How We Engage
A number of our investors are interested in ethical investment and manage Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds. We try to provide these investors with the information they need through regular dialogue with specialists from their organisations and participation in the key benchmarking studies. We are a member of the FTSE4Good Index. Our new Sustainability Report will also provide information on areas of interest to these investors, just as our previous CSR reports did.
Johnson Matthey also meets with all of its major shareholders regularly. At these meetings we may discuss matters relating to corporate social responsibility and sustainability, together with the performance and development of the group’s businesses.
Complementing our investor meetings, we engage with organisations more directly aligned with our business at a divisional and business unit level. They include customers, industry bodies and trade associations, local government bodies, schools, universities and local charity and community groups.
We always engage with stakeholders in the communities where we have operations. When we enter a new area, we actively develop relationships with stakeholders in the local community, typically during the late planning and early construction stages of a project. We also try to minimise the impact of development through consultation with local authorities and the local community. When we have to exit an area for business reasons, we provide support both for employees who have been affected and the local community as a whole in order to minimise the impact of our departure.
Stakeholder engagement at Johnson Matthey is carried out throughout the year and is integrated into business decision making processes.
