Corporate Responsibility Report 2008

Benchmarking

GSK received the following ratings from benchmarking organisations:

Indexes

Organisation:Access to medicines index - Access to Medicines Foundation and Innovest Strategic Value Advisers

Rating: GSK was ranked highest in the index which assessed companies’ contribution to improving access to medicines. GSK was the clear overall leader and was top in five of the eight categories assessed.

Organisation: Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Rating: GSK continued as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which covers the top ten per cent of sustainable companies in each sector. GSK was awarded Silver Class and Sector Mover distinctions, improving from Bronze Class awarded in 2007. Classes are awarded to companies relative to the sector leader.

Organisation: FTSE4Good

Rating: GSK was included in the FTSE4Good Index.

Organisation: Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations - Innovest Strategic Value Advisors

Rating: GSK was included in the 2009 list of the ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations’. Companies are selected because they demonstrate capacity to address sector-specific environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities.

Organisation: Business in the Community - CommunityMark

Rating: GSK was one of 21 companies and the only manufacturing company to be awarded the new CommunityMark, following independent assessment, for outstanding community investment. The Mark is endorsed by the UK government and voluntary sector leaders and was given for our work at local and national level in the UK as well as for our larger international programmes.

Organisation: Business in the Community - Environment Index

Rating: GSK maintained its position in the Platinum League of the 2007 index which assessed 155 companies.

Other investor ratings

Organisation: Ceres

Rating: GSK was ranked 13th overall and 2nd in the pharmaceutical sector in Ceres’s climate change governance ranking of 63 of the world’s largest companies.

Organisation: Storebrand

Rating: GSK achieved Best in Class status for its leading environmental and social performance. Storebrand assesses indicators including corporate governance, marketing ethics, standards for business partners, occupational health and safety, environmental risk management and labour relations.

Reporting

Organisation: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

Rating: GSK Corporate Responsibility Report 2007 was shortlisted for an ACCA award, which recognises transparency and credibility in reporting.

Organisation: PwC Building Public Trust Award

Rating: GSK was one of three companies short-listed for the ‘People Reporting’ award, which assesses the extent to which publicly available information enables stakeholders.

Organisation: SustainAbility Global Reporters benchmark

Rating: GSK’s 2007 report scored 66 per cent versus 54 per cent for the 2006 report, with improvements in every category and particularly accessibility and assurance.

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Reporting