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To meet the specific needs of some stakeholders we describe our progress and performance against the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines, the UN Global Compact principles and the Millennium Development Goals.

Reporting on our progress

The Global Reporting Initiative

The Global Reporting Initiative's 2002 Reporting Guidelines provide a comprehensive set of indicators covering economic, environmental and ethical indicators of a company's performance. For the first time, we provide an index outlining our performance against these guidelines and showing where more information can be found.

The UN Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact seeks to promote responsible corporate citizenship. As a founding signatory of the UN Global Compact, we are committed to living out its ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption in our everyday business operations.

The Millennium Development Goals

The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out eight targets ranging from halving world poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS. While primary responsibility for delivering these goals lies with governments, business does have an important part to play. We are committed to working alongside our partners to help achieve these goals.

Key performance indicators

We present data from our Sustainable Development Report 2006 in downloadable tables.