2007/08 targets

Target:
Establish a long term, cross-group health and safety strategy to prevent accidents and report progress annually

During the year, the new health and safety strategy was defined and introduced.

Target:
Deliver a workplace health programme that is aligned to the business and makes a positive contribution to the health and wellbeing of our people

Good progress has been made in the workplace health programme, which is aimed at improving the wellbeing of our people, and it is planned to roll this out across our Group in the coming year. As a pharmacy-led health and beauty business, we want Alliance Boots to be a healthy place to work and we give our employees the help and support they need to make positive changes to their lifestyle. Some of the initiatives we promote include smoking cessation, understanding skin cancer, subsidised gym membership and many more.

For the third year running in Boots, we extended our "change one thing" campaign into the workplace. All Boots employees were invited to participate in "Commit to Quit" or "Commit to Get Fit". In June 2007, our successful workplace programme in Boots won a UK Government Health, Work and Wellbeing Award. Judged by a panel of independent experts, this new initiative celebrates good practice in the way that companies promote good health at work.

Target:
Introduce an induction day for new joiners across the Group

New employees across the Group now participate in induction training days, which include taking each new joiner through the Group’s Code of Conduct.