Corporate Responsibilty

Wolseley recognises the importance of growing its business in a responsible way, addressing the issues of sustainability where practicable to do so. The issues surrounding sustainability are key issues which society has to address over the coming years.

Wolseley UK has chosen to adopt the banner of Corporate Responsibility (CR) to cover the wide range of activities entailed in operating a sustainable business.

These include:

• Having its environmental management activity verified through ISO 14001 certification
• Creating the innovative Sustainable Building Center at Leamington Spa
• Leading the industry in the field of sustainable transport
• Ensuring that it offers customer timber products from verified sources, through a chain of custody scheme
• Implementing award-winning health and safety initiatives
• Creating a robust but responsive corporate responsibility management structure
• Regularly recruiting and developing graduates from UK universities
• Engaging with local communities, such as in Leamington Spa with the Campion School partnership
• Promoting the highest standards of fleet safety among its 5,000 commercial vehicle and car drivers
• Recycling an increasing proportion of the waste it produces in the course of its operations
• Encouraging staff to become involved in voluntary and charitable activities
• Switching wherever practical to using recycled paper, or paper with a high recycled content

In March 2006, Wolseley plc became a member of the UK's FTSE4Good Index. The FTSE4Good Index is designed to measure the performance of companies that meet globally recognised corporate responsibility standards and to facilitate investment in those companies where CSR issues are an influencing factor in the investor's decision making process.