Corporate responsibility report

Key data /

  2010 2009 2008
Environment    
Energy consumption (metric tonnes CO2) 23,566 22,606 18,310
Business travel (metric tonnes CO2) 20,072 19,115 21,312
Total carbon footprint (metric tonnes CO2) 43,637 41,721 39,623
Intensity 2.85 2.69 2.54
Community    
Total community investment (in £m) 1.59 1.46 2.70
% of total revenue 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
% of underlying PBT 1.0% 1.0% 1.6%
Financial donations (£m) 0.24 0.31 2.0
In-kind donations (£m) 0.27 0.85 0.5
Time including pro-bono (£m) 1.08 0.29 0.2
Employees involved 7,246 5,077 6,183
% participation 47% 33% 40%

Looking ahead /

In addition to their commitments under the Future Proof framework, both Aegis Media and Synovate will assess and review their corporate responsibility and sustainability strategy in the light of our progress and performance between 2008 and 2010. We will report back on the outcomes of this process in our next CR Report.

Below is a summary of our targets for 2011:

Governance /

  • We will continue to improve the accuracy, robustness and appropriateness of our corporate responsibility governance and reporting structures.

Environment /

  • We will confirm a new strategy, targets and base-line year for carbon reduction, including an expansion of our material impacts

  • We will expand the Green Bean network and ISO14001 management accreditation across our businesses.

Community /

  • We will roll out the GlobalGiving initiative globally

  • We will expand the Aegis Media and Synovate CARES networks across our businesses.

Market place /

  • We will provide standard structures, useful tools and training for our people to integrate sustainability considerations in product and service delivery.

Work place /

  • We will exploit further opportunities where corporate responsibility can make a vital contribution to the success of our people agenda.

Reporting principles, criteria and methodologies /

If you are interested in reviewing the principles, criteria and methodology behind the data and statements in our Corporate Responsibility Report, please visit our corporate website at www.aegisplc.com for more information. You will find more detailed data in our interactive data charting tool and extensive background information on our reporting processes.

In addition you can explore a sample of case studies from around our network, as well as get in touch with us if you have any questions or feedback.

Richard Davis. Italy. I want to encourage my colleagues to become greener, and use our expertise to help clients become greener too. Yvonne Arias. Spain. I enjoy raising awareness amongst my colleagues as a Green Bean. Together every step counts. Tracy Pearce. United States. As regional coordinator for North America, I am thrilled to see participation rates increase over the past year. Patricia Laurence. Canada. Coming third out of 25 in our volunteer challenge was great. But making a difference was even better!