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CR priorities

CR priorities Aim Progress  
    2009 2008
Environment Continue to measure and manage our carbon footprint (tonnes CO2) annually. CO2 emissions rose by 8.4% against increases in Group turnover of 10% 79,212* 73,057
  Raise awareness of environmental issues and Group initiatives across the business Enhanced CR section on new intranet Introduced CR section on intranet
  Undertake environmental site audits twice a year Audits completed Audits completed
  Achieve reductions in energy used across the Group. Set target of 12% reduction at our largest sites by end of 2008. Target exceeded and focus on further reductions across the largest sites and rolling out our energy programme across the Group 28% 18.3%
  Continue switching fleet vehicles to diesel engines 98.4% 98.4%
  Achieve further ISO 14001 accreditations at our higher impact sites 45 ** 47
  Further promote BT conference call facility. 116,000 conference calls 78,000 conference calls
Communities Continue to measure and grow our total community investment annually, using London Benchmarking Group (LBG) methodology £1.4m £1.2m
  Corporate donations to support our charity partner, employee fundraising and disaster appeals £0.5m £0.6m
  Raise meaningful sums for our corporate charity. In April 2008 we set a target to raise £1m over 2 years for our corporate charity, Macmillan Cancer Support. In 2009 we raised £440k, taking our total to £800k towards our target of £1m. raised £440k raised £360k
Health and safety Ensure we provide safe and productive working environment for all our employees (accident frequency rate per 1,000 employees (RIDDOR)) 1.65 *** 1.57
  Undertake health and safety audits twice a year. Audits completed Audits completed
Senior management retention Attract and retain the appropriate level of senior management to drive the strategic direction of the Group (salaries exceeding £90k p.a.). 88% 88%
Overall employee retention Attract and retain the right people to deliver the Group strategy, maintaining employee retention at industry average (2009: 84.3%, 2008: 82.7%)1. 84% 82%
Employees by location Have at least 10% of our workforce in India by end of 2009. 10% 9%
Employee diversity Reflect the communities in which we work:    
  Male/female split 52% male/
48% female
52% male/
48% female
  Male/female split for management (salaries £50k – 89k p.a.) 74% male/
26%female
74% male/
26% female
  Male/female split for management (salaries exceeding £90k p.a.) 88% male/
12% female
88% male/ 12% female
  Ethnic diversity (employees from ethnic minority groups). 17.5% 15.5%
Part-time working Provide flexible working hours while ensuring maximum flexibility in Group resources. Percentage of part-time employees of total workforce. 15% 15.50%
Creating successful supplier relationships Annually audit all tier 1 suppliers against Capita’s standards of business 100% 100%
  Consistently increase the number of supplier audits across all our Group suppliers. 50% audited 41% audited

Full details of our CR priorities, initiatives and progress are set out on our corporate website at www.capita.co.uk/corporate-responsibility.

* Based on latest available greenhouse gas emission factors from Defra. We have reviewed our calculation methods, and to ensure year on year comparisons our 2008 carbon footprint has been restated

** Reduction due to contracts ending at 2 accredited sites

*** Slight increase as a direct result of the expansion of our field operations

1CIPD 2008 and 2009.