Reviewed February 2012

Southern Water’s management is committed to developing and delivering this Environment Policy with the aim of continually improving our environmental performance.

The Executive Management Team is responsible for this policy.

Our Southern Water Environmental Policy Advisory Committee (SWEPAC) collectively promotes the implementation of this policy.

All employees share responsibility for environmental management and performance.

We:

• Are committed to meeting or improving on legal and regulatory environmental requirements and applicable codes of practice
• Consider that all serious pollution incidents are avoidable and our goal is to eliminate them
• Aim to prevent pollution and contain the environmental impact of our activities
• Will strive to be regarded as a good and trusted neighbour, demonstrating environmental care in the communities in which we operate
• Recognise our responsibility to operate within a framework that supports and monitors sustainable development
• Will continue to incorporate environmental issues into business decision-making
• Will maintain and develop our Environmental Management System to the ISO 14001 standard with the aim of continually improving our performance
• Will, as part of demonstrating our environmental responsibility and active care of the environment, continue to develop indicators with measurable targets of performance and report progress against these annually
• Will continue to promote within the business the efficient use and conservation of water, energy and natural resources
• Will consider the balance between economic, environmental and social aspects of our business decisions against sustainable development principles
• Will continue to promote the purchase and use of materials in a way that minimises potential environmental effects
• Will further develop initiatives to minimise waste, preventing it, preparing it for re-use, recycling and recovering it
• Will ensure we have the skills and knowledge to improve our environmental performance
• Will provide assets that are designed to deliver sound environmental performance
• Learn from our successes and from incidents and share what we learn with others
• Work with each other, our contractors, regulators, customers and suppliers and act as one team to achieve our vision