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Annual Report 2015
Who we are
 chair the oittee for ustainable and esponsible usiness .
ur ebership and eetin attendance are set out below.
Committee members
eetins
eber liible to attend Attended
ir ichael ae chairan 21
lare hapanab 21
on hanua 22
iall unnea 22
hil odinsond21
aroness araret ac22
ae llen acrthurbc 22
avin eathc 22
avin atterson 22
asine hitbread 22
a BT employee.
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ae llen acrthur stepped down fro the  after si ears of
service. lare hapan also stepped down on leavin .  would lie
to than both llen and lare for their sinificant contributions to the
s wor.
What we have done
he chart opposite shows how we allocated our tie. e have
ebedded sustainable and responsible business into the lines of business
with reular reportin to the
peratin oittee . he  eets
twice a ear to provide strateic oversiht and direction. In addition
we visited three oranisations we partner with in anchester. e saw
the wor of those oranisations and the dierence the ae in their
counities aswell as eplorin how  can continue to support the
societal benefits the deliver.
Committee for Sustainable and Responsible
Business Chairman’s report
e hosted an online foru called ain aves he risin tide of
data for social ood with contributions fro  ebers. e used
the foru to as how diital connectivit and data can accelerate our
ourne towards sustainabilit and help tacle bi societal issues. e
published the insihts fro the foru in an online report.
Allocation of time
37.5%
Strategy & Governance
16%
Supporting charities
and communities
12.5%
Volunteering
9%
Engagement
12.5%
eliverin environental benefits
12.5%
Creating a connected
society
e approve each ear our direct investent in sustainable and
responsible business. e approved an investent of 1 of adusted
profit before taation for 011 consistent with investent in prior
ears. here is also additional investent throuhout  as initiatives
and proraes have becoe interal and ebedded within our
lines of business. n 011 our direct investent in societ totalled
.. his was ade up of a iture of cash tie volunteered b
people and in-ind contributions.
n addition to the eistin focus areas of our 00 abitions this ear
weintroduced an abition of evelopin a ulture of ech iterac
to help  illion children receive better teachin in coputin sills.
ealso raised our onnected ociet abition beond our eistin
oal that ore than 9 out of 10 people in the UK will have access
to fibre-based products and services to include helpin 10 illion
peopleovercoe social disadvantae throuh the benefits of our
products andservices.
olunteerin
an of our social and environental proraes are underpinned
b our peoples proactive approach to volunteerin.  benefits fro
prootin volunteerin opportunities throuh an increase in eploee
enaeent with its culture and its values. he oranisations our
volunteers support et the benefit of our peoples tie and sills at
nocost to the.
e encourae our people to et involved in their counities and
oera coprehensive set of volunteerin opportunities and up to
three das a ear for volunteerin activit. n 011 over 00
 people volunteered ore than 000 das worth over 1.
tothose counities. ind out ore inforation about volunteerin
onpae .
round 00 volunteers helped  charities tacle a rane of
oranisational probles throuh our  ounit hallenes
prorae. ver 0 eploees too part in  roubleshooter
volunteerin last ear which helped  charities to solve practical
andbusiness challenes.
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman of the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Business
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“BT’s purpose is to use the power of communications to
make a better world. The committee’s role focuses on
BT’s sustainable and responsible business programmes
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Find out more
Our societal and environmental
initiatives at www.bt.com/
deliveringourpurpose
The ‘Making Waves’
report at
www.betterfutureforum.bt.com/