Governance | Sustainability | Severn Trent Plc

Our dividend | Shareholder centre | Severn Trent Plc

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Our investment proposition | Investors | Severn Trent Plc

Contact us | Help and Contact | Severn Trent Plc

Biosolids | Bioresources | Sustainability | Severn Trent Plc

Results, reports and presentations | Investors | Severn Trent Plc

Capital Markets Day | Investors | Severn Trent Plc

Social | Sustainability | Severn Trent Plc

Reports and publications | Sustainability | Severn Trent Plc

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

August 2025

July 2025

Severn Trent

Title / URL	Issues
Governance \| Sustainability \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/sustainability/governance/	1
Our dividend \| Shareholder centre \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/shareholder-centre/our-dividend/	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.severntrent.com/	1
Our investment proposition \| Investors \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/investors/our-investment-proposition/	1
Contact us \| Help and Contact \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/help-and-contact/contact-us/	1
Biosolids \| Bioresources \| Sustainability \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/sustainability/bioresources/biosolids/	1
Results, reports and presentations \| Investors \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/investors/results-reports-and-presentations/	1
Capital Markets Day \| Investors \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/investors/capital-markets-day/	1
Social \| Sustainability \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/sustainability/social/	1
Reports and publications \| Sustainability \| Severn Trent Plcwww.severntrent.com/sustainability/reports-and-publications/	1

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Severn Trent

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