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Annual report and accounts 200933 easyJet plc
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Overview
Business review
Governance
Accounts
Other information
ETS
EU Emissions
Trading Scheme
We were leading
proponents for
aviation’s entry
into EU ETS.
The executive management team expected that
the Pulse results would decline in 2009 because
of the unprecedented economic uncertainty and
signicant pressure to reduce costs. However,
easyJet is focused on addressing any concerns
identied and, to this end, has made a commitment
to make a step change improvement in
communication processes and resource across the
business. In particular, there is a plan to re-energise
the base sponsorship programme around the
network for all members of the easyJet leadership
team. This will improve the understanding
between people based in the network and those
based in the central ofce at Hangar 89.
GEM awards
During the year, we have continued to promote
our values with our “Going the Extra Mile”
employee award programme. These awards are
designed to recognise employees who go beyond
what can rightly be expected of them in their role
in order to deliver business success. During the
year, our people have been submitting nominations
linked to our customer proposition and values,
together with revenue generation and cost
reduction recommendations.
Successful nominations by customer proposition
Low cost Care Convenience
12% 60% 28%
Successful nominations by easyJet value
Safety Teamwork Pioneering Passionate Integrity
20% 36% 5% 23% 16%
easyJet strives to ensure that our recognition
programmes continue to align employee
contribution with business results and, to that end,
the award programme will be revised during 2010.
Charitable donations
Our charity policy is to recognise and devote
efforts to a single charity each year. This year, our
chosen charity was The Anthony Nolan Trust.
easyJet has worked with The Anthony Nolan Trust
to help promote the charity, with activities including
onboard collections, a “click and give” campaign
from our website, fundraising activities initiated by
our people, a feature in the inight magazine and
other public relations activities. £50,000 was
donated to The Anthony Nolan Trust by easyJet
as a corporate donation.
Political donations
easyJet does not make any donations to any
political party. This in not in line with our values
and would be deemed as inappropriate.
Gifts and gratuities
easyJet employees are sometimes sent gifts from
various companies throughout the year. In order
to provide clear guidance to employees and avoid
potential conicts of interest, we have a strict
policy that prevents any employee accepting gifts
over a nominal value of £35. Every Christmas (and
less frequently, at various times through the year)
easyJet holds a staff rafe of all the gifts that are
received. Every employee across Europe is entered
into the draw and allocated a unique reference
number. Numbers are then drawn at random and
winners have the gifts sent directly to their home.
easyJet and the
environment
Environmental issues are important to all of us,
and we are committed to ensuring that both
easyJet, and the industry as a whole, play our
part in meeting our environmental responsibilities.
Everyone at easyJet helps deliver on our
environmental commitments, from the cabin
crew who collect waste for recycling to the senior
management working with politicians on climate
change and manufacturers to push for next
generation aircraft.
Aviation contributes to climate change.
The long-term predominant effect is from
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, of which
aviation contributes around 3% of man-made
CO2 emissions. The overriding environmental
issue is tackling climate change.
The target for the industry must be to reduce
its emissions over time, and we welcome the
UK Government’s endorsement of this approach
when it set industry emissions targets last year.
The industry faces signicant challenges; unlike many
other sectors, there are no carbon free solutions
on the horizon, and its high prole may put it at
signicant risk of punitive measures. This is why we
have been at the forefront of efforts to put aviation
into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a
framework for reducing EU emissions, and driving
the development of next generation aircraft. Taking
responsible steps is not only the right thing to do,
but it also limits the risk of unreasonable measures
being imposed on the aviation industry. We are
pleased to report that aviation’s entry into EU ETS
is now denite. We took a lead role in this work,
and we are now working to ensure that easyJet
is ready for formal entry in 2012. Entry into EU ETS
carries both risks and opportunities. However,
we believe that due to our efciency, we are
well placed relative to competitors.