Accountability structure

Following our demerger from Anglo American plc in 2007, we undertook a review of our governance structure.

We now have several levels of accountability for sustainability via our DLC SD committee, the DLC executive committee, the Mondi SD panel and three global specialist network groups.

• The DLC SD committee is chaired by an independent non-executive director, Colin Matthews. The committee provides assurance to the board’s of Mondi Limited and Mondi plc that the appropriate systems are in place to deal effectively with the sustainability risks and opportunities that we face. It has responsbility for ensuring that the Group’s sustainable development strategy, policies and commitments remain relevant and in line with global best practice. The DLC SD committee meets six times a year.
• The DLC executive committee, chaired by our chief executive officer, David Hathorn, has collective executive responsibility for the sustainable development management system (SDMS) on sustainability performance within the executive committee. 
• The Mondi SD panel, comprised of SD experts from throughout the Group and chaired by the Group HR and legal director, meets four times a year and is responsible for advising and supporting the executive committee and operations managers. The panel promotes sustainability issues, monitors the changing nature of the concerns and requirements of stakeholders, measures our sustainability performance and identifies priority issues.

We also have three global specialist network groups – the safety, health and occupational hygiene network, the  environmental network and the energy network. These comprise specialists from throughout the Group who provide expertise and knowledge from a larger pool and can accelerate the pace of change on topics of Group-wide importance.

Last change: 27/03/2008