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Corporate Responsibility Report 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report 2019 SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation 41,972 Publications in the 2014-2018 – Output, Impact, Collaboration period Top 100 Countries – Relative Activity Index Top 10 countries for corporate-academic Research supporting SDG 6 has collaboration12 grown since 2014, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 8%, 10 8.5% compared to nearly 2% for research 8 Compound Annual Growth Rate over the in all fi elds. 6 period The US produces the most research supporting 4 SDG 6, followed by China, India, the United Kingdom and Australia. 2 8 of the 10 most prolifi c countries are high-income 0 28% countries (more than 31,000 publications); 2 are Norway France Sweden Austria Denmark Belgium Slovenia International middle-income countries. No low-income countries 10000 Netherlands Switzerland nited Kingdom % of research from corporate collaboration corporate from % of research U collaboration featured in the top 50. 6 9000 8000 World collaborationin SDG6 research Ethiopia was the most prolifi c low-income country 7000 (167 publications), followed by Tanzania (112 6000 5000 publications), Nepal (92 publications), Uganda 4000 Worldwide publications supporting SDG 6 (86 publications) and Zimbabwe (43 publications). 3000 2% 1 2000 Academic-corporate Over the period, the Relative Activity Index (RAI) 1000 of research supporting SDG 6 grew by 29% across 0 collaboration Italy 7070 7659 8595 9038 9813 China India Spain Brazil all countries. Canada Australia Germany United States 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 International collaboration was consistent between Top 10 countries by publication Top 10 countriesUnited byKingdom RAI high-income countries (62%) and low-income 7 countries (60%). 10000 Collaboraton (%) of research publications 1.27 6 9000 Field-weighted The field-weighted citation impact (FWCI) for SDG 6 8000 5 3 research was above average in each year over the 7000 citation 6000 4 period, with an FWCI of 1.27 over the five years. 2.5 impact in the period 5000 3 4000 2 3000 2 2000 1 1000 0 0 1.5 Themes FWCI 62% India Italy China Spain Brazil nzania Nepal Kenya Ghana Canada Ethiopia Jordan Australia Germany Ta Sri Lanka 1 Bangladesh Philippines United States South Africa of publications from United Kingdom high-income countries 0.5 7 6What is FWCI? What is RAI? 0 5Field-weighted citation impact is an indicator of Relative Activity Index is a measure of the proportion of 0 20 40 60 80 100 4scholarly impact based on the number of times the the country’s research output in the subject relative to International collaboration % 1% 3publication was cited in other research. An FWCI the proportion seen globally. of above 1.0 indicates the impact is above the High income Lower middle income of publications from 2 normalised average. Low income Upper middle income low-income countries 1 0 RELX and the RE symbol are trademarks of This analysis builds on Elsevier’s Sustainability Science in a Global Landscape report, which was released in 2015 to coincide with Nepal Kenya Ghana Jordan Tanzania RELX GroupEthiopia plc, used under license. Elsevier is a Sri Lanka the launch of the SDGs. See a 2017 update on key fi ndings on the RELX Sustainable Development Goals Resource Centre. registered trademarkBangladesh of ElsevierPhilippines B.V.South © Africa 2019 RELX. Help us to provide insight into SDG research. Click here to review the research. Sources: Scopus® RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Contact details We’re committed to doing our part to advance these essential Your views are important to us. objectives for the world. Throughout this report look for the Please send your comments to SDG icons to show which SDGs are relevant to the content. [email protected] Or write to Dr Márcia Balisciano Global Head of Corporate Responsibility RELX 1–3 Strand London WC2N 5JR United Kingdom For more information visit www.relx.com/corporateresponsibility This report contains the RELX PLC Non-Financial Information Statement for the purposes of Section 414CB of the Companies Act 2006. 03 RELX Corporate Responsibility 2019 | Contents Introduction Introduction Our unique contributions Governance contributions uniqueOur 04 CEO’s Statement 16 Why 25 Why 05 Our business 16 2019 objectives 25 2019 objectives 06 Our approach to corporate 17 Scientific, Technical & Medical 26 Governance and reporting responsibility 20 Risk & Business Analytics 26 Our values 07 Managing CR 21 Legal 27 Helping our people pursue the 08 Engagement 22 Exhibitions highest ethical standards 08 Commitment to the United Nations 24 Across RELX 28 Data privacy and security Governance Global Compact 24 2020 objectives 28 Pensions and investments 09 2019 awards for excellence 29 A responsible taxpayer 09 2019 investor and other recognition 29 2020 objectives 10 2019 key CR data 11 2019–2020 CR objectives People EMPLOYEE GENDER SPLIT Male Female 50% 50% People Customers Community Customers 30 Why 40 Why 49 Why 30 2019 objectives 40 2019 objectives 49 2019 objectives 31 Our people 41 Improving customer outcomes 51 Giving 32 Inclusion 41 Editorial standards 52 Engagement 36 Women in Technology 42 Digital knowledge and innovation: 52 Jeffrey P Mladenik and Andrew 36 Training and rewards advancing customer goals Curry-Green Memorial Scholarship 37 Support and recognition 44 Data privacy and security 53 Impact Community 37 Health and safety 45 Responding to customer needs 55 2020 objectives 39 Absence 45 Access to information 39 Wellbeing 46 Bringing science into society 39 2020 objectives 46 Accessibility 48 2 020 objectives Supply chain Supply chain Environment Appendices Environment 56 Why 61 Why 75 Appendix 1 – 2019 Stakeholder 56 2019 objectives 61 2019 objectives engagement examples 57 Managing an ethical supply chain 62 Environmental risks and opportunities 76 Appendix 2 – LBG assurance 57 Monitoring suppliers 63 Managing our impact statement 2019 58 Promoting human rights through 64 Mapping the value chain 77 Appendix 3 – EY assurance statement 2019 the Supplier Code 65 2019 Environmental Performance 79 Appendix 4 – Taskforce on Climate- 59 Helping employees understand the 66 Targets and standards related Financial Disclosure issues and supporting suppliers 67 Climate change Appendices 60 2020 objectives 81 Appendix 5 – Global Reporting 68 Energy Initiative Index 69 Water 82 Appendix 6 – Blueprint for SDG 71 Waste Leadership 72 Book donations: supporting 85 Appendix 7 – Business Disclosures education in 24 countries Per SDG Target 73 Paper 91 Credits 73 2020 objectives 04 RELX Corporate Responsibility 2019 Corporate responsibility (CR) is extremely important to the Introduction long-term success of our business. It means that we act with CEO’s the highest ethical standards, while channelling our strengths to deliver positive impact for our customers and society. Our 2019 CR objectives – aligned with the ten principles of the Statement United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), which serves as an important guide to our efforts – helped us pursue best practice throughout our business. On data privacy and security, we contributions uniqueOur continued to progress corporate security incident response preparedness and the number of business areas achieving certification with data protection standards. We developed dashboards to better track inclusion and well-being metrics and created an improved governance structure to spread our work on product accessibility for our customers. Working with experts in the field, we created greater clarity on calculating pro bono Governance contributions, and increased the number of suppliers who signed up to our Supplier Code of Conduct. We also increased the percentage of our renewable electricity to more than 90% of global consumption. In the year, we advanced our unique contributions as a business which are linked to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): furthering science, health and well-being; protecting society and reducing inequalities; strengthening People institutions and the rule of law; and supporting communities. Examples of how we did this in 2019, described in the pages ahead, include Elsevier’s capacity-building work with Scientific African, to increase the discoverability of African research. We explored how our risk products can increase access to credit for marginalised groups in the US and Mexico. We launched the Corporate responsibility LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation to allow us to increase Customers engagement with partners working to advance equal access to means engaging everyone and transparency of the law. And we used our convening power to bring together government, academia, business, youth and other at RELX. actors to discuss collaboration to advance the global goals at our RELX SDG Inspiration Days. Erik Engstrom Chief Executive Officer Ensuring we advance our CR performance matters to me, our people and other stakeholders. So in the year ahead, among Community other objectives, we will increase content in the free RELX SDG Resource Centre by 25% to ensure we make more knowledge about the SDGs available to all; we will concentrate on helping employees become even more resilient to attempts to breach our privacy and security; we will introduce a suite of 2020–2025 inclusion goals that will allow us to further the diversity of people 1,000+ and ideas that we need to drive RELX forward; we will map Supply chain Employees engaged in CR networks customer feedback mechanisms across our business to spread best practice customer engagement; we will develop manager training on our flagship community programme, RE Cares; we will continue working with suppliers to improve their ethical performance and we will set a new round of science-based 96% environmental targets.
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