Committees

Sustainability Council

The Executive Committee has established a Sustainability Council to advise on sustainability developments. The council monitors the integration of sustainability into management processes and oversees the company’s sustainability targets and overall sustainability performance. The council is chaired by the CEO and includes members of the Executive Committee, managing directors from our businesses and corporate directors of Strategy, Human Resources, Sustainability, Integrated Supply Chain/Research, Development and Innovation, Procurement, and Communications.

1,000 painters simultaneously painted ten historic buildings in ten cities in Indonesia. (photo)

To celebrate the tenth year of one of our Dulux partner programs, 1,000 painters simultaneously painted ten historic buildings in ten cities in Indonesia. The project has since been recognized by the Indonesian World Records Museum.

Progress regarding sustainability objectives, development, target-setting and implementation is reviewed quarterly by the Executive Committee, semi-annually by the Supervisory Board, and is verified annually by PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. The Audit Committee takes an active role in assessing the quality and reliability of sustainability performance reporting. Our sustainability framework is further explained in the Sustainability statements.

Corporate Compliance Committee

The company has a Corporate Compliance Committee to support the Executive Committee with its responsibility in assuring and managing compliance, and with its reporting to the Supervisory Board. The Corporate Compliance Committee systematically identifies material compliance risks, assists in assurance of compliance with laws, regulations and ethical standards, monitors compliance and reports findings and recommendations to the Executive Committee. The Corporate Compliance Committee consists of the General Counsel (chair), Corporate Secretary, Group Controller, two senior business managers and corporate directors of Internal Audit, Compliance, Human Resources, Sustainability and . Other members may be added at the discretion of the Executive Committee.

AkzoNobel has a company-wide compliance monitoring tool in place to discuss and monitor progress with respect to compliance-related issues. More detail on the compliance and integrity management system, including the so-called Non-Financial Letter of Representation process, is available in the Compliance and integrity management chapter of this Report 2016.

Executive Committee Pensions

The Executive Committee Pensions oversees the general post-retirement benefit policies of the various plans of the company and their financial consequences for AkzoNobel. The committee is chaired by the CFO and includes the Executive Committee member responsible for Human Resources, the General Counsel, and representatives from the Treasury function, Pensions, and Rewards.

Disclosure Committee

The Board of Management has established a Disclosure Committee comprising the Director of Legal Strategy, the Corporate Secretary, the Group Controller and the Director of Investor Relations. The Disclosure Committee’s task is to establish and maintain disclosure controls and procedures and to advise the Board of Management and a committee comprising the CEO, CFO and General Counsel on the accurate and timely disclosure of material financial and non-financial information.

Human Cities

Everything we do for and with society is channeled through our Human Cities initiative. This incorporates AkzoNobel’s Community Program, which encourages and gives financial support for employees to get involved, hands-on, in their local communities; and our “Let’s Colour” program, which uses the power of color to improve people’s lives.

HSE

Health, safety and environment.

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