DS Smith
| website: | http://www.dssmith.uk.com |
Company details
[Login to edit this information]What does it do?
DS Smith collects waste paper for recycling and produces recycled paper and packaging.How is it social?
DS Smith recycles 1.7m tonnes of waste paper every year and produces 1.2m tonnes of recycled paper in the UK and Europe combined. The group’s activities contribute to the sustainable use of forest resources, the diversion of recyclable wastes from landfill and the reduction of carbon emissions. The environmental performance indicators of the company’s activities can be viewed here. The business has a clear commitments to environmental concerns, which are allied in its corporate responsibility policies.
What is its business model?
DS Smith Plc is an international group with revenue in 2007/08 of £1,967m, employing over 11,500 people in 20 countries, 7,500 of whom work in the UK. DS Smith is the leading UK collector of waste paper for recycling, the leading UK producer of recycled paper, the leading UK corrugated packaging manufacturer, a substantial producer of corrugated packaging in continental Europe, a leading worldwide supplier of bag-in-box packaging, a leading European supplier of plastic returnable transit packaging and the leading European wholesaler of office products.
Its history
The Company was founded in 1940 by David S. Smith, initially as a manufacture of cartons. The business was incorporated in 1978 and listed on the London Stock Exchange on 3rd March 1986. In 2001, the company changed its name from David S. Smith (Holdings) Plc to DS Smith Plc.
More information
| Current shareholders: | Prudential Plc, Legal and General Group Plc, Henderson Global Investors Ltd, Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. |
| Chair: | Peter Johnson |
| Year of incorporation: | 1978 |
Company snapshot
| Company type: | PLC |
| Address: | 4-16 Artillery Row, London, GB, SW1P 1RZ |
| Telephone: | +44 (0)20 7932 5000 |
| Blog: | |
| CEO: | Tony Thorne |
| Industrial sector: | Recycling and waste management |
| Social / Environmental benefit: | Waste reduction; Land conservation; Climate change; |
| Certifications: | Not Applicable; |
| Social business sector: | Alternative Energy and the Environment; |
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