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Indicator: Corporate environmental engagement D5
FTSE 350 companies reporting on corporate environmental engagement: 1999 and 2002  
Indicator Chart
Change since
dots 1970
dots 1990
tick 1998

Coverage: United Kingdom

Source: Business in the Environment

Objective: Encourage businesses to assess environmental impacts and set targets and produce environmental reports
  • In 1999, 133 participants from the FTSE 350 companies in the Business in the Environment (BiE) index reported on corporate environmental engagement. This rose to 206 in 2002.
  • The number of participants with publicly available environmental objectives more than doubled over this period. Those with environmental targets, internal environmental audit processes and environmental responsibilities in job descriptions also increased significantly.

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