Financial
Financial viability is a key element of sustainability. Continued growth in profit is an important aspiration of our Sustainability 2017 Vision and we have set a target to more than double our earnings per share by 2017.
The two major thrusts of our vision are about being more efficient with the resources we use and designing new products that help our customers to be more sustainable. Using less resources as a business will save us money. It will enable us to maintain or improve our margins and allow us to invest more in R&D and infrastructure. Designing innovative new products for our customers will allow us to maintain or strengthen our competitive position in the markets we serve today and benefit from the growth opportunities in emerging markets within the sustainability sector.
We have started to evaluate the monetary savings realised to date in our businesses through implementation of their Sustainability 2017 plans. Early indications suggest savings in the region of up to £10 million have been achieved so far with similar savings projected for 2009/10 and beyond. Some examples of how these savings are being delivered in our businesses are given in the Case Studies section. Over the coming years we will continue to make more robust evaluations of the financial benefits of our sustainability programme.
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