Corporate report

Environment Agency: EA2030 change for a better environment

Published 8 July 2025

Applies to England

Foreword

This strategy sets out our vision for the Environment Agency over the next 5 years and beyond. 

The case for change in how the Environment Agency delivers is compelling. Public expectations for the environment are rightly increasing - whether it’s about reducing sewage discharges into rivers, addressing the environmental impact of emerging technologies like data centres and carbon capture, or driving a circular economy.

The impacts of climate change are also being felt. We are experiencing record-breaking weather month after month, and the country is only in the early stages of adapting to our warming world. In response, the Environment Agency must provide expert advice, world-class asset management and strong emergency responses.

We also recognise the imperative to support sustainable growth. England is forecast to have an additional 8 million people by 2050, driving greater demand for housing, infrastructure, and jobs - reinforcing the need for us to play a leading role in driving sustainable growth whilst respecting environmental limits. We have to do this whilst reducing the burden on the taxpayer of the Environment Agency’s services. 

This strategy is about how we translate those drivers for change into action. 

We begin by renewing the 3 strategic goals in our previous 5-year strategy, with some important updates to reflect today’s challenges: 

1. Healthy air, land and water supporting nature’s recovery - now recognises our contribution to reversing nature’s decline
2. Sustainable growth - is now more closely aligned with our statutory role to support sustainable development, and the government’s vital growth mission
3. A nation resilient to climate change - continues to show how our work on water supply and flood are vital to tackling climate change

At the core of the strategy are 6 guiding principles for how we will operate as we deliver these goals.

First, we must be clear about our role, about what we can and cannot do.

Second, we will always communicate and make decisions grounded in our first-class scientific data and technical expertise.

Third, we will focus relentlessly on efficiently meeting the targets that we agree with the government and our partners, building on the strong progress we have made on our performance over the past 24 months.

Fourth, we will embrace change and new technology, investing significantly in IT and AI enabled systems to transform our environmental monitoring, regulation, emergency response and casework.

Fifth, we will be better collaborators in the communities we serve.

And finally, we will ensure that a sense of care and public service permeates all of our work for the people of this country, their environment and their communities.

The strategy also describes how we will transform systems across four areas of focus: people, digital and technology, ways of working, and funding. This transformation will enable us to deliver our responsibilities more effectively and efficiently in the years to, and beyond, 2030.

We’ve listened carefully to a wide range of partners, members of the public, and our own people in shaping this strategy, and we are grateful for all their contributions. With EA2030 now published, we look forward to working with you on its implementation and delivery.

Alan Lovell - Chair

Philip Duffy - Chief Executive and Accounting Officer

What we aim to achieve by 2050

Our 3 long-term goals set out what we want to achieve over the next 25 years and demonstrate our contribution towards the Environment Improvement Plan.

They are:

• healthy air, land and water supporting nature’s recovery
• sustainable growth
• a nation resilient to climate change

They reflect our legislative duties to:

• protect or enhance the environment
• support sustainable development

These goals are based on the understanding that healthy ecosystems benefit everyone. Safeguarding and improving them means that life is supported and natural processes will continue to provide clean air, land and water while supporting nature’s recovery.

Protecting the environment and growing the economy can, and must, work in harmony. Helping the government achieve sustainable economic growth is at the core of what we do. We will not compromise the environment as we support and enable growth because doing so would undermine the foundations the country depends on.

Climate change is making this harder. Rising temperatures and extreme weather events place increasing pressure on the environment and nature. Economic growth must be designed to withstand future challenges rather than compound them. Building a nation that is resilient to climate change and protecting ecosystems and communities go hand in hand.

Beneath each long-term goal is a description of the kinds of improvements we want to see in England by 2050 and sets of specific relevant outcomes and improvements that we aim to deliver by 2030. We will track and measure our delivery of these outcomes through regular strategy reviews, our annual business plan and our corporate scorecard.

This structured approach will demonstrate our progress and ensure that we remain accountable, open, and transparent about our achievements and challenges.

Openness and transparency are particularly important in our commitment to sustainability and our plans to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2045 to 2050. To be credible in our role of promoting these approaches we must show how organisations can pursue business goals while contributing to sustainability.

Our commitment to openness and transparency runs through the delivery of each of our long-term goals.

Healthy air, land and water supporting nature’s recovery

Protecting healthy ecosystems is fundamentally in the public interest, and in many private interests as well.

Environmental pressures are growing fast. Climate shocks, ageing infrastructure, unsustainable land management practices, depleting non-renewable resources, population growth and rising demand, industrial output and pollution all put stress on healthy ecosystems. These impacts are seen and experienced locally. 

Meeting these challenges and delivering improvements to ecosystems, habitats and England’s natural resources requires a step-change in how we work with local, regional and national partners. It will necessarily involve more action “upstream” of issues like pollution and nature degradation. Prevention is much more effective and cost-efficient than remedial measures.

Our 2050 vision

Our 2050 vision is an environment where air, land, and water systems are valued, sustainable and contribute positively to both people and nature.

Our long-term ambition for the environment will mean that by 2050:

• waters from catchment to coast are cleaner and thriving with integrated approaches working with natural processes
• connected, naturally functioning habitats support greater biodiversity
• environmental outcomes and nature-based solutions are fully integrated into economic incentives
• industries operate on circular economy principles, maximising resource efficiency
• our regulatory approach embraces and guides new thinking and innovation by evaluating new technologies and practices and their potential future impacts

5-year outcomes

By 2030 we will deliver:

Healthier water

Healthier water: where England’s rivers, lakes, estuaries and seas are cleaner and healthier, with the gap between water supply and demand closing.

We will deliver this by:

• ensuring the water industry delivers on its commitments to invest in infrastructure and deliver better outcomes for its customers and the environment
• supporting the government to review, rationalise and consolidate the water framework, to update standards and broaden objectives, including to implement relevant recommendations from policy white papers and regulatory reviews such as the 2025 Independent Water Commission
• working with communities, local and regional authorities, and businesses to improve water system planning at a regional level
• improving public trust by ensuring that water-related decisions, like where new infrastructure is built or how pollution should be tackled, are made closer to local communities
• reforming our approach to water regulation and improvement, working with local partners to apply place-based catchment management that best incorporates the expertise and interests of others, along with data-led transformation
• protecting water quality by focusing on both groundwater and surface water, identifying potential contaminants early, including PFAS, and working with industry to prevent pollution
• ensuring that farmers meet their responsibilities through our targeted, advice-led regulatory farm inspection programme

Healthier land and soil

Healthier land and soil: where England’s land and soils are more fertile and resilient, supporting ecosystems while sustaining productive and regenerative use for future generations.

We will deliver this by:

• supporting farmers and landowners to implement the Environmental Land Management Scheme
• working with local and national partners to deliver landscape recovery efforts, restoring critical habitats including peatlands and salt marshes and supporting the Land Use Framework to drive strategic decisions about competing land uses
• addressing legacy issues from contemporary and historical land use, including chemical contamination and waste deposits

Cleaner air

Cleaner air: where England’s air is cleaner and healthier, supporting biodiversity and human wellbeing.

We will deliver this by:

• working with industry to identify and introduce more modern, cleaner technologies that will support economic growth and climate change mitigation
• addressing air quality through national frameworks and localised interventions
• partnering with planning authorities to ensure new developments support air quality and climate goals

Better industry performance and preventative regulation

Better industry performance and preventative regulation: the industries we regulate adopt a proactive approach to environmental protection and serious environmental incidents become rarer through earlier engagement and preventative action.

We will deliver this by:

• being an enabling regulator that provides clear regulatory standards with greater consistency and predictability
• getting ahead of regulation by pre-empting future issues, particularly in relation to chemicals, new technologies and material resources by embedding innovation into our regulatory frameworks
• reducing burdens for compliant businesses through earned autonomy and by transforming our environmental monitoring
• helping businesses to develop new materials and processes safely and sustainably, with early engagement to address potential issues before they arise
• working with other regulators to provide businesses with a more coordinated service, developing a lead regulator approach for major projects and providing independent scientific advice to government on emerging issues
• implementing waste collection and packaging regulatory reforms and working with global partners to regulate waste exports to support the move to a more circular economy

Nature’s recovery

Nature’s recovery: where nature is valued, protected, and recovering, with reduced harm from agriculture, industry, and illegal activities.

We will deliver this by:

• considering nature-based solutions and multi-benefit outcomes at the design stage of interventions, to drive efficiency and greater outcomes for nature, maximising natural capital
• prioritising our resources to deliver nature-based solutions on large-scale programmes and policies where evidence shows the greatest potential for species and habitat protection and recovery
• enabling others to streamline systems and remove barriers to overcome delivery challenges, unlocking more ambitious and faster nature restoration at scale
• harnessing sustainable growth and development as tools to rebuild nature, delivering increased capacity, measurable biodiversity gains and long-term environmental improvements
• supporting the government in creating a Nature Market Accelerator

Sustainable growth

The government has made economic growth their number one mission. We are uniquely placed to contribute through our statutory role to protect and enhance the environment while supporting sustainable development.

We will deliver this dual mission by:

• supporting economic resilience: our regulation, advice and flood risk management programme will deliver significant economic benefits by protecting vital infrastructure and creating investment confidence
• creating investment certainty: we will accelerate private sector investment by providing a more certain and predictable regulatory environment with early engagement and by giving businesses the confidence to plan and invest for the long term
• guiding sustainable development: we will use our science and evidence to direct development toward areas with the capacity to support growth or where environmental value can be enhanced
• enabling innovation: we will support innovation through flexible, transparent regulatory frameworks that position the country as a global leader for environmental innovators, helping businesses to pioneer solutions to environmental challenges while creating new economic opportunities

Through these approaches, we will help the government to deliver its commitment to 1.5 million new homes, support informed decisions on more than 150 major infrastructure projects and advance the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan to boost homegrown clean energy and strengthen national energy security.

Our 2050 vision

Our 2050 vision combines economic growth with a healthy, resilient environment.

Our long-term ambition for sustainable growth will mean that by 2050:

• with our partners, we are making the right investment and planning decisions to secure sustainable growth and environmental improvements
• housing developments protect communities against climate impacts and contribute positively to nature’s recovery and people’s access to nature
• businesses invest in low-carbon innovation, with clean power infrastructure built with sufficient environmental capacity and receive quick, streamlined services from environmental regulators
• England leads tomorrow’s technologies supported by flexible and transparent regulatory regimes

Our 5-year outcomes

By 2030 we will deliver:

Renewed confidence to invest in places

Renewed confidence to invest in places: where people and places demonstrate resilience to environmental risks like flooding, and industrial incidents, providing greater certainty for investors.

We will deliver this by:

• enhancing the resilience of people, businesses and property to flooding, coastal change and environmental pollution
• improving the coordination of planning and investment cycles with infrastructure, utilities and land managers to unlock investment in flood resilient infrastructure and services
• working with risk management authorities to support investments to manage flooding and coastal change that enable sustainable economic growth
• sharing our environmental evidence to create investment opportunities and drive growth, providing regular data updates to support business planning

Sustainable economic growth connected to environmental capacity

Sustainable economic growth connected to environmental capacity: where investment is focussed on places with clear capacity for environmental regeneration.

We will deliver this by:

• improving our land use planning services for housing and clean energy
• guiding sustainable development by engaging early with partners, using environmental evidence to direct projects to areas with sufficient capacity, advising on strategic land use planning, and helping local authorities to identify optimal development sites
• taking a strategic approach to addressing the impacts of development and industry on nature and public health to achieve gains for human wellbeing, habitats and biodiversity

Regulation that rewards innovation and good performance

Regulation that rewards innovation and good performance: where businesses increasingly innovate and invest in the environment.

We will deliver this by:

• enhancing our permitting and planning consent processes, while streamlining digital services to reduce approval times, supporting innovation and pilot schemes
• reducing requirements for businesses with the best environmental performance and offering advice and guidance on circular economy principles
• simplifying customer journeys, focusing on the government’s identified priority places and sectors
• collaborating and sharing internationally where this enhances regulatory outcomes and efficiency
• supporting industry to innovate through regulatory sandboxes and by integrating sustainability and safety throughout while developing balanced approaches that protect the environment and enable sustainable growth

A level playing field for business

A level playing field for business: where environmental offending and harm have reduced and rule-following businesses are rewarded.

We will deliver this by:

• providing a more certain and predictable regulatory environment, while maintaining high standards of environmental protection to help unlock investment
• taking robust and swift enforcement action against those who deliberately damage the environment and protecting the environment against rogue operators and organised environmental crime
• working with government on the expanding the Emissions Trading Scheme, and other regulatory interventions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• ensuring that regulatory reform creates coherent frameworks

A nation resilient to climate change

More extreme flooding, faster coastal erosion and prolonged droughts are already reshaping our world as environmental systems change and evolve. To avoid shocks to society and the economy, we must prepare for a different future, mitigating impacts on people, wildlife and ecosystems and adapting so that we are better prepared.

The Environment Agency plays a major role in supporting and building preparedness and resilience. We provide strategic leadership for managing flooding and coastal change. We also provide people and industry with information to help them stay safe and adapt their lives and businesses to help reduce the worst economic, societal and environmental impacts associated with climate change.

Investing in resilience is not just about protecting the environment, it is a smart economic decision that helps to safeguard our shared future.

Our 2050 vision

This means that by 2050:

• climate adaptation is accepted as a necessity, and our work with partners bolsters resilience to flooding and coastal change and other climate impacts
• essential services and infrastructure are ready and prepared to continue operating during and after environmental incidents
• we look to nature and nature-based solutions to reduce environmental risks and create more naturally functioning places, catchments and landscapes with ecological corridors, and bio-secure climate-smart agricultural practices the norm
• during incidents more people act to protect themselves and others, contributing to a ‘whole of society’ approach to resilience advocated by the Cabinet Office, while working with partners to support vulnerable groups and individuals appropriately

Our 5-year outcomes

By 2030 we will deliver:

More resilient communities

More resilient communities: where people understand and are prepared for the greatest climate change risks to their homes, businesses and infrastructure, including drought, flooding and coastal change.

We will deliver this by:

• influencing planning policy and providing data to planning partners to ensure that new developments are resilient to increasing weather extremes
• targeting activity where projected climate change impacts are the most significant and with people most negatively affected, designing accessibility into our services
• providing England with the best available understanding of risks including flooding, dry weather and drought, and coastal erosion
• clarifying our role in relation to the significant emerging climate risks of surface and groundwater flooding, working with other risk management authorities to enhance national preparedness
• maintaining and enhancing flood and water management assets while expanding natural flood management and property-level flood resilience measures
• advocating for climate adaptation, including working with government to shape future regulation, influence funding and supporting others to manage climate and environmental risks

More secure water supply

More secure water supply: where people, businesses, and infrastructure have increasingly reliable access to water, with reduced drought risks and better protected water quality.

We will deliver this by:

• implementing the National Framework for Water Resources, ensuring that by 2030 water companies develop additional water supplies and provide environmental improvements through the Water Industry National Environment Programme
• supporting long-term water resources planning across all sectors to close the supply and demand gap, enable sustainable abstraction and support economic growth
• ensuring England is prepared for drought, balancing competing water demands while protecting the environment
• providing leadership on reducing water demand by promoting, enabling and tracking water efficiency and sustainable management practices

Improved incident preparedness

Improved incident preparedness: where England will be more resilient to climate-related incidents and environmental emergencies, reducing harm and promoting faster recovery.

We will deliver this by:

• transforming and adapting our incident response capabilities so we can deal with more frequent emergencies, reducing the impact on business-critical activities while enabling more digital self-service and automation for low impact incidents
• promoting and developing emergency and contingency planning with critical infrastructure and service providers, providing tailored services to trigger response plans
• anticipating emerging and developing threats, such as new and novel chemicals, and how they might affect people and the environment

Building resilience with nature

Building resilience with nature: where climate resilience increasingly works alongside nature, restoring natural processes.

We will deliver this by:

• guiding the integration of climate change adaptation into activities managed under the Environmental Permitting Regulations by 2026 and reviewing environmental permits for discharges to check that they are appropriate for changing water flows and temperatures
• increasing the use of nature-based solutions that work with natural processes to create healthier water catchments that reduce flooding, improve water quality, and protect both nature and communities
• ensuring carbon reduction in our operations and environmental regulation and by using carbon accounting to inform our climate adaptation decisions

How we will operate from 2025 to 2030

Our guiding principles

In the previous section on our long-term goals, we described what we want to achieve for England. But the scale of the challenges we face is increasing and we need to think differently if we are to achieve our goals. Here we introduce 6 principles that will guide how we will act as individuals, and as an organisation, as we deliver our responsibilities and transform our services. These principles also form the foundation for the kind of culture we want to develop at the Environment Agency over the next 5 years.

We will:

• Act with clarity: We are clear about our role, scope and purpose. We look to simplify how we work, and act as one organisation with shared priorities
• Act with knowledge and conviction: We speak with authority and lead with science and insight to influence change
• Focus on efficient and effective delivery: We commit to and deliver outcomes, embrace efficiency and become more financially self-sufficient
• Find solutions to problems old and new: We innovate and apply modern science, technology and ways of working to drive lasting change
• Work more closely with partners: We solve problems together, collaborating to make progress as the world changes
• Serve with care: We prioritise the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the public, always looking after each other and the communities we serve

How we will transform at the Environment Agency from 2025 to 2030

While our guiding principles describe how we will operate in the next 5 years, here we describe how we will improve and change our fundamental systems, processes and support functions to enable more effective and efficient delivery. These are grouped under the following headings:

People

This describes how we will invest in our colleagues and begin to transform our working culture.

Digital and technology

This describes how will transform our services through modern tools and systems.

Ways of working

This describes how we will transform how we collaborate with partners and serve our customers.

Funding

This describes how we will gain more financial flexibility to invest in long-term environmental solutions.

People

People at the Environment Agency apply their knowledge, commitment and dedication to protecting and enhancing the environment every day. Their health, safety and wellbeing remain our highest priority as we navigate increasingly complex environmental challenges.

While our employee offer and culture have served us well over the years, successful organisations must balance consistency with evolution. Our 6 guiding principles will underpin how we manage this balance with necessary change.

Our ambition

We want to better enable people at the Environment Agency to deliver for the environment. To do this, and tackle the challenges set out in our long-term goals, we need to continually improve by:

• evolving our culture and unlocking organisational potential
• strengthening our employee offer
• investing in capability and growth
• valuing diversity and promoting wellbeing and inclusivity
• building a pathway to zero harm where no accidents, injuries, or ill health are caused by our work activities

Our 5-year outcomes

By 2030:

• our organisational culture, values and behaviours drive measurable improvements in our performance
• the health, safety and wellbeing of our workforce is significantly improved, and our actions and culture demonstrate sustained progress towards our ambition of zero harm
• we successfully attract, develop and retain our talented people, supported by succession plans, pathways for career progression and professional development opportunities
• our workforce demographics more closely reflect the communities we serve, and we achieve or exceed corporate scorecard targets for workforce diversity
• people have the right skills and move seamlessly across roles, creating a measurable increase in adopting innovations creative solutions and technology implementation
• leaders drive and support a sustainability culture that improves the delivery of our sustainability objectives

Digital and technology

In 2025, people at the Environment Agency operate within systems, processes and infrastructure that limit their ability to deliver, innovate and provide a modern, streamlined service for our business customers. We have worked hard to keep pace with new technologies, but now we need to transform. 

We must shift to a whole-of-service approach that is integrated, outcome-focused, and fundamentally user-centred. In today’s environment, digital transformation is not a choice it is imperative.

Our ambition

We are committed to equipping our people, partners and customers with what they need so they can do their best work and unlock innovation. We want modern digital and technology to enable everything we do. This will ensure that our services work for everyone, when and where they need them.

We want all major customer journeys, including permitting, reporting and incident response to be radically redesigned and become digital first, targeted and simplified.

We want our business to benefit from accessible and secure information, and our people to be equipped with advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and modern workplace tools to optimise collaboration, mobility and productivity.

As stated in the 2025 Spending Review, investments will be made to transform the Environment Agency’s digital systems. This will lower costs and improve customer services for businesses and developers, making tangible progress against the Prime Minister’s commitment to cut administrative costs for business by 25% this Parliament, and driving greater efficiency within the Environment Agency.

Our 5-year outcomes

By 2030:

• businesses experience faster processing times through optimised high-volume permitting and planning services
• people at the Environment Agency will be equipped with modern technology to deliver streamlined, digital-first services, improving both customer satisfaction and operational efficiency
• communities see improved environmental outcomes from reimagined water and growth planning services
• standardised business capabilities across our people, processes and technologies deliver greater efficiency in our service
• the environment is better protected through data-driven, proactive targeting of regulation, maintenance and incident responses
• the public is more informed through access to real-time environmental performance data and timely flood warnings, enabled by advanced digital technologies

Ways of working

How we partner and collaborate is the foundation for achieving our goals. This involves strong relationships, working across boundaries, and using our science and evidence to inform better decisions with lasting impact.

We have a diverse network of local, national and international partnerships that have delivered improvements for the environment, but the environmental challenges we face are more serious than ever.

We need modern, agile ways of working that empower people, strengthen partnerships and enable more evidence-based decision-making.

Our ambition

We must transform the way we work. We need to be purpose-driven and customer-centric, designing how we work to meet our desired outcomes for people and the environment, in the most effective and efficient way.

With clear goals in mind, we will be better able to partner with others. We will continue to be an evidence-led organisation with sustainability embedded within our systems, tools and processes for effective decision making. But we will strengthen the impact of our knowledge and better integrate science into the heart of everything we do, confidently taking measured risks to achieve the greatest overall benefit.

By default, we will share insights across our teams to maximise the benefit of what we know. Our ambition is to become an outward-facing and partnership-driven organisation underpinned by clear and effective governance and recognised for our decisive action.

Our 5-year outcomes

By 2030:

• our customers engage with a unified environmental regulatory system, reporting significantly improved levels of satisfaction and compliance
• our partnership working approach results in stronger external relationships, improved stakeholder feedback and more successful joint initiatives
• diverse community engagement leads to demonstrably better environmental decisions
• our streamlined governance results in faster decision-making and accountability at the closest point to delivery
• our expanding international knowledge-sharing partnerships bring in business data and intelligence that helps us improve our services and anticipate risks

Funding

As a public body our current funding model means we predominantly receive:

• grant-in-aid from government to deliver flood-related outcomes
• fees and charges to deliver outcomes that protect the environment

This funding model has been effective because our business customers pay for services, and we also have the flexibility to act on emerging risks and opportunities when it is in the public interest.

We plan to increase our charges so that those who benefit from our services cover the costs. We will increase our financial stability for the short-, medium- and long-term. We will also become more efficient. As mentioned in the Digital and technology section, the 2025 Spending Review states that investments will be made to lower costs and improve customer services.

Our ambition

We need a funding model that delivers our long-term goals, is less reliant on grant-in-aid and is flexible. As well as securing sustainable income to deliver our own activities, we want to be more proactive in external partnerships. We will increasingly fund our regulatory work through flexible income use, increasing cost recovery from industry charges, expanded commercial opportunities and through strategic public and private partnerships.

We will act in accordance with the main principles, specific requirements and good practice for dealing with public resources as set out in HM Treasury’s Managing Public Money (2025). A relentless focus on value for money and environmental impact will underpin all investment decisions, whether deploying public money or alternative funding.

Our 5-year outcomes

By 2030:

• core regulatory and advisory activity, including enforcement, planning advice, and permitting activity are supported by cost recovery - with fees and charges keeping pace with inflationary increases and other price fluctuations
• we more quickly pivot our activity relating to emerging environmental priorities by maximising the effectiveness of our spending
• we secure increased commercial value from our assets to reinvest back into the delivery of our 5-year outcomes, and our investment delivers and prioritises sustainable outcomes
• the impact of our funding is significantly amplified through partnership working and blending public, private and charitable money to deliver multiple outcomes

How we will evaluate our performance and measure our impact

This strategy will evolve throughout its lifetime, particularly in the way we measure our performance.

We will apply proportionate but robust evaluation, meeting published government standards, to monitor the effectiveness of our delivery and the natural capital it secures.

This will ensure that we can:

• be flexible and adapt to a continuously changing operating context
• ensure that the outcomes and actions we have chosen are taking us towards achieving our long-term goals and 5-year outcomes

We will monitor the delivery of our 5-year outcomes through our corporate scorecard and targets set out in our annual business plans. This monitoring will inform the Environment Agency’s next 5-year strategy due in 2030. We will also use this data to evaluate progress towards our 2050 goals with each 5-year strategy.

We will review EA2030 annually, horizon scanning, looking at emerging external risks and ensuring alignment with the wider strategic aims of Defra and wider government. How we work with Defra is detailed in the Environment Agency Framework document.

Reviews of EA2030 will be published on GOV.UK.

This transparent reporting allows stakeholders to see clearly how we are progressing in meeting our commitments for:

• protecting and enhancing the environment
• contributing towards sustainable development