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We have identified four key priorities within our overall approach to Responsible Business. We are accelerating our efforts to work in ways that are more sustainable, ensuring that we take account of all stakeholders, including future generations. 

Underlying all our activities is the fundamental principle that all our operations meet or exceed all legal requirements in the territories in which they operate with regard to employment practices, health and safety, environment, corporate governance, competition and anti-trust. Where legislation does not exist, we will apply our own standards of best practice which are detailed in The IMI Way and other internal guidance.  Our current priorities are as follows and each of our businesses has objectives and targets to help us address them.

1. Continually improving our working practices to minimize health and safety risks.  We encourage best practice throughout our business and monitor performance through a set of Corporate Health and Safety requirements and systems of guidance and auditing.  We utilize relevant key performance indicators to help us track our progress.    
2. Understanding and meeting our customers' Responsible Business (CSR) priorities. Our operations seek to understand the whole business environment experienced by our customers, including their social and ethical responsibilities and priorities. 
3. To manage the particular challenges relating to manufacturing facilities in low-cost countries. We ensure that all our facilities operate in accordance with our policies on health, safety and the environment, employment practices (particularly child labour), pay, benefits and working conditions, improper gifts and payments, and also set standards on these matters that suppliers too are required to meet, in line with the UN Global Compact. We have developed a supplier evaluation tool to ensure that performance is reviewed in a systematic way.
4. To maximise energy efficiency. Each of our facilities is required to set targets aimed at minimising emissions that have global warming potential and also reducing the associated costs. In addition, all of our businesses are continually seeking to develop ways in which our products and services can become even more energy efficient and/or help our customers become more energy efficient. 

These corporate priorities for IMI are addressed alongside other local responsible business priorities set by our individual business units. This can be viewed within our IMI Way document (pages 16-20).