Sustainability Committee
Terms of Reference
Provide strategic direction for Carillion’s environmental and sustainability programme. This will include:
- Encouraging the adoption of challenging objectives and targets for the sustainability programme, through two-way dialogue with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Interacting with the Sustainability Operations Group on all aspects of development and delivery of the sustainability programme.
- Encouraging environmental and sustainability training and awareness raising throughout all Carillion businesses.
- Reviewing the contents and layout of Carillion's annual sustainability report.
Receive reports on, and review the progress of, the environment and sustainability programme. This will include:
- Providing comment and advice to the Sustainability Operations Group on progress towards annual programme performance targets and longer-term objectives.
Encouraging the integration of Carillion's sustainability programme within all Carillion business functions and within Carillion's business strategy. This will include:
- Engaging in discussion and interacting with other relevant internal committees and offering advice to aid in achievement of programme objectives.
Co-ordinate external representation of Carillion on sustainability issues. This will include:
- Identifying opportunities to promote the programme.
- Using the sustainability programme to create new business opportunities through differentiation in the market place, and to add value and strengthen business and existing clients.
- Proactive dialogue with the investment community, including the growing number of ethical investment funds.
Reporting progress to the Carillion Board. This will include:
- Circulation of minutes of meetings to the Main Board.
- Through the Director for Engineering and the Environment to produce a Monthly Environment Report for circulation in the Main Board papers.
- Annual formal reporting
- Ad-hoc reporting as required.
Ensuring the effective working of the Committee through an annual review of activities |
