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Corporate Responsibility Report 2008

Plan for excellence

Our EHSS Plan for Excellence sets out our ten-year strategy to improve environment, health, safety and sustainability performance through to 2015.

The details are developed in concert with each business so that the Plan is integrated with business plans and specific actions are identified by each business. The Plan is reviewed every five years and new targets are set. It is designed to support GSK’s business plans and consists of three strategic priorities:

• Environment, health and safety fundamentals embedded in the business – to produce and sustain high EHS performance we need to combine structured systems with the attitudes and values that create a positive EHS culture. To achieve this we need to embed awareness of environment, health and safety concerns and systems in all GSK activities
• Environmental sustainability – to embrace environmental sustainability as a driver for competitive advantage we need to define the principles of environmental sustainability and progressively integrate them into the business, translating them into practical action
• Open and transparent external relations – external stakeholders who have a legitimate interest in the company’s environment, health, safety and sustainability affairs should have ready access to relevant information and the opportunity for dialogue about issues that concern them. Building open relationships and partnerships can lead to business opportunities, while failure to engage may damage our reputation

Each of these strategic priorities is supported by plans with performance targets in key areas.

GSK has worked with our External Stakeholder Panel to help set out our plan and to review our annual performance.

Targets

Our EHSS Plan for Excellence includes company targets to improve environment, health, safety and sustainability performance. These are based on site based, practical improvement plans and forecasts from all manufacturing operations.

Read more about how targets are set and view details of our company targets

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