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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

The main purpose of the sustainability committee is to ensure that the sustainability strategy positions the company as a leader in retail and the objectives are effectively integrated into the business.

Members: Simon Susman (Chairman), Tom Boardman, Chris Nissen and Stuart Rose and the Group chief executive officer and Managing Director of food.

The Committee’s terms of reference include the following responsibilities:

•confirming the overall business strategy in relation to sustainability;
•reviewing and approving the sustainability targets;
•reviewing performance against the sustainability targets;
•assessing and monitoring the company’s ethics policy for approval by the board;
•ensuring that the company’s ethics policy is being appropriately applied; and
•reviewing and approving the external sustainability report.

The committee meets four times a year and the committee Chairman reports back to the board on the activities of the committee. The minutes of the committee meetings are circulated to all directors.