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Our size means that we have a significant direct impact on the environment through the consumption of energy and other resources. In 2002, we made further progress towards meeting our environmental targets.  Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the primary agents of global climate change. Originating from consumption of electricity and gas, as well as from business travel, it is one of the company’s most significant direct environmental impacts. During the year, Barclays reduced its UK CO2 emissions by 10.2%, and was the only financial services organisation to volunteer for the UK Government Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trading Scheme. Barclays remains committed to a continual reduction of its global CO2 emissions. Progress in reducing water use, paper consumption and waste generation in the UK was achieved. Our UK paper use reduction targets for 2002 were met. Furthermore, our disposal of redundant electronic equipment in the UK no longer leads to land-filling. For the first time, environmental targets were agreed for Barclays Private Clients businesses in France, Spain and Portugal for 2003 onwards. In addition, we are developing an action plan to measure significant direct environmental impacts in our key African operations. 
Inevitably there remains more to do as we strive for continuous environmental improvement. Our focus in 2003 will be on performance improvement rather than systems development, and on continuing to extend the geographical reach of our environmental programme. This description of Barclays environmental programme and the corresponding data have been put together with reference to guidelines produced by the Global Reporting Initiative, an independent global institution set up to develop a generally accepted framework for sustainability reporting.
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