Activities of the Corporate Responsibility Advisory Council 2005

 

 

In 2005, the only significant change to the organizational framework for corporate responsibility was the composition of the Corporate Responsibility Advisory Council. In 2004, the members represented corporate functions relevant to CR: legal, Human Resources, external communication, internal communication, EHS, investor relations, purchasing, finance, quality and CR.

In 2005, the Council (previously Corporate Responsibility Steering Committee) was reorganized in order to be composed of higher-level management (Corporate Vice Presidents and one hierarchical level below), and site and regional directors covering France, Italy, Malta, Asia-Pacific and the United States were included as permanent members. The CR section of our website contains the complete version of this chart, including committee members.

The Council met twice in 2005 and oversaw the following programs and activities:

• The work of a Corporate Code of Conduct Task Force to develop the new company code of conduct and propose the roadmap for its implementation
• The continuing development of a Corporate Responsibility Awareness campaign, including its deployment to the top management of 17 manufacturing sites and the Asia-Pacific, Europe and Japan sales regions. Preparation for its deployment to all employees in 2006 by e-learning
• Revision of internal self-assessment questions for corporate responsibility, especially human rights; ongoing consultation with human rights NGOs in Europe and Asia-Pacific
• Presentation of the results of the corporate working group on gender equality
• Membership and participation in the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) initiative within the wider ICT supply chain initiative
• Continuing engagement with the SRI community and inclusion in the main sustainability indices; adoption of One Report
• Continuing engagement with business networks for corporate responsibility (e.g. CSR Europe, EFQM, WBCSD, Philias and Sodalitas)
• Continuing engagement with our customers to understand their expectations and requirements regarding CR
• Continuing engagement with the Reassurance Network as part of the assurance process of our management systems for corporate responsibility.