Page 1 of 1 
Verification and Assurance
Verification
The board reviews corporate social responsibility issues as part of its risk management process. The board believes that the measures taken to review the sustainability information provide a suitable level of confidence.
Information on financial performance forms part of the external audit of Johnson Matthey’s financial accounts.
Human resources data is reviewed and verified by internal senior human resources professionals. Community investment data and information relating to charitable donations is reviewed and verified by internal experts.
Health and safety data is reviewed by group health and safety experts and as part of the group environment, health and safety (EHS) audit programme. Environmental data is reviewed by group environmental experts and as part of the group EHS audit programme.
All data is reviewed by internal sustainability experts and at appropriate levels of management up to and including the Chief Executive’s Committee.
Other information presented in the Sustainability Report is reviewed by the relevant functional experts and subjected to the same internal sign off procedures as the group Annual Report.
Johnson Matthey utilises external specialists on specific sustainability issues. Over the past year this has included external audits or reviews of people management systems, health and safety (OHSAS 18001) and environmental management systems (ISO 14001).
Assurance
Johnson Matthey has chosen to assure this year's report against the AA1000 assurance standard AA1000AS (2008). Corporate Citizenship was selected to conduct this assurance exercise and evaluate the nature and extent of our adherence to the AA1000AS principles of inclusivity, materiality and responsiveness. Corporate Citizenship also evaluated our 2009/10 social and environmental performance data against the GRI G3 Principles for Defining Report Quality and the WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol for greenhouse gas emissions. Corporate Citizenship's external assurance process has involved, but not been limited to, the following elements:
- Benchmarking of peers, competitors, best practice and internationally recognised standards to identify the basis on which to judge Johnson Matthey's performance.
- Analysis of Johnson Matthey's stakeholder engagement activity and stakeholder feedback.
- Review of national and international published sources of information about the views and opinions of external stakeholders.
- Examination of the report at set stages in its development and testing of the assertions throughout, drawing from evidence and supporting documentation, reporting mechanisms, frameworks and processes.
- Examination of management and reporting systems, notably for environmental management (including energy use, water use, greenhouse gas emissions and waste to landfill), occupational health and community investment.
- Checks on a sample basis of elements of the report's contents to underlying records, particularly of the numerical data within the report.
- Interviews with key sustainability practitioners within Johnson Matthey to understand the company's Sustainability 2017 Vision, governance structures, key initiatives and challenges. This included in‑depth interviews on Product Stewardship; Occupational Health; Community; Human Resources; Health and Safety; and Environment.
Based on the work undertaken, Corporate Citizenship concluded that the Johnson Matthey Sustainability Report 2009/10 reflects the principles of AA1000 (2008): inclusivity, materiality and responsiveness. Click here for a full version of Corporate Citizenship's Assurance Statement, which includes detailed opinions on the level of adherence to each AA1000AS principle and commentary on the areas where Corporate Citizenship believe future reporting could be strengthened.
Page 1 of 1