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Environmental and social responsibility management

DUET believes that many social, environmental and economic benefits arise from responsible private-sector development and operation of high-quality infrastructure. DUET is also aware that with these benefits lies the potential for risk, including environmental and social responsibility (ESR) risk.

DUET's approach to ESR management is set out in its board policy. This policy forms part of DUET's overarching risk management framework in accordance with principle 7 of its corporate governance statement.

In general, it is DUET's policy to ensure compliance within the regulatory framework and the minimum standards under which an asset operates. DUET's environmental and social responsibilities are managed throughout the investment process as follows:

• Asset selection - Environmental and social responsibilities are reviewed as part of the acquisition due diligence process
• Ongoing asset management - Regular asset board reporting enables compliance with environmental requirements to be monitored, and environmental and social responsibility issues to be identified
• Stakeholder reporting - Policies, social and environmental initiatives and compliance performance are reported internally and, where appropriate, externally.

ESR-related regulatory requirements

DUET is not aware of any material breaches of relevant environmental or social responsibility related regulatory standards by its assets during the year ended 30 June 2008.

• ESR-related initiatives