Notes tool
Add your note
You can download or print your notes.
Please note: We use cookies to store your notes.
Therefore, they are only available from this computer. If it is a shared computer others may be able to view them.
We do not use cookies to store personal information.
Saved pages tool
You can download, print or email your saved pages.
Please note: We use cookies to store your page list.
Therefore, they are only available from this computer. If it is a shared computer others may be able to see the list.
We do not use cookies to store personal information.
In 2009 we introduced additional metrics by which we will measure our performance and chart our progress. We measure many things at a process level, particularly around effective stewardship of the sustainability of our key raw materials, but as indicated in the table below, we have chosen to focus on eight measurements for reporting purposes: four that focus on responsibility and four on sustainability. They tie our responsibility and sustainability strategy to our balance sheet.
We realise that external influences may necessitate changes but for the foreseeable future we believe these measures will add the most value and deliver the most progress for Rexam.
The table summarises the areas of focus, our goals, our progress and how they link to our strategy.
Our focus
Our goal
Our progress in 2009
Strategic link
Environmental management
Zero significant uncontrolled or abnormal releases
Implementation of management systems
There were no significant uncontrolled or abnormal releases in 2009.
All our major operating sites have robust environmental management systems (EMS) in place. We encourage them to strive for independent external certification. Where this is not appropriate we adopt EMS that stand up to internal verification against key elements of ISO 14001.
46 (2008: 37) of our 105 plants are verified against ISO 14001.
Operational excellence
Safety systems
All plants at RAS1 best practice level
All our major operating sites have robust health and safety management systems in place.
40 (2008: 42) of our 105 plants are verified against OHSAS 180013
Behaviour Based Safety programme was launched in 58 plants.
Operational excellence
A winning organisation
Accident rate reduction
Long term: zero work related injuries
Annually: reduce by 10%
Lost time accident rate (LTAR) reduced 27% compared with 2008.
Operational excellence
A winning organisation
Energy efficiency
Continuous reduction in consumption/tonne of production
Energy consumption per tonne of production continued to move in a positive direction in 2009 (see chart on the Environmental responsibility section).
Operational excellence
Water efficiency
Continuous reduction in consumption/tonne of production
We do not use large quantities of water in our processes but recognise the value of this increasingly precious commodity which is central to all our beverage customers.
In 2009 we collated data to establish a baseline for future measurement of improvement.
Operational excellence
Customer relationships
Raw material efficiency
Continuous reduction in consumption/tonne of production
Raw material efficiency continued to reduce year on year (see chart in Environmental responsibility section) based on benchmark year 2007.
Best performance
Customer relationships
Operational excellence
Carbon emission
Continuous reduction in consumption/tonne of production
Carbon Disclosure Project compliance2
Total gross global scope 1&2 GHG emissions for 2009 was 1.09m metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent compared with 2008 baseline of 1.24m metric tonnes CO2 equivalent.
Best performance
Operational excellence
Global reporting accreditation
Maintain accreditation
Maintained international benchmark accreditation status FTSE4Good.
Best performance
Customer relationships
Operational excellence
A winning organisation
- Rexam Audit System for attaining benchmark performance in health and safety structure and performance.
- Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) submission from Rexam PLC 2008.
- 2009 reduction due to disposal of Petainer.