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Directors' Report:
Business Review

Reporting performance – non-financial1

ASTRAZENECA EMPLOYEES: ACCIDENTS WITH SERIOUS INJURY2 (PER MILLION HOURS)

2007 - 2.65
2006 - 2.37
2005 - 2.37

ASTRAZENECA EMPLOYEES: CASES OF OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES (PER MILLION HOURS)

2007 - 0.99
2006 - 0.97
2005 - 1.34

SALES AND MARKETING: NUMBER OF CONFIRMED BREACHES3

2007 - 32
2006 - 44
2005 - 56

NUMBER OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH ’000

2007 - 285
2006 - 288
2005 - 267

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL - EMISSIONS4

  2007 2006 2005
CO2-equivalents (million tonnes) 1.29 1.31 1.43
Index (tonnes/$m sales) 44 50 60

OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL - EMISSIONS

  2007 2006 2005
CFC11-equivalents (tonnes) 36 40 56
Index (kg/$m sales) 1.2 1.5 2.3

1Data excludes MedImmune.

2With and without days lost.

3Of codes or regulations ruled by external bodies.

4Figures are calculated in line with the Greenhouse Gas (GhG) Protocol guidance (ghgprotocol.org). Source for calculation of CFC figures is AstraZeneca sales data.

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