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65BT GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 20-F
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS REVIEW OF THE YEAR OVERVIEW
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE
AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
Introduction
The
Committee for Responsible and Sustainable Business
is chaired
by the Chairman and comprises: Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive
BT Retail; Larry Stone, President Group Public and Government
Affairs; and Alex Wilson, Group Human Resources Director; two
non-executive directors: Clay Brendish and Phil Hodkinson and
three independent members: Lord Hastings, Baroness Jay and
Dame Ellen MacArthur. Jonathon Porritt, chair of BT’s external
Leadership Advisory Panel, attends one meeting per annum.
Deborah Lathen left the Committee on 31 January 2010, when she
ceased to be a director.
Committee role
With input and recommendations from executive management and
advice from an independent expert advisory panel, the Committee
sets the corporate responsible and sustainable business strategy for
the BT group globally (including wholly owned subsidiaries) for
approval by the Board. The Committee reviews and agrees plans
and targets, evaluates performance, oversees a culture of
transparency and stakeholder accountability and distributes, within
the approved budget, funding to support the strategy.
Committee activities
The Committee aims to ensure that BT’s responsible policies,
behaviour and practices are applied throughout the business,
minimising any CR risks to BT’s operations and reputation. It
encourages innovation and the development of new
communication services to help create a more sustainable society.
The Committee met four times in the 2010 financial year and
reviewed:
progress against CR strategy and key performance indicators
community and charity support programmes
the development of BT’s volunteering and sustainability skills
programmes
activities supporting BT’s environment and climate change
programmes
proposals relating to the development of BT’s low carbon
economy solutions.
The Committee made visits to a number of organisations in the
2010 financial year, including InterHealth, One Young World, I CAN
and Radar, and also to Adastral Park (where the Committee met
more organisations and reviewed a number of projects).
The Committee has close links with BT’s CR Leadership Advisory
Panel (Panel); Jonathon Porritt (chair of the Panel) attended the
July meeting of the Committee and Dame Ellen MacArthur
attended the December Panel meeting. Gavin Patterson is a
member of the Committee and he attends Panel meetings.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS