Ardagh Group announced that the current Chief Procurement Officer, John Sadlier, has been appointed as the new Chief Sustainability Officer reporting to the Group COO, Shaun Murphy. In this new role, John will be responsible for managing all aspects of the sustainability agenda. John joined Ardagh in 2007 and will be focussed on ensuring that sustainability is at the core of all of the activities. In addition, the company also announced the establishment of a Global Sustainability Action Group to better co-ordinate the global sustainability work, to accelerate the sustainability programmes and to increase responsiveness. The Action Group will report to the Board and will be chaired by the Group COO. It will include senior executives from across Ardagh's business units as well as from departments such as Risk, HR, Finance, IT and Legal.