Normalisation factors

20081 2007 2006 2005
EBITDA
(Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation) (£m)
1,546 1,285 1,239 1,111
People        
Total number of FTEe
(Full Time Employee equivalent)
31,549 31,540 31,524 31,199
Percentage of employees who
are female (%)
54 55 57 57
Percentage of management employees
who are female (%)
46 45 47 48
Health and safety (lost time)        
Incident rate
(cases per 1,000 employees)
1.80 1.68 2.58 2.30
Frequency rate
(cases per 200,000 hours worked)
0.20 0.19 0.29 0.26
Severity rate
(lost days per 200,000 hours worked)
5.15 4.46 5.63 4.04
Number of lost time cases (>1 day) 55 46 70 76
Community        
Total cash and in-kind donations
(products, services and time) (£m)
5.9 5.5 4.6 4.4
Market value of cash and in-kind donations (£m) 11.9 6.2 6.5 6.4
Number of staff volunteering in
company time2
9,630 6,391 4,435 4,213
Total number of days volunteered in
company time
8,606 5,391 6,573 5,464
Environment        
Energy (MWh) 237,842 234,485 223,644 224,399
Percentage of electricity from
renewable sources (%)
12 10 11 11
Water (m3) 441,905 485,951 474,505 470,915
CO2 emissions        
Scope 1 (t/CO2) 18,559 19,230 19,575 20,311
Scope 2 (t/CO2) 107,653 106,428 100,098 98,360
Scope 3 business travel (t/CO2) 30,926 37,819 36,660 34,874
Scope 3 supply chain (t/CO2) 100,778 n/a n/a n/a
Total CO2 emissions
(Scopes 1, 2 and Scope 3
business travel) (t/CO2)
157,137 163,478 156,333 153,546
Travel related emissions        
Air (t/CO2) 30,211 37,018 35,902 34,136
Rail (t/CO2) 54 64 59 39
Car (t/CO2) 10,575 11,587 11,456 11,309
Travel related emissions (t/CO2) 40,840 48,668 47,417 45,484
Waste        
Total waste (t) 12,357 14,356 n/a n/a
Percentage of waste recycled (%) 46 43 n/a n/a
Paper        
Production paper (t) 78,662 95,642 94,162 97,270
Office paper (t) 1,010 1,014 993 1,009
Sustainable content3 (%) 94 96 81 n/a
SRS (Socially Responsible Suppliers)        
Number of key suppliers on SRS database 368 391 389 290
Number of suppliers with a board level representative responsible for corporate responsibility (%) 69 71 75 75
Number of independent external audits 19 21 9 15
Number signing Supplier        
Code of Conduct (%) 74 71 54 62

1 Data does not include ChoicePoint which was purchased during 2008. 2005-2007 data restated in line with continuing operations

2 All RE employees can take up to two days off per year (coordinated with line managers) to work on community projects that matter to them

3 PREPS Grade 3 and above (known and legal paper); 2008 figure covers 54% of total stock