Targets
2008 Targets
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 business unit targets that will support the group targets as detailed below.
Shared priorities |
Impact Area |
Measures |
2008 Targets |
Sustainable communities and workforce |
Health & safety |
AC2E model score |
68% |
Accident Frequency Rate |
0.10 | ||
Our people |
Employee turnover |
14% | |
Employee satisfaction |
61% | ||
Communities |
Community engagement plans in place % |
75% of the business covered with plans | |
Natural resource protection and environmental enhancement |
Environmental impacts |
Waste diverted from landfill % |
75% of sites to achieve targets |
Biodiversity |
Biodiversity risk assessments in place % |
75% of the business | |
Supply chain |
Sustainable Procurement Task Force (SPTF) Flexible Framework score |
SPTF Level 2 | |
Resource use |
Resource use plans in place on site % |
75% of the business covered with plans | |
Climate change and energy |
Atmospheric impacts |
CO2 reduction |
20% CO2 reduction on 2006 baseline |
Design |
Applicable sites with recognised environmental certification % |
60% 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 |
93% | |
Excellence Model |
Sustainability excellence model % score |
44% |
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




