Corporate responsibility report 2005 - Tata Steel

How are
we doing?
We take corporate responsibility seriously.
Our results are improving, but we recognise
that we still have further work to do.
Our objective is world-class performance.
Contents
1 Our performance in summary
2 Message from the Chief Executive
3 How do we manage corporate responsibility?
5 What does sustainable development mean
for us?
6 Sustainable solutions
Construction
Automotive
Packaging
Consumer products
12 How do we care for our people?
Health and safety
Valuing our workforce
20 How do we protect the environment?
Environment
30 How do we support our communities?
Communities
34 How do we safeguard our business?
Business ethics
38 Progress against targets
40 Validation statement
41 Glossary
Company profile
Corus is an international company that manufactures,
processes and distributes steel and aluminium products
and provides related services in design, technology
and consultancy.
The Group has manufacturing operations in many countries.
It has major plants in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany,
France, Canada, the USA, Norway and Belgium, as well as
sales offices and service centres all over the world. It serves
the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical
engineering, metal goods and electrical engineering
sectors. With a clear focus on carbon steel, Corus
aims to deliver value to its stakeholders.
Corus is organised into four divisions (Strip Products,
Long Products, Distribution & Building Systems and
Aluminium*) and, at the end of 2005, employed 47,300
people. Turnover in 2005 was £10,140m (EUR14,796m)
and Group operating profit was £680m (EUR992m).
Further information is available at www.corusgroup.com
*On 16 March 2006, Corus announced that it had signed a letter of intent
with Aleris International Inc. for the proposed sale of its Aluminium rolled
products and extrusions businesses.
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