Our Stakeholders
Johnson Matthey has a wide range of stakeholders with an interest in hearing from or working with the company at both a corporate and business level.
Stakeholders include customers, employees, fund managers, shareholders, communities, governments, non-governmental organisations and national and international trade associations. But there are four stakeholder groups who are particularly important in the early stages of our sustainability programme.
By working with the four key stakeholder groups, we believe we can address the great majority of the issues we have identified in the most coordinated and effective way – to the benefit of all stakeholders.
Who is this Report for?
The report is for our employees. It is part of a wider communications programme aimed at employees which is geared towards embedding sustainability across the group and realising the commitments we have made in the Sustainability 2017 Vision and strategy.
Read more about sustainability communications with employees
The report is also for customers. Sustainability 2017 is about Johnson Matthey’s ability to grow and adapt to changing markets and provide its customers with innovative, more sustainable products and services.
We want our customers to understand how Sustainability 2017 will strengthen Johnson Matthey’s long term ability to continue to offer innovative solutions in a responsible way. Through working in partnership we aim to help our customers de-risk some aspects of their own market / customer / regulatory pressures and give them the confidence that Johnson Matthey can deal with certain risks (such as lifecycle issues around some products) on their behalf.
The report is for shareholders. Our shareholders need to see that we are continuing to provide a reasonable return on their investment. We will demonstrate to them, through our communications, that sustainability, as a core strategy, is central to achieving this objective. And of course, many of our shareholders are also employees or business partners. About 1.5% of our shares are owned by current and former employees through the company’s share ownership plans.
The report is for governments, trade associations and non-governmental organisations. Many of Johnson Matthey’s products have a material impact on various government policy areas. Examples include pollution control from transportation and industrial sources, the use of catalysts in resource efficient processes and the shift to zero emission fuel cell technologies. We are proactive in engaging in public policy debate where we have the skills, experience and resources to make a material contribution.
At this early stage, we are concentrating on bringing the right message to the four key groups but we are continuing our ongoing communication with all stakeholder groups. If you have an interest in our work on sustainability at Johnson Matthey, please contact us to find out more.