Sustainability

2015 Sustainability Vision

GMG has launched a new sustainability vision and strategy, "The Power of 10", to address issues ranging from climate change to ethical procurement and community engagement

Reducing emissions and highlighting the dangers of climate change are key aims of the strategy

GMG works in partnership with its local communities across the UK

At Guardian Media Group an awareness of the wider responsibilities of business has always been at the heart of what we do. The Manchester Guardian was created to support reform in the early 19th century, and the ethos of public service has been part of the Group's DNA ever since.

The great Manchester Guardian editor CP Scott encapsulated this in his 1921 article marking the centenary of the paper, in which he asserted that newspapers have "a moral as well as material existence".

Ha also listed the essential attributes which he believed should form the character of a newspaper. GMG's owner, the Scott Trust, adopted these values as its own, and they continue to inform the way in which we run our business: operating GMG as a commercial enterprise while always seeking to adhere to principles of decency and public service.

The Scott Trust values are: honesty; cleanness (now interpreted as integrity); courage; fairness; a sense of duty to the reader and the community.

Few areas of corporate responsibility are more presseing than a company's approach to sustainability. In recognition of this, during the year GMG agreed and began to implement a new sustainability strategy.

"The Power of 10" is a vision and strategy running to 2015 to address issues ranging from climate change to ethical procurement. It recognises that the Group can have a positive impact by influencing its millions of readers, web users and radio listeners, as well as staff and suppliers, through an integrated approach to sustainability.

All businesses and joint ventures within the Group – Guardian News & Media, GMG Radio, GMG Property Services, Emap and Trader Media Group – have committed to ten areas of change.