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:
