The business unit reports outlined in this document include a significant amount of detailed information on the environmental, safety and health performance and community interaction across the business operations that comprise the Wesfarmers Group. Recognising that the company has grown significantly over the past year, this year’s report has grouped our nine divisional operations into three categories - retail, industrial and insurance. This has meant some changes to the way data is presented compared to previous reports. These changes are highlighted and explained in this section and throughout the report to help with understanding the information presented.

This section provides:

• A group-wide summary of the sustainability issues, opportunities and challenges which Wesfarmers’ diverse business structure is responsible for;
• Snapshots of key data that summarise Wesfarmers overall sustainability contribution related to economic impacts and outcomes which are referred to detail in the company’s Annual Report for 2007/2008 (available on the website at www.wesfarmers.com.au.)
• A summary of the sustainability performance of those parts of the Wesfarmers Group that do not fall directly under the nine operating divisions.