Legal & General has a responsibility to manage both the direct and indirect environmental impacts arising from its operations (see ‘CSR Guiding Principles’). Environmental Management Systems are implemented wherever possible to manage our direct impacts and our Group Environment Policy covers 100% of our UK employees.
During 2006 Tim Breedon and the Group CSR Committee initiated the establishment of Local CSR Committees in each location, which bring together the existing Local Environment Committees with the Community Involvement function in each location. Each Committee is represented at a newly formed CSR Chairs Forum which meets quarterly and enables ideas and initiatives to be shared across the Group and fed back to the Group Environment and Group CSR Committees. The Group Environment Committee, chaired by the Resources and International Director, remains responsible for setting the Environment Policy and strategy and continues to report into the Group CSR Committee.
Legal & General operates three environmental management systems, all of which are certified to ISO14001. Certification to this standard ensures that our environmental risks are managed and our performance and legal compliance are maintained. In 2006 the following business functions were certified to ISO14001:
Legal & General maintains internal processes for monitoring compliance with UK environmental law. We were not subject to prosecution for non-compliance with environmental legislation in 2006.
