What connects us defines us.

An important part of our strategic progress is to lead the way to a bright sustainable future. We've made long-term commitments on how we'll contribute positively to our country and society in the BT Group Manifesto. This year we've continued to deliver on our Manifesto commitments to be a responsible, inclusive and sustainable business.

The concrete industry is the only UK structural construction material to provide sustainability performance data, as part of a wider sustainability strategy.

SOCIAL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 2017

Mary Coyle MBE, the Chair of Shared Interest, says: "I am pleased to report in this set of Social Accounts that we have made considerable progress in achieving the goals set out in our 2014 Strategic Review. This year our lending supported over 160 producer groups, helping almost 375,000 individuals in 60 countries, 30% of whom were women."

As our Corporate Responsibility Summary 2017 shows our sustainable business strategy is focused on defying uncertainty by using bright ideas to tackle the important issues of our time for our customers, our communities and our world in a number of areas, including:

Our CR reporting comprises a yearly performance statement, supported by regular reporting of our activities on this website.

AB Sugar - first sugar company to launch Group-wide 2030 sustainability commitments

AB Sugar has launched a bold set of commitments with the aim of becoming the world’s leading sustainable sugar business.

DELIVERING OUR PURPOSE - update on our progress in 2016/17

The latest Delivering our Purpose report from BT shows how the company is delivering against ambitious 2020 goals and how they've been bringing their purpose to life during 2016/17.