Like all principled and responsible companies concerned with the long-term sustainability of their business, GKN seeks to operate in a way that balances a number of objectives. At one level the Group exists to deliver outstanding products and services to customers and superior returns to shareholders. While doing so GKN also works hard to meet the legitimate expectations of its employees and its wider communities, for there is a common cause in the aspirations of all of these groups which derive benefit from the overall economic, social and environmental performance of GKN.