CR steering panel
The Corporate Responsibility Panel is a cross functional management panel, chaired by the communications director and responsible for the implementation of CR policies and monitoring across all workstreams to deliver a consistent framework. Meeting at least quarterly, it prepares a quarterly report to the ELT. Please see document below for governance.
The CR Panel oversees policy co-ordination, management and reporting of key areas of impact to stakeholders, including customers, employees, communities, the environment, the company and its shareholders within defined areas of environment, workplace, customers and community impacts. Please see the document attached below titled "six box model".
Terms of reference
The role of the CR Panel will be to guide UU’s approach to corporate responsibility. The CR panel will:
- Recommend and review group policies on responsible business practises for alignment across workstreams - workplace, marketplace, environment and community
- Assess and review relevant KPI’s against indices, market practice, best practice and UU operations
- Monitor external developments in CR and recommend UU’s approach to ELT
- Review business unit and group performance and against KPIs
- Oversee reporting of social and environmental issues through the Stakeholder Report
- Business representatives will represent the full range of issues appropriate to their business unit rather than within their organisations
- Approve appointment of the auditor responsible for the Stakeholder Report
- Consider other matters as requested by the ELT
- Periodically evaluate the CR panels performance
- Raise awareness of CR issues internally and externally
- Review and approve partnership spend in line with UU board approval limits
- Report quarterly to the ELT on activities, recommendations and key performance data.