Our Responsibilites

Chief Executive's Statement

We care for the safety of our staff, the environment and for the communities where we operate.

We have set ourselves some very high standards. Maintaining those standards becomes increasingly difficult but I am pleased to report that 2011 was another year of success.

For the third consecutive year all our major print sites maintained their ISO14001 Environmental Management status after rigorous internal and external audit. They achieved a similar feat with OHSAS 18001, the internationally recognised health and safety management systems specification.

We also achieved our third RoSPA Gold Medal for consistently improving health and safety standards. As the Medals follow four successive Gold Awards, we have been recognised for seven years' of consistent improvement.

It would be easy to become complacent and rest on our laurels. It is a testament to the commitment of all our staff that hasn't happened. None of these standards could be maintained without proper and full buy-in from all involved.

We also continue to care for the communities in which we publish and where our businesses operate. We do far too much to be able to give a fully comprehensive description but, to give a flavour of what we do, we have set out a number of examples in the report that follows.

Sly Bailey
Chief Executive