying  
 
|This Paris-based organization was founded in 1919 and bills itself as the world's largest business organization. It regularly issues reports sympathetic to the tobacco industry and lobbied against plain packaging proposals. British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International sit on its influential anti counterfeiting and piracy initiative. <ref>Tobacco Tactics website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccotactics.org/index.php?title=International_Chamber_of_Commerce%20International Chamber of Commerce], Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>
 
|This Paris-based organization was founded in 1919 and bills itself as the world's largest business organization. It regularly issues reports sympathetic to the tobacco industry and lobbied against plain packaging proposals. British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International sit on its influential anti counterfeiting and piracy initiative. <ref>Tobacco Tactics website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccotactics.org/index.php?title=International_Chamber_of_Commerce%20International Chamber of Commerce], Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>
 
|2019
 
|2019
 
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|[http://www.dcta-global.com/ Digital Coding & Tracking Association (DCTA)]
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|Digital Coding & Tracking Association (DCTA)
 
|Members
 
|Members
 
|The Digital Coding and Tracking Association (DCTA) is a front group, launched in 2013 by the four multinational tobacco companies: British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International. The DCTA has promoted the industry’s tobacco tracking and tracing technology, Codentify, often without disclosing its relationship to the tobacco industry.<ref>Tobacco Tactics website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccotactics.org/index.php?title=Digital_Coding_%26_Tracking_Association_(DCTA) DCTA], Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>
 
|The Digital Coding and Tracking Association (DCTA) is a front group, launched in 2013 by the four multinational tobacco companies: British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International. The DCTA has promoted the industry’s tobacco tracking and tracing technology, Codentify, often without disclosing its relationship to the tobacco industry.<ref>Tobacco Tactics website, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://tobaccotactics.org/index.php?title=Digital_Coding_%26_Tracking_Association_(DCTA) DCTA], Accessed 12 February 2020 </ref>
 
|2019
 
|2019
 
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|[http://www.ey.com (EY)Ernst & Young Global Limited]
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|Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)
 
|Audit
 
|Audit
 
|Imperial Brands appointed EY as its auditors at the 2019 AGM. <ref>Investegate,[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.investegate.co.uk/imperial-brands-plc/rns/conclusion-of-audit-tender/201903011332376327R/ Imperial Brands PLC], 1 March 2019, Accessed 18 May 2021</ref>
 
|Imperial Brands appointed EY as its auditors at the 2019 AGM. <ref>Investegate,[https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.investegate.co.uk/imperial-brands-plc/rns/conclusion-of-audit-tender/201903011332376327R/ Imperial Brands PLC], 1 March 2019, Accessed 18 May 2021</ref>
 
|2021
 
|2021
 
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|[https://www.pwc.com/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP]
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|PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
|Audit
 
|Audit
|PwC were Imperial Tobacco's auditors until 2019.  <ref name="IB_2017_AR">Statista, [https://www.statista.com/topics/3221/imperial-brands-plc/ Imperial Brands - Statistics & Facts], p. 43, 71, Accessed 16 September 2018 </ref>
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|PwC were Imperial Tobacco's auditors until 2019.  <ref name="IB_2017_AR">Statista, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.statista.com/topics/3221/imperial-brands-plc/ Imperial Brands - Statistics & Facts], p. 43, 71, Accessed 16 September 2018 </ref>
 
|2019
 
|2019
 
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|[https://home.kpmg.com/uk/en/home.html KPMG]
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|KPMG
 
|Audit
 
|Audit
 
|KPMG LLP UK prepared a report on Illicit tobacco in New Zealand for Imperial Tobacco New Zealand Limited.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://home.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/uk/pdf/2018/07/new_zealand_Illicit_trade_in_tobacco.pdf Illicit tobacco in New Zealand 2017 Full Year Report] KPMG, May 2018, p. 2, Accessed 31 October 2018 </ref>
 
|KPMG LLP UK prepared a report on Illicit tobacco in New Zealand for Imperial Tobacco New Zealand Limited.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://home.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/uk/pdf/2018/07/new_zealand_Illicit_trade_in_tobacco.pdf Illicit tobacco in New Zealand 2017 Full Year Report] KPMG, May 2018, p. 2, Accessed 31 October 2018 </ref>
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|2017   
 
|2017   
 
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|[https://www.pinsentmasons.com/ Pinsent Masons LLP]
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|Pinsent Masons LLP
 
|Litigation
 
|Litigation
 
|Pinsent Masons LLP provided legal advice in respect of the operation of the Group’s employee share plans. {{r|IB_2017_AR|p=71}}
 
|Pinsent Masons LLP provided legal advice in respect of the operation of the Group’s employee share plans. {{r|IB_2017_AR|p=71}}
 
|2017
 
|2017
 
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|[http://www.allenovery.com/pages/default.aspx Allen & Overy LLP
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|Allen & Overy LLP
 
|Litigation
 
|Litigation
 
|Allen & Overy LLP  is available to provide legal advice to Imperial Tobacco's Renumeration Committee as and when required. It was not used for remuneration-related advice during the financial year. Allen & Overy LLP also provided other legal services to the Group. {{r|IB_2017_AR|p=71}}
 
|Allen & Overy LLP  is available to provide legal advice to Imperial Tobacco's Renumeration Committee as and when required. It was not used for remuneration-related advice during the financial year. Allen & Overy LLP also provided other legal services to the Group. {{r|IB_2017_AR|p=71}}
 
|2017
 
|2017
 
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|[https://www.kangaroogroup.de The Kangaroo Group]
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|The Kangaroo Group
 
|Lobbying
 
|Lobbying
 
|The Kangaroo Group promotes free trade across the European Union. In 2017, the Group’s tobacco industry members were listed as Barry Ronan from British American Tobacco, Mario Muller from the Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers, Alan Hardacre from Imperial Tobacco, Kristof Doms from Philip Morris International and Paolo Bochicchio from Japan Tobacco International. <ref> The Kangaroo Group, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kangaroogroup.de/who-we-are/kangaroo-members/ Kangaroo Members], Accessed 18 September 2019 </ref>
 
|The Kangaroo Group promotes free trade across the European Union. In 2017, the Group’s tobacco industry members were listed as Barry Ronan from British American Tobacco, Mario Muller from the Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers, Alan Hardacre from Imperial Tobacco, Kristof Doms from Philip Morris International and Paolo Bochicchio from Japan Tobacco International. <ref> The Kangaroo Group, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.kangaroogroup.de/who-we-are/kangaroo-members/ Kangaroo Members], Accessed 18 September 2019 </ref>

Revision as of 16:19, 20 February 2022

Organization/Company Tobacco company relationship Relationship type Evidence of past or present formalized relationship
Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition & Conference Event Imperial Brands exhibited in Cannes at the Tax Free World Association (TFWA) World Exhibition & Conference to showcase. [1] 2021
Cornerstone Lobbying Cornerstone added Imperial Tobacco in Australia to its client list in in January 2021. [2] 2021
UN Global Compact CSR The United Nations Global Compact Ukraine, an initiative promoting responsible business practices, recently named international tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco as one of “the most responsible and far-sighted companies in Ukraine.” [3] 2021
Retailers Against Smuggling Lobbying Retailers Against Smuggling is an Irish organization that gathers retailers' efforts to prevent illicit trade in the country. It is funded by the Irish Tobacco Manufacturers Advisory Committee, composed of JTI Ireland, Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco subsidiaries.[4] 2019
International Chamber of Commerce Lobbying This Paris-based organization was founded in 1919 and bills itself as the world's largest business organization. It regularly issues reports sympathetic to the tobacco industry and lobbied against plain packaging proposals. British American Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International sit on its influential anti counterfeiting and piracy initiative. [5] 2019
Digital Coding & Tracking Association (DCTA) Members The Digital Coding and Tracking Association (DCTA) is a front group, launched in 2013 by the four multinational tobacco companies: British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International. The DCTA has promoted the industry’s tobacco tracking and tracing technology, Codentify, often without disclosing its relationship to the tobacco industry.[6] 2019
Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY) Audit Imperial Brands appointed EY as its auditors at the 2019 AGM. [7] 2021
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Audit PwC were Imperial Tobacco's auditors until 2019. [8] 2019
KPMG Audit KPMG LLP UK prepared a report on Illicit tobacco in New Zealand for Imperial Tobacco New Zealand Limited.[9]

A KPMG conducted a study for British American Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International and Philip Morris International that revealed one in every ten cigarettes consumed in the European Union in 2013 were illicit. [10]

2017
Pinsent Masons LLP Litigation Pinsent Masons LLP provided legal advice in respect of the operation of the Group’s employee share plans. [8]:71 2017
Allen & Overy LLP Litigation Allen & Overy LLP is available to provide legal advice to Imperial Tobacco's Renumeration Committee as and when required. It was not used for remuneration-related advice during the financial year. Allen & Overy LLP also provided other legal services to the Group. [8]:71 2017
The Kangaroo Group Lobbying The Kangaroo Group promotes free trade across the European Union. In 2017, the Group’s tobacco industry members were listed as Barry Ronan from British American Tobacco, Mario Muller from the Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers, Alan Hardacre from Imperial Tobacco, Kristof Doms from Philip Morris International and Paolo Bochicchio from Japan Tobacco International. [11] 2020
  1. DFNI, Imperial Brands calls on closer industry collaboration, 25 October 2021, 9 November 2021
  2. Choir master Jonathon Welch hits bum note, The Age, 11 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021
  3. [1], Kyiv Post, 4 October 2021, Accessed 9 November 2021
  4. Tobacco Tactics website, Lobby Group, Accessed 12 February 2020
  5. Tobacco Tactics website, Chamber of Commerce, Accessed 12 February 2020
  6. Tobacco Tactics website, DCTA, Accessed 12 February 2020
  7. Investegate,Imperial Brands PLC, 1 March 2019, Accessed 18 May 2021
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Statista, Imperial Brands - Statistics & Facts, p. 43, 71, Accessed 16 September 2018
  9. Illicit tobacco in New Zealand 2017 Full Year Report KPMG, May 2018, p. 2, Accessed 31 October 2018
  10. Japan Tobacco International, One in Ten Cigarettes Consumed in the EU in 2013 Were Illegal; Dramatic Rise in Consumption of ‘Illicit Whites’, June 2014, Accessed 31 October 2018
  11. The Kangaroo Group, Kangaroo Members, Accessed 18 September 2019