Appendices

In this section:

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  Ernst & Young LLP Assurance Statement

  Reed Elsevier’s Corporate Responsibility Report 2008 (the Report) has been prepared by the management of Reed Elsevier Group plc who are responsible for the collection and presentation of the information within it.
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  LBG Assurance Statement

  We have been asked by Reed Elsevier to assess the use made, by its UK operations and the global operations of LexisNexis, of the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) model to measure and report on their corporate community involvement activity during 2008.
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  Global Reporting Initiative

  The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international framework for voluntary reporting of the economic, environmental and social impacts of company performance.