Johnson Matthey Sustainability Report 2007/08Johnson Matthey Sustainability Report 2007/08

Performance Summary

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This section summarises performance data relating to employees and to charitable donations.

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Employee Data

Data is presented on a calendar year basis unless otherwise stated.

Employee Data at a Glance

  2004 2005 2006 20071
Average Number Employed 7,558 7,404 7,986 8,013
Turnover Total2 13.0% 13.5% 10.0% 9.9%
Turnover Voluntary2 7.1% 8.0% 7.5% 7.6%
Employee Gender (%) Female3 20% 22% 21% 22%
New Recruits Gender (%) Female 25% 29% 22% 25%
Trade Union Representation 36% 36% 37% 34%
Training Days per Employee 2.6 3.5 3.9 3.9
Training Spend per Employee4 £221 £265 £317 £327
Internal Promotions (% of all recruitments in year) 34.0% 35.5% 28.7% 28.9%
Attendance – days lost per employee 6.4 5.7 5.1 5.2
1 Employee data relates to the calendar year 2007 for the continuing businesses (unless otherwise stated) and excludes 658 employees transferred out of the group with the completion of the sale of Ceramics Division on 28th February 2007.
2 Employee turnover is calculated by reference to the total number of leavers during the year expressed as a percentage of the average number of people employed during the year. The analysis does not include agency workers not directly employed by Johnson Matthey.
3 As at 31st December.
4 Training spend does not include the cost of in house training or the cost of the employees’ wages during training.

Charitable Donations

Data is presented on a financial year basis from 1st April to 31st March.

Bar chart showing charitable donations in pounds for 2003/04 through to 2007/08. Total pounds per year are as follows; 2003/04 313,000, 2004/05 349,000, 2005/06 340,000, 2006/07 330,000 and 2007/08 415,000.

Pie chart showing types of charitable organisations supported through the corporate annual donations programme in the period 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008. Organisations supported were as follows; social welfare 50.0%, medical and health 36.1%, science and education 8.3%, arts and environment 5.6%.

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