Editing RELX (section)

==Corporate affairs==
===Corporate strategy===
From 2011 to 2014, the average annual value of acquisitions was about $300m.<ref name="ft.com"/> The predictability of the company's results in recent years has led to a re-rating of the shares.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/289e2c72-81cb-11e2-b050-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3dVbM5GfZ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/gscPs |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|author=Jonathan Guthrie|title=EU left strikes a blow for top bankers|work=Financial Times|date=28 February 2013|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a988712-25d1-11e3-8ef6-00144feab7de.html#axzz3dVbM5GfZ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/lP79m |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|author=Jonathan Guthrie|title=ICAP case gives enemies of the City a crate of free ammo|work=Financial Times|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingviews.com/reed-at-$38-bln-rubs-up-against-new-class-of-peers/21186429.article|title=Reed at $38 bln rubs up against new class of peers|work=breakingviews.com|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

===Financial performance===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! RELX Combined<ref name=20F2017/> !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024
|-
| '''Revenue (£m)''' || 5,166 || 4,509 || 4,584 || 5,334 || 6,071 || 6,055 || 6,002 || 6,116 || 6,035 || 5,773 || 5,971 || 6,895 || 7,355 || 7,492 || 7,874 || 7,110 || 7,244 || 8,553 || 9,161 || 9,434
|-
| '''Adjusted operating profit (£m)''' || 1,142 || 1,081 || 1,137 || 1,379 || 1,570 || 1,555 || 1,626 || 1,713 || 1,749 || 1,739 || 1,822 || 2,114 || 2,284 || 2,346 || 2,491 || 2,076 || 2,210 || 2,683 || 3,030 || 3,199
|-
| '''Adjusted EPS (p)''' || 31.5p || 33.6p || 35.9p || 44.6p || 45.9p || 43.4p || 46.7p || 50.1p || 54.0p || 56.3p || 60.5p || 72.2p || 81.0p || 84.7p || 93.0p || 80.1p || 87.6p || 102.2p || 114.0p || 120.1p
|}

===Social responsibility===
The RELX Environmental Challenge awards grants to projects advancing access to safe water and sanitation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2014/09/29/stanford-freshwater-solution-gets-global-recognition/|author=Rob Jordan|title=Stanford freshwater solution gets global recognition|work=Stanford News|date=29 September 2014|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2019, Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis, was honoured by the UN Foundation with a Global Leadership award for the company's work in advancing the Rule of Law - recognizing the company's commitment to strengthening equality under law, transparency of law, independent judiciaries and accessible legal remedy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-20|title=UN Foundation Honors Global Leaders on the Eve of the UN's 75th Anniversary|url=https://unfoundation.org/media/un-foundation-honors-global-leaders-eve-un-75th-anniversary/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=unfoundation.org|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Elsevier Foundation supports libraries in developing countries, women scientists and nursing facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/e-ews092911.php|title=11 women scientists announced as winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD awards|date=29 September 2011|publisher=Eurekalert|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> In 2016 it committed $1m a year, for 3 years, to programmes encouraging diversity in science, technology and medicine and promoting science research in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/elsevier-foundation-support-diversity-stm-321306|title=Elsevier Foundation commits $1m to diversity in science|publisher=The Bookseller|date=2 February 2016|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>

Programmes operated by LexisNexis Legal & Professional include:
* With the [[Atlantic Council]], launching the first draft of the ''Global Rule of Law Business Principles'' which will help businesses, law firms and NGOs promote and uphold the [[rule of law]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/un-global-compact-to-adopt-global-rule-of-law-business-principles|title=UN Global Compact to Adopt "Global Rule of Law Business Principles"|date=20 September 2013|publisher=Atlantic Council|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
* With the International Bar Association, launching an application called ''eyeWitness to Atrocities'', designed to capture GPS coordinates, date and time stamps, sensory and movement data, and the location of nearby objects such as [[Wi-Fi]] networks. The technology also creates a secure chain of custody to help verify that the images and video has not been edited or digitally manipulated. The goal is to create content that can be used in a court of law to prosecute perpetrators of atrocities and human rights abuses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33029464|title=EyeWitness app lets smartphones report war crimes|work=BBC News|date=8 June 2015|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

Programmes operated by LexisNexis Risk Solutions include:
* The ''ADAM'' (Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children) programme in the US, developed by employees in 2000, which assists in the recovery of missing children through a system of targeted alerts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wistv.com/story/7789473/four-recently-recovered-missing-children-make-99-recoveries-for-choicepointrs-adam-program|title=Four Recently Recovered Missing Children Make 99 recoveries for ChoicePoint(R)'s ADAM Program|publisher=Wistv|date=29 January 2015|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> {{as of|2017}} the programme has helped trace 177 missing children.<ref name=20F2017/>
* ''Social Media Monitor'', which assists law enforcement officials in investigating serious crimes such as drug dealing and human trafficking.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insidersurveillance.com/product-shoot-out-the-top-4-social-media-monitoring-apps-for-leas/|title=Product Shoot-Out: The Top 4 Social Media Monitoring Apps for LEAs|date=14 July 2014|work=Insider Surveillance|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>