We have again made good progress on the environment, health
and safety aspects of our operations. Highlights include:
- 77 of our 80 targeted manufacturing sites - 96 per cent -
certified to ISO 14001
- Stakeholder dialogue process used for the second year to
help develop this report
- Joined the UK Government’s ‘Make a Corporate
Commitment’ group as a company publishing environmental
reduction targets (see www.macc2.org.uk)
- 45 per cent reduction in waste tonnage to landfill per £million
sales since 2001
- 24 per cent decrease in the number of accidents resulting
in working days lost to the business since 2001
- 72 major sites completed at least one comprehensive health
and safety audit using our AuditMaster™ self-assessment
tool since 2002
- New corporate Director, EHS role and Group EHS Committee
established
- Independent assurance of our EHS report provided for the
first time.
Our performance at a glance
| Performance Area |
Units |
Trend
(2001-2003)
|
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
| BiE Index |
% score |
^ |
69 |
64 |
56 |
| ISO 14001 |
Number of major manufacturing sites certified |
^ |
77 |
49 |
36 |
| Waste disposal to landfill |
Tonnes/£m sales |
^ |
4 |
6 |
7 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions |
Tonnes CO2 equivalent /£m sales |
> |
88 |
92 |
89 |
| Water use |
M3 /£m sales |
v |
605 |
608 |
544 |
| VOC emissions |
Kg/£m sales |
> |
118 |
134 |
117 |
| Ozone depleting emissions |
Tonnes CFC-11 Equivalent |
^ |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.8 |
| Regulatory compliance (environment) |
Number of enforcement actions (resulting in fines or prosecutions) |
- |
1 |
2 |
N/A |
| Lost time incidents |
Number of lost time incidents due to injury or illness/1000 employees |
^ |
13 |
16 |
18 |
| Roll
out of health and safety audit protocol (AuditMaster™) |
Number of major sites completing at least one audit |
^ |
59 |
13 |
0 |
| Number of major sites scoring > 60% |
^ |
48 |
8 |
0 |
Key: [^] improved situation, [>] unchanged situation [v] worsened
situation
Business in the Environment (BiE) Rating
In recent years, the BiE Index of Corporate Engagement Survey
of the UK’s top 350 listed companies has become established
as an authoritative measure and an accepted benchmark in the
business community. We have shown steady progress in our ratings,
achieving a score of 69 per cent in the 2003 survey.
www.bitc.org.uk/environment |
