Awards and achievements

We are delighted to report that five Premier Farnell companies qualified again this year for the US National Safety Council Occupational Safety Excellence Awards. These awards recognised exemplary safety records at Newark, MCM, Akron Brass, TPC Wire & Cable and Cadillac Electric sites.

In addition, Ken Manchen our Director of Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs for the Americas was honoured with an “Outstanding Commitment to Safety” award by the National Safety Council for his long and continued commitment to safety.

We remain a member of the FTSE4Good Index of Corporate and Social Responsibility. We participated in the BiTC Corporate Responsibility Index for the third time this year and improved our rating by a further 10%, putting us in the silver category of the Index. We are also among a small number of companies that have participated in the Business in the Environment regional survey of Corporate Environmental Engagement every year since its inception in 1999 and shown continual progress, increasing our overall score by 3% in the latest survey.

This year our UK businesses achieved accreditation to the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme (EEAS) the national benchmark standard for energy efficiency in the UK, which recognises businesses that are making positive moves to reduce energy consumption, become more energy efficient and reduce carbon emissions.

Audit of this report

As part of the process of ensuring that we have robust data as a reference point, our Internal Audit Department have assessed the processes used to collect and collate the information contained in this CSR report and their proposals for improvement have been implemented. The Internal Audit department carry out a review of the key data presented in the report every two years and this review has been undertaken for this report.