Trinity Mirror is now able to demonstrate a much improved and more systematic approach to environmental management, as a result of the initiatives we have put in place over the last three years. During 2005 we adopted a new Environmental Policy that sets out our commitments in relation to the main areas where the Company has significant potential to affect the environment and that provides a better framework for managing these issues.

At Group level we have established clearer management and reporting lines for environmental affairs. At the sharp end of the business we have made good progress in establishing formal environmental management systems at our print sites, and I look forward to the Oldham print operation successfully achieving certification to the ISO 14001 standard during 2006.

At the end of 2004 we set, for the first time, a number of challenging environmental targets. I am pleased that we have met our targets in relation to sustainable paper sourcing and energy consumption. Although our new arrangements for waste management have taken somewhat longer to put in place than we anticipated, the initiatives to increase waste recycling are starting to bear fruit and I am confident that we will be able to confirm that we have met our recycling target during 2006.

We believe that our environmental performance now compares very favourably with others in the newspaper sector, but recognise that we need to continue to work hard to meet the tougher environmental standards increasingly required of large public companies.

I am particularly pleased that during the year the Company was awarded the ROSPA Occupational Health and Safety Gold Award for its performance in the three years to December 2004. This not only reflects our continued drive to reduce accidents but is a credit to all our managers and staff. Health and safety is everybody's responsibility and the improvements that we have seen could only have been achieved by the whole team playing a part.

2005 was the Year of the Volunteer - Chancellor Gordon Brown's project to raise one billion minutes of volunteered time for good causes. Trinity Mirror lent its support throughout the year by giving management time to advise on the media strategy, donating advertising space in our national and regional titles for the Give A Billion Minutes campaign, and encouraging staff to get involved.

To complement the existing voluntary and community work already taking place across the Group, we have now begun work on a Group-wide programme to make it easier for our staff to make a difference in their local communities through volunteering.

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Secretary and Group Legal Director
Trinity Mirror plc
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5AP

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