Key Performance Indicator:
Continue to maintain effective dialogue with our shareholders and investors on our
Group CR programme.
As a major international financial services group, we are acutely aware of the importance of maintaining good relations with our shareholders and investors. It is also important that our CR programme plays an integral part in ensuring that we deliver long-term shareholder value and that our performance in responsible investment indices provides confidence to our shareholders that we are managing our key social and environmental issues
Recognising Performance
We continue to engage with a range of external ratings agencies and partners to assess our CR performance.
We have been included in the UK FTSE4Good index since its inception, demonstrating to investors and other stakeholders that we are committed to high standards of responsible business practice but it also demonstrates that we have rigorous policies and systems in place to manage social, environmental and ethical risks. It also provides a framework for open and transparent reporting on performance and serves as a benchmark against peers and competitors.
Investment Community
We actively engage with shareholders, analysts and potential investors through an active schedule of investor meetings, webbased communications including webcasts and our Annual General Meeting.
We also present our sustainability performance to both financial and sustainability analysts specifically interested in the social and environmental performance of companies.
In 2007, we met several investment houses to discuss a range of issues, from our financial capability programme, to climate change and CR governance.
"Prudential plc has been a participating signatory of the CDP since 2003 and is one of 1,300 companies providing information on climate change. Over 385 global investors now request this information."
Paul Dickinson, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Disclosure Project
Carbon Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides a coordinating role for institutional investors who are seeking information on the business risks and opportunities presented by climate change. The CDP website is the largest repository of corporate greenhouse gas emissions data in the world. Prudential is both a signatory and provider of environmental data.