ScottishPower participates in a number of external indices and award programmes to allow comparison of our approach and performance against others in our industry, and more broadly.

Important indices we participate in include:

In May 2007, ScottishPower was named Large Company of the Year by Scottish Business in the Community.

Business in the Community

• 2006 BitC CR Index - Platinum Company (> 95%)
• 2006 Business in the Environment Index – Platinum Company (>95%)
• Member of the BitC CR Index Leadership Group
  

Since their inception, ScottishPower has received more Big Ticks from BitC than any other company in the UK. In 2007, we were awarded the following Big Ticks:

• A Jubilee Award Silver Big Tick for ScottishPower Learning

• A new Big Tick for the EDF Energy Environmental Leadership Award (shortlisted for the UK Example of Excellence)
• A new Big Tick for the HBOS Responsible Marketing category for Energy Retail (also shortlisted for the UK Example of Excellence)
• A new Big Tick in the Merrill Lynch Raising Achievement in Young People category for ScottishPower Learning's School to Work Programme

5 of our existing Big Ticks received reaccreditations

•  ScottishPower Renewables
•  Energy Retail’s Green Energy Trust
•  ScottishPower Learning (Education)
•  ScottishPower Learning (Healthy Communities)
•  ScottishPower Learning's Skillseeker Programme (Education)

ScotAsh, our joint venture with Lafarge Cement, was awarded the Business in the Community National Award for Excellence in the TCS Marketplace Innovation Award – for companies that have successfully developed products or services that meet a social or environmental need, or an innovation that has improved the social or environmental impact of existing products.

Business in the Community  http://www.bitc.org.uk/

Carbon Disclosure Project

In previous years ScottishPower was listed within the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Climate Leadership Index of top 50 global companies. Last year ScottishPower’s input was integrated with IBERDROLA’S. We are pleased to report that IBERDROLA was ranked as the world’s top utility in the 2007 index, published in September. The group outperformed all other utilities and earned the maximum 100 points.  The Carbon Disclosure Project is the world’s largest institutional investor collaboration on the business implications for climate change.  More than 1,000 large corporations report on their emissions through their website: www.cdproject.net/

WWF

A WWF Report: UK Power Giants, Generating Climate Change ranked ScottishPower second out of the UK’s six major electricity and gas providers on climate change performance and policies. We were praised for having “one of the most progressive climate change business strategies” which is “reinforced through a clear, mature governance structure”.

WWF:    www.wwf.org.uk

• In May 2007, ScottishPower was awarded the Best Online Service Award by uSwitch in its Energy Customer Satisfaction Awards
• In September 2007 ScottishPower EnergyNetworks was awarded the Zurich Municipal Supreme Safety Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to Public Sector Health and Safety for PowerWise Children Safety Education Programme
• In October 2007 ScottishPower EnergyNetworks was awarded the Dupont Safety Award 2007 for PowerWise Children Safety Education Programme
• In November 2007, ScottishPower Renewables was named National Green Champion 2007 for Scottish Businesses by the Green Apple Environmental Awards
• In December 2007, ScottishPower Renewables was awarded the Scottish Green Energy Award, Best Environmental Initiative for Black Law Windfarm habitat management extranet
• ScottishPower Learning won the Prince’s Trust Scotland Scottish regional Bombardier Partnership Innovation Award 2007, which is awarded to the partner who has demonstrated innovation in their support of the work of the Trust