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Non-Financial and Sustainability
Information Statement
In accordance with Section 414CA and 414CB of the Companies Act 2006, the following
chart summaries where you can 昀椀nd further information in this Annual Report on each
of the key areas of disclosure that these sections require.
Topic
Summary approach
Environmental, social and
colleague -related matters
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This year we have provided further disclosure of our environmental achievements in the
Sustainability Section on pages 27 to 28 and reported on the Task Force on Climate-related
Financial Disclosures ("TCFD"’).
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Our positive and inclusive culture, as well as good colleague engagement, are integral
to RWS’s success. Both the Board and management understand this and a considerable
amount of time is invested ensuring this is maintained and improved.
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We discuss each of these areas under ‘Social’ in the Sustainability section on pages 32-33
and in the Section 172 Statement on page 60. Please see also the Governance Report on
pages 77 to 80.
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We support the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact on human rights,
labour, environment and anti-corruption. See page 23.
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Human rights abuse and modern slavery risks are not considered a material issue for the
Group. Please see materiality analysis on page 26.
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We operate anti-bribery, corruption and tax transparency procedures which support compliance
with the UK’s Bribery Act 2010 and other legislation. See pages 34 to 35 and 77 to 80.
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We continue to place great importance on the positive bene昀椀ts that diversity of gender,
ethnicity, experience, background and viewpoints can bring to the Group.
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We support initiatives to help improve diversity, equity and inclusion. Progress on these is
monitored by senior management and the Board. The Board acknowledges that we need
to do more to improve diversity in certain areas of our business and we will continue with
our e昀昀orts.
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We discuss the actions taken in 2023 in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Section of the
Sustainability report on pages 32 to 33 and also in the Section 172 report on page 60.
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Our business model is underpinned by our medium-term strategy; we operate a business
model which includes non-昀椀nancial inputs and outputs.
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Risks, including 昀椀nancial and non-昀椀nancial, are monitored by the Board and the Audit
Committee. The Audit Committee also considers the key internal controls for the Group.
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The Board regularly reviews both 昀椀nancial and non-昀椀nancial KPIs, which are relevant for
monitoring the performance of the business and have a clear link to delivering against our
strategy. We disclose performance against our key KPIs on page 24.
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We discuss our business model on page 12 to 15. Our strategy is discussed in various
places in the Strategic Report, including page 65.
Human rights and antibribery-related matters
Diversity, equity and inclusion
policy and approach
Business model, policies,
principal risks and KPIs
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