Talking Energy Governance

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How we do business

Governance

We're committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and to ensuring that we appropriately identify and manage relevant risks to our business and our people.

Our day-to-day business is managed through the Executive Board, which meets weekly, and through the leadership teams of our main business units. The Executive Board consists of the members of the E.ON UK Board plus the Managing Directors of our Generation, Energy Services and Business Services businesses and the Director of Corporate Affairs.

We have in place a set of 12 policies, approved by the Executive Board, that apply to all employees and cover risks with a high potential impact on our ability to deliver our business objectives effectively. These cover areas such as environment, competition and regulatory, safety and health, anti-fraud, data protection and IT acceptable use. They are managed by a cross-business Policy Review Group which co-ordinates their promotion and review. The policies were extensively reassessed and revised during 2007 to make them simpler and more accessible for employees. We also carried out a major communication exercise to ensure everyone was aware of their responsibilities under these policies.

We are not a listed company in the UK and do not have any external non-executives on our Board.

As a 100% subsidiary of E.ON AG, we must meet the corporate governance expectations of our parent company. Further information on corporate governance at E.ON is available via Related links on the right.