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Clear vision, clear progress.
2015 Integrated Report
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Governance
Governance
We operate our business with transparency, accountability and integrity. Strong governance
enables us to deliver on our commitments and create sustainable value for our stakeholders.
2015 Material Issues and Strategic Imperatives
On an ongoing basis, we analyze material economic, environmental and social issues that impact our
ability to create value for our stakeholders. We use stakeholder input to help identify the most material
issues and guide our strategic imperatives. We engage in a variety of informal and formal communications
with our key stakeholders and other important groups, including owners, lenders and other members
of the financial community, regulators, suppliers, nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations and
professionals in industry, government, labor and education. In 2015, we engaged a third party to assess
our materiality process against five peer companies. Several strengths were identified, including the
detailed description provided for each identified material issue and the clearly articulated link between
material issues, Entergy’s strategic imperatives and the company’s enterprise risk management processes.
Additionally, the assessment noted discussion topics that should be included in the company’s material
issues. Examples of topics added are cybersecurity and climate resiliency.
Material economic issues are identified by monitoring developments in energy demand; energy supply,
including generation technologies and fuels; as well as industry and general business regulation; and
economic conditions. Local, state, regional, national and global economic conditions all impact our
business, and we monitor these conditions. Our material economic issues for 2015 follow: