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 News & Media. 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.

A new era
Introduction: We are facing an unprecendented challenge within the media industry, say Carolyn McCall, Alan Rusbridger and Roger Alton.

Editorial
The digital challenge | Berliner newspapers | Fairness: Israel - Palestine | Honesty and duty to the reader | Guardian films | Learnthings | Legal

Commercial realities
Newspapers | Digital | Advertising policy | Targets | Auditor's statement

People and change
Staff survey | Union view | People strategy | Staff engagement | Pay and reward | Career development | Diversity | Health, safety & wellbeing

Environment
Editorial coverage | Managing our responsibilities | Our performance | Supply chain

Community
Scott Trust Foundation | GNM community projects

Auditor's statement
My responsibility as an independent auditor is to form a view, on the basis of detailed and systematic investigation, as to whether the statements and claims made in the report are trustworthy and adequately supported by evidence, writes Richard Evans.

Download the Editorial section (pdf, 1MB)

Download the introduction (pdf, 150KB)

Download the Awards page (pdf, 50KB)

Download the Commercial Realities section (pdf, 130KB)

Download the People and Change section (pdf, 800KB)

Download the Environment section (500KB)

Download the Community section (pdf, 1.5MB)

Download the Auditor's statement (pdf, 60KB)

For a free printed version of the report, please email your name and postal address to socialaudit@guardian.co.uk. We would also welcome your feedback which you can send to the same email address.

Social ethical and environmental audit 2005
Read last year's report
Social audit scoops awards
The readers' editor's year

Social ethical and environmental audit 2004
The online version of Living our values 2004

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