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48 Unilever Annual Report and Accounts 2012Report of the Directors overnance
ORPORATE OVERNANE continued
Date Acton Progress
2012 evaluaton
(nternal)
Shape the meeting agendas to enable Directors to
bring more of their personal experience and insight
to the discussions
Directors to receive more regular feedback from
the Chairman on their personal contributions
Enhance the ways of working for the Committees
Further interaction between Non-Executive Directors
and Senior Executives around site visits or otherwise
Greater periodic review by the Board of historic
decisions taken and actions agreed
2013 agendas structured around strategic
priorities and operational topic areas rather than
being weighted towards category and geographical
performance
The comprehensive personal and Board evaluations
performed at year end are to be supplemented by
a mid-year discussion between the Chairman and
each Director
Information flows from management have been
defined and priorities for each Committee agreed
for the year
Time to be built into personal and Board agendas
throughout the year for Non-Executive Directors
to interact with Senior Executives
More frequent periodic reviews of historic decisions
taken and actions agreed to be built into the agendas
2011 evaluaton
(external)
Build some sessions into the agenda during which the
Directors can share experiences on a specific topic
Build into the end of each Board meeting agenda
a five-minute session during which actions taken
can be reviewed and feedback given on the Meeting
Strategic discussions have been expanded to
include ‘blue sky’ thinking around topics influenced
by Unilever’s strategy including e-commerce,
Eurozone and looking ahead to 2020
Meetings are now concluded with a summary by
the Chairman of key decisions and actions taken
2010 evaluaton
(nternal)
Increase Board representation from China and India
Consider using electronic methods of receiving Board
meeting materials
Meetings to focus more on gaining knowledge/
experience from the Directors rather than simply
providing them with information
Continue to hold important educational sessions
Sunil Bharti Mittal from India was appointed to the
Boards following shareholder approval at the AGMs
in May 2011, and two Non-Executive Directors from
China are being proposed at the 2013 AGMs
Unilever now uses an online tool for dissemination
of Board meeting materials with no hard copy
meeting packs now being produced
Presentations are now shorter to allow more
time for feedback from Directors and discussion
between Directors
Board knowledge sessions are built into the meeting
timetable and held at least three times each year