Targets

2009 Targets

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We continue to report on the four areas of the Governments strategy for sustainable development and strive to deliver our targets. This will be delivered through a series of UK business group targets that will support the group targets as detailed below. Note that our targets apply to our UK business only.

Shared priorities

Impact Area

Measures

2009 Targets

Sustainable communities and workforce

Health & safety

AC2E model score

56%

Accident Frequency Rate

0.07

Our people

Employee turnover (based on voluntary leavers)

13%

Employee satisfaction

65%

Communities

Contribute 1% of pre-tax profits in cash or time to the community giving. And support the Group Business Action on Homelessness target.

Demonstrate 1% of pre-tax profits in cash and time contributed to community giving. 100 Business Action on Homelessness placements.

Natural resource protection and environmental enhancement

Environmental impacts

Measure total waste and waste diverted from landfill

All business groups to measure total waste and % diverted from landfill and set targets for reduction.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity risk assessments in place %

88% of relevant contracts to produce biodiversity risk assessments

Supply chain

Sustainable Procurement Task Force (SPTF) Flexible Framework score

SPTF Level 3 on key categories

Resource use

Resource use plans in place on site %

88% of the business covered with plans

Climate change and energy

Atmospheric impacts

CO2 reduction

35% CO2 reduction on 2006 baseline

Design

Applicable sites with recognised environmental certification %

80% of applicable sites to achieve BREEAM or equivalent standards

Sustainable consumption and production

Customer

Customer satisfaction (out of 10)

8.0

Governance

Business in the Community corporate responsibility % score for plc

94.0%

Excellence Model

 

Sustainability excellence model % score

56%

2008 Target Performance

Our targets for sustainable development in 2008 were based on fourteen group targets and supported by specific targets for all our individual businesses.

Our 2008 targets are currently being externally verified by Bureau Veritas. A full report will be published in April 2009. The link below summarises our 2008 targets:

2008 sustainability targets performance

2007 Target Performance

Our targets for sustainable development in 2007 were based on fourteen group targets and supported by specific targets for all our individual businesses.

In order to assess our achievement of these targets an independent consultancy has audited and verified our targets. The link below summarises our 2007 target performance:

2007 sustainability target performance

Sustainable Communities
Natural Resource Protection
Climate Change and Energy
Sustainable Consumption and Production

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