As a contractor and project developer, the Leighton Group views sustainability as meeting or exceeding the performance expectations of clients in all of our businesses, while providing consistent and strong returns to shareholders over the long term.

In order for us to have a sustainable business, we believe we have to continue to deliver our services while ensuring minimum impact from our activities on the greater community.

We believe that sustainability is achieved by actively managing through our core values. They are the foundation that supports our behaviour and actions.

Our Sustainability Report 2007 titled "Sustained by our values",  highlights our recent key achievements and examines some of the challenges we face.

Looking forward, some of the non-financial challenges facing the Group include: striving to eliminate work-related fatalities on operating company projects; taking our commitment to safety into foreign markets that traditionally have a different emphasis on work practices; securing adequate human resources to match our growth potential; implementing a reduction in carbon emissions; and, continually seeking to make our operations more energy efficient.

Further details of our environmental performance are included in our Carbon Disclosure Report response, which can be viewed directly at the Carbon Disclosure Project website.

All of these challenges are the subject of constant focus and effort across the Group.

We are committed to reporting transparently on the key challenges to sustaining our business.

Your feedback is welcomed as part of the process to help us better address sustainability issues for all of our stakeholders.