Investors

• Overview
• 2008 Performance
• 2007 Performance

Overview

Addressing our social and environmental impact helps us to manage risk, protect our reputation and deliver strong returns for our shareholders.

We believe there is an intrinsic link between corporate responsibility and strong financial performance. Both mainstream and socially responsible investors are increasingly taking into account companies' social and environmental performance, and their ability to manage non-financial risks.

Socially responsible investors (SRI)

We participate in a range of benchmarking initiatives by the SRI community. We are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, FTSE4Good Indices and are recognised as a leader by the Carbon Disclosure Project. We also achieved platinum performance in the 2007 Business in the Community CR Index.

One-to-one dialogue

Our social and environmental performance is discussed at briefings with mainstream investment analysts and we regularly have individual discussions with analysts to communicate and seek feedback on our strategy and respond to questions.