The Corporate Responsibility Committee examines, in connection with the Group’s strategy, the Group’s commitments and policies, as well as their implementation, in terms of ethics, compliance, and corporate responsibility. It examines the way in which the Company takes account of issues relating to climate change. In conjunction with the Audit Committee, it ensures the existence of programmes to identify and manage the main risks in these fields and compliance with legal and regulatory provisions.
In the line of its duties, it examines particularly the factors constituting the declaration of extra-financial performance included in the management report in accordance with the French Commercial Code, in conjunction with the Audit Committee, the annual ethics and compliance report, the EDF mediator’s annual report, as well as the annual reports by the French inspector general for nuclear safety and radiation protection and the inspector for hydropower safety (see sections 1.4.1.3.1.3 “Hydropower safety” and 1.4.1.1.2.2 “Environment, nuclear safety, radiation protection”).
The Committee submits an opinion to the Board on the way in which the Company implements a non-discrimination and diversity policy, particularly in terms of balanced representation of women and men in governing bodies.
In accordance with best market practice and stakeholder expectations with regard to the governance of climate issues, the Company has further strengthened its climate governance in 2020 by appointing a Climate point person to the Board of Directors. In addition to the missions already entrusted to the Board, the Corporate Responsibility Committee and the Audit Committee in terms of monitoring the risks and opportunities related to climate change, the Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee was designated as Climate point person to the EDF’s Board of Directors. As Climate point person, in line with EDF’s raison d’être, the Chair of the Committee is responsible for:
The Committee may submit any opinions, proposals and recommendations to the Board of Directors in fields falling within its remit.
2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
Number of meetings | Number of meetings 2020 4 | Number of meetings 2019 8 |
Average attendance rate | Average attendance rate 2020 95.8% | Average attendance rate 2019 87.5% |
Average duration of the meetings | Average duration of the meetings 2020 2 hours and 23 minutes | Average duration of the meetings 2019 1 hour and 20 minutes |
More precisely, in 2020, the Committee examined EDF’s draft raison d’être, prior to its adoption by the Board of Directors and its submission to the Shareholders’ Meeting of 7 May 2020 (see section 1.2.3 “Significant events of the year”), the Group’s implementation of the duty of care and the associated risks, and the 2019 statement of non-financial performance included in the 2019 management report, the 2050 carbon neutrality trajectory, the Group’s commitments to biodiversity, the results of the “My EDF” 2019 survey, the 2019 report of the EDF Ombudsman, EDF’s policy and report on gender, professional and salary equality, the draft gender equality policy for EDF’s management bodies prior to its approval by theBoard (see section 4.2.1 “Members of the Board of Directors”), the Group’s health and safety policy and review, the Group’s annual ethics and compliance review, the Group’s new CSR architecture, an update on the new employee representative bodies and social dialogue within the EDF group, as well as the 2019 reports of the Inspector General for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection and the Inspector for Hydropower Safety.
The Committee did not need to seek any external technical advice or order any studies on issues falling within its remit during the 2020 fiscal year.
The table below outlines the membership of the Appointments, Remuneration & Governance Committee on the date of filing of the Universal Registration Document:
| Colette Lewiner | Chair | Independent director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Karine Granger | Member | Director elected by the employees |
| Claire Pedini | Membre | Independent director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting |
| Martin Vial | Member | Representative of the French State. |
| Number of members | 4 |
|---|---|
| Number of independent directors | 2 |
| Percentage of independent directors* | 66.67% |
*Excluding directors representing the employees.
