The Board
Responsibilities
Long term success of the company
Creating wealth for shareholders
benefiting the community
Make sure appropriate resources are available to meet objectives and review performance + creating and monitoring controls to review and manage risk
Ensure satisfactory dialogue with shareholders and stakeholders takes place
Company purpose
Consider strategy to generate wealth over the long term and report on opportunities and risks to continued success of business
Pay attention to the workforce and assess if the culture is appropriate for policies and procedures that are aligned to the company's purpose, values and strategy
Engaging with the workforce
Formal whistle-blowing policy should be in place
Director appointed from workforce
Formal workforce advisory panel
Any concerns reviewed and followed up by board
Desiganted NED
The Chair
Ensure views of the shareholders are communicated to the stakeholder
Discuss governance and strategy with major shareholders
Senior independent director should attend sufficient meetings to develop an understanding of the issues and concerns of major stakeholders
Directors must record any concerns in the board meeting minutes
Identify any conflict of interest and ensure they do not compromise objectives
The chairs of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees should engage with SH with regard to their responsibilities
If an NED resign they must provide a written statement with concerns to the chair which will be circulated to the board
If more than 20% of shareholders vote against a board recommendation. The board must provide an explanation of what steps they will take to understand the shareholder's concerns. the views received and action taken must be published within 6 months.