Environmental Management

As a global investment management firm, Invesco has a responsibility to help sustain a healthy, clean environment for future generations. We are committed to continuous improvement in environmental management as an important part of the way we do business. Efforts include:

• The Invesco Environmental Steering Committee, which includes several senior managing directors, was established to oversee and drive commitment of the company's global environmental policy. The committee monitors environmental impacts, gathers ideas and suggestions for improving our global environmental management and approves initiatives which are then fed into regional management processes.
  
• Invesco has developed and implemented a global environmental management system to the internationally recognized standard Global ISO 14001 for most of our major offices. To date, nine offices of Invesco's global property portfolio have achieved the 14001 standard, making up 59% of the company's global staff body. The offices are located in the US, Canada, UK and Europe.
  
• Our company is a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. The Series communicates the performance of companies which meet global corporate responsibility standards to help potential clients make investments in organizations with good records of corporate social responsibility.
  
• Invesco participates in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), reporting on our carbon emissions and reduction management processes. The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent, not for profit organization, that aims to influence policy and financial decision-making. Of participating firms in the most recent report (2011), Invesco scored 79% for our disclosure submission; within the Financial Services sector the average score was 62%. We aim to continue to engage in the CDP annually.
  
• Invesco has a global network of Green Teams who focus on improving our environment. These groups, made up of employee representatives, constantly search for new ways to improve our workplace efficiencies. Our global Green Teams have participated in environmental events such as Earth Hour, Earth Day, World Environment Day, and the Clean Air Commute.
  
• Our organization has completed several locally-based achievements in 2011, for example: Invesco in the UK achieved a #1 position in the CRC Performance League Table (over 2,000 organizations took part in this mandatory exercise). We streamlined waste disposal by implementing biodegradable, recycling and battery waste receptacles throughout our offices in Frankfurt and Brussels. In our Hyderabad office, all dry waste and shredded paper were collected and sold with the proceeds given to charities and schools. In our Taiwan office, we significantly reduced costs and usage of paper, water and electricity.