Corporate Social Responsibility

At Legal & General, we recognise that the way we conduct our business is vital to earning and retaining the trust and confidence of our many stakeholders, and that responsible business practice is central to our future success. This website gives details of our commitments, practices and performance during 2006.

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Highlights of 2006

Legal & General again retained its membership of the FTSE4Good and the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, and qualified for the Dow Jones Sustainability STOXX Index for the first time
We participated in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index for the first time and achieved a top 100 placing. We also came second in our sector in the Business in the Environment Index
5,000 frontline employees attended customer experience workshops, to assist the Company in its aim of delivering a positive customer experience
In February 2006, we were the first company to sign up to the ABI’s new Customer Impact Scheme
Amicus gained collective representation for 1,236 first-level management employees on 1 September 2006
We delivered 30% more training in 2006 as we continue to evolve our approach to learning and provide more flexibility for our people
We switched to 55% recycled content marketing paper, which will save over 10,500 trees each year from being cut down
We were short-listed by the CIPS Supply Management awards for ‘Best Contribution to Social Responsibility’
We have broadened the scope of our CSR engagement programme within our supply chain to include social and ethical issues and developed supporting guidelines to influence our key suppliers
We successfully transferred employees in our Hove office to new premises in Hove. The employees have benefited from a modern and improved working environment and the office incorporates a range of energy-saving features
Employee participation in our Give As You Earn scheme increased to a year-end all-time high of 11.8% of the company (as at 31 December 2006)