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The report outlines the highlights of the company's programme in 2008

Report Highlights

Friends Provident’s 2008 Corporate Responsibility report is published today. This year’s review, which outlines the highlights of the company’s programme in 2008, and the complete online performance report, are available at www.friendsprovident.com/responsibility.

The 2008 review has been designed in response to stakeholders’ feedback, providing a short update on Friends Provident’s achievements over the past year.  The company has:

Maintained its market leadership position in responsible investment
Launched an online tool, E-tutor, to deliver a range of financial capability materials for customers, in association with the Life Academy
Developed an integrated travel management system to measure and reduce the environmental impact of our business travel
Produced, in collaboration with a number of other financial institutions, a responsible procurement questionnaire that we will use in supplier tendering procedures
Been ranked best in sector for the third year running when compared to its peers in syndicated research undertaken by Ipsos MORI

The 2008 online performance report describes progress during the year, provides full performance data and outlines targets.

For a hard copy of the 2008 review go to www.friendsprovident.com/requestreports, where you can also request copies of Friends Provident’s Living Corporate Responsibility Review.  This document explores the company’s material issues and includes in-depth articles on its strategic issues of trust and confidence, responsible investment and financial capability.

Friends Provident plc is a UK-listed life and pensions company committed to achieving a high standard of corporate behaviour and accountability.  In the UK, Friends Provident provides a range of pensions and protection products for individual customers and corporate clients.  Friends Provident International develops competitive savings, investment and pensions products for a broad and diverse range of markets including Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Germany.

For more details please contact ashley.taylor@friendsprovident.co.uk
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