Environmental Performance Indicators Management System

The management indicators provide an overview of our environmental management system at Group level.

Investing in know-how and relevant expertise is essential to improve environmental performance. It is training that enables us to achieve our environmental goals and the desired impact on value drivers in our various business areas. Audits play an important role in the necessary controls and in defining new measures.

Environmental Management indicators

		For the year ended			% change from

Full-time equivalent, except where indicated	GRI¹	31.12.07	31.12.06	31.12.05	31.12.06
Personnel financial businesses²		83,560	78,140	69,569	7
In specialized environmental units³		38	30	25	28
Environmental awareness raising
Employees trained	F5	5,090	2,489	2,251	104
Training time (hours)	F5	2,133	1,498	1,214	42
Specialized environmental training
Employees trained	F5	976	977	1,010	0
Training time (hours)	F5	1,420	1,758	2,066	(19)
External environmental audits⁴
Employees audited	F6	37	30	147	23
Auditing time (days)	F6	8	6	17	40
Internal environmental audits⁵
Employees audited	F6	121	154	216	(21)
Auditing time (days)	F6	38	44	39	(15)

1 Global Reporting Initiative (see also www.globalreporting.org). F stands for the environmental performance indicators defined in the GRI Financial Services Supplement
2 All employment figures represent the state as of 31 December 2007.
3 2007: 32 UBS and six external employees (FTE)
4 Audits carried out by SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA. Surveillance audits took place in 2006 and 2007. The more comprehensive re-certification audit was done in 2005.
5 Audits/reviews carried out by specialized environmental units. The implementation of environmental risk policies is also audited by Group Internal Audit.