PricewaterhouseCoopers UK Environmental Policy – Statement of Intent

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) seeks excellence in every aspect of our business and is
committed to minimising the environmental impacts of our business operations.

Our commitment is to:

• Continuously improve our environmental performance and integrate recognised
  environmental management best practice into our business operations.
• Reduce our consumption of resources and improve the efficient use of those
  resources.
• Measure and take action to reduce the carbon footprint of our business activities to
  meet our published objectives and targets.
• Manage waste generated from our business operations according to the principles of
  reduction, re-use and recycling.
• Manage our business operations to prevent pollution.
• Give due consideration to environmental issues and energy performance in the
  acquisition, design, refurbishment, location and use of buildings.
• Ensure environmental, including climate change, criteria are taken into account in the
  procurement of goods and services.
• Comply as a minimum with all relevant environmental legislation as well as other
  environmental requirements to which the firm subscribes.
• Maintain our certification to ISO 14001 through rigorous monitoring and review of our
  performance.

To meet our commitments we will:

• Provide UK Executive Board oversight and review of environmental policies and
  performance, and allocate resources for their effective direction and implementation.
• Set and monitor key objectives and targets for managing our environmental
  performance at least annually.
• Communicate internally and externally our environmental policy and performance on
  a regular basis, and encourage feedback.
• Communicate the importance of environmental issues to our people.
• Work together with our people/employees, service partners, suppliers, landlords and
  their agents to promote improved environmental performance.
• Promote appropriate consideration of sustainability and environmental issues in the
  services we provide to our clients.
• Review our environmental policy regularly.

This statement represents our general position on environmental issues, and the policies and
practices we will apply in conducting our business. The Environmental Policy is accessible via
the internal PwC Portal and to other interested parties via our website (www.pwc.co.uk) and
on request.

Signed: Roger Reeves, Partner
January 2009

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