Living our values
The purpose of the social, ethical & environmental audit is to ensure that our business operates in the spirit of the Scott Trust, which owns Guardian Newspapers Ltd. Given that we produce progressive, enlightened newspapers and a web site, as well as write regularly about corporate social responsibility, we also wanted to reassure ourselves and others that we measure up to the high standards our editorials expect of other companies.
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Introduction
Carolyn McCall, Alan Rusbridger and Roger Alton introduce Living our values 2005.

Value judgment
The Guardian could have taken a simpler route to reformatting but, as chair of the Scott Trust Liz Forgan reveals, this would have compromised on CP Scott's legacy.

Readers
We asked 3,300 readers of the Guardian, Observer and Guardian Unlimited why they read us. These were a few of the responses.

Editorial
We have seen great changes at the Guardian, with more to come at the Observer. But it is more than a change in form - it is a way of enhancing quality and debate.

Commercial
While editorial integrity was the initial driving force behind our relaunch plans, the commercial departments were responsible for turning the concept into a financially viable reality.

Employees
Pay and reward | Learning and development | Diversity and inclusion | Ethnic minority readers | Unions | Work-life balance | Health, safety and wellbeing | Communication | Innovation

Environment
What we say | What we do | Printing presses and newsprint | What about travel?

Community
It is not only in our editorial coverage that we have an influence over people's lives. As a company with around 1,500 employees and an ability to tap into a wealth of resources, we are also having a direct impact on the communities we serve.

Social contracts
It is important that the Scott Trust's values find an expression in all parts of our business, including the many thousands of suppliers we work with.

Targets
2004/05 | 2005/06

Auditor's statement
So how have we done this year? The auditor Richard Evans reports on the ways that GNL is living up to the standards we set ourselves.

Open door
The readers' editor, Ian Mayes, on an audit that asks if we practise what we preach.
The readers' editor's year

Living our values 2005 (pdf)
Download and print sections of the audit in PDF form.

Social ethical and environmental audit 2004
Read last year's report

Social, ethical and environmental audit 2003
The audit from 2003 in printable PDF form