Annual Environment Review

Welcome to our 2011 environment review.

In 2007, we first adopted our commitment to climate neutrality. Against a backdrop of increasing global concern over the challenge our planet faced from changes in the climate, we felt that a ‘business as usual’ approach to managing our environmental impact was not enough.

The purpose of the commitment to climate neutrality was simple – to provide a catalyst within Pearson to share good green ideas. Across Pearson, individuals and teams are busy helping make our company greener. Whether it is helping reduce the energy we use in our buildings, reducing the resources we consume or finding ways to work more efficiently, small changes are making a big difference.

In fact, last year, we were able to report that our global carbon footprint was 5% less than in 2010 and we now use 27% less paper to generate each £1 million of revenue than we did in 2008 - and that excludes everything digital. We also made good progress on working with our suppliers to get a full understanding of our complete carbon footprint from forest to reader and are pleased to report on this work as part of this review.

But, there is always more that we can do. Our climate neutral commitment will continue into 2012 and we will again extend it to cover businesses we purchased during 2011.

We believe that businesses should strive to demonstrate how they can have a positive impact on society and the planet. It’s the right thing to do: for the environment; for society; and for our business. We'll be working hard to continue to do more and go further this year.

Robin Freestone
Chief financial officer

If you have any questions on Pearson's environment review, please contact:

Peter Hughes
Head of corporate responsibility
Pearson plc
80 Strand
London
WC2R 0RL

Email: peter.hughes@pearson.com
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7010 2249