Thames Water - Programme and performance

Key performance

Key performance

Target areaTarget 2009/10Performance 2009/10Target achieved?Target 2010/11
Corporate responsibility programme 
Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility IndexPlatinum (>95%)Platinum (95.2%)Platinum
Customers 
Drinking water quality compliance at customers' taps99.9%99.98%99.97%
Customer Satisfaction Survey (out of 5)4.424.35New measure (see row below)
New measure for customer satisfaction: Service Incentive Mechanism quantitative scoreN/AN/AN/A228.58
Water resources 
Leakage685 Ml/d670 Ml/d674 Ml/d
Maintaining security of supply – Security of Supply Index85100100
Wastewater 
Serious or significant pollution incidentsZero7Zero *
Sewage treatment works compliance against Water Resources Act look up table consents100%100%99.83% **
Properties alleviated from external and internal sewer flooding due to hydraulic incapacity – 2005-201055615600New measure (see row below)
New measure: Net reduction in properties at risk of internal sewer flooding (2-in-10-years and 1-in-10-years risk registers)N/AN/AN/A497 by 2015
Climate change and energy 
Reduce our carbon emissions by 20% by 2015 compared to 1990 levelsN/A0.75 mtC02eOn track (0.85 mtC02e in 2008/09)Reduce our carbon emissions by 20% by 2015 compared to 1990 levels
Renewable energy - renewable electricity generation204 GWh187 GWh197 GWh
Finance 
Total operating costsNot published£723.2mN/ANot published
Our wider responsibilities 
Health and safety - number of accidents per 1,000 employees6.555.91Zero (5.37 2010/11 milestone)***
Employee engagement – Gallup Q12 methodology Grand Mean3.513.673.61
Employee volunteering – employees volunteering in schools, the community or charities15%13%15%
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in favourable and unfavourable recovering condition95%99.98%95%
Suppliers, contractors and service providers' invoices paid according to agreed terms and conditions (+3/-3 day tolerance)85%75.9%85%
* We ultimately aim for zero pollution incidents.

** This is our regulatory target, agreed with Ofwat, but we aim to retain our 100-per-cent compliance.

*** We ultimately aim for zero accidents.
For full details of all our CR performance, please download the attached table.