ABP participates in the Business in the Community (BiTC) Corporate Responsibility Index.  Our performance in 2005 secured a ranking of 87 in the index and we were cited as having outstanding performance in corporate strategy and environmental management.

The Annual Environment Index, formerly known as the BiE index benchmarks companies against their peers, and whole sectors against one another, on the basis of their environmental management and performace in key impact areas.  The Index has been developed in recent years to include environmental performance questions, as well as management,  and is now open to participation to companies in the FTSE 250.

Our overall ranking in the Environment Index is shown in the table below:

Year	Performance	Ranking	Total Participants
2005	80-100%	87	145
2004	70-79%	103	178
2003	80-100%	98	177
2002	71-80%	100	168
2001	71-80%	79	206
2000	61-70%	97	184

This year ABP also took part in the BiTC Yorkshire & Humber Environment Index survey. ABP were rnaked 32nd out of 117 companies and we were named as a significant improver as we improved our score by 10% this year. To view the BiTc report, please click here.

For further information on our environmental management polices that enable us to perform well in the above indices, see the Policy Management section of the website.

We published ABP’s first Corporate Social Responsibility Report in May 2003. The CSR reports set out our up-to-date environment policy, objectives and methodology for implementing the policy, alongside ABP's policies for health and safety and our involvement in local community activities.  Together with this website, we feel we now have in place a comprehensive reporting schedule by which to communicate our environmental-management progress.  For the 2006 CSR report, please click here.