AstraZeneca Annual Report and Form 20-F Information 2008

Business resilience plans

Our approach to risk management includes the development of business resilience plans, and such plans are designed to provide for situations in which specific risks have the potential to have a severe impact on our business. During 2008, our business resilience planning activities focused on improving our existing crisis management processes, planning and response structures, including plans, escalation processes and crisis communications. A global standard for crisis management has been rolled out during 2008, and during 2009 a global policy for business resilience, to cover crisis management, business continuity and emergency response will be communicated. This will ensure alignment of documentation, appropriate training of line managers and the use of crisis simulation activities to test the new procedures.