Sustainability and Corporate Governance

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Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

While CSR and corporate sustainability need to have an important place on the agenda for full board meetings, larger companies typically rely on one or more committees when it comes to allocating specific tasks and tapping into specialized resources and expertise.¹ One approach that is growing in popularity is the creation of public policy/CSR, social and cultural responsibility and/or environmental responsibility, health, safety and technology committees composed of a sub-group of the entire board that is charged with focusing more time and effort on sustainability generally and important topics within sustainability.² While other board committees focus on internal controls, financial disclosure ...