ANNUAL REPORT ‘12
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE
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13.2.3.3_Councils and Committees
Currently, there is one board and four committees:
• Social Responsibility and Sustainability Board
(CRSS)
This is a council with advisory functions, constituted by
personnel representing the company’s economic,
environmental and social dimensions. The council also
has an Executive Coordinator reporting directly to the
CRSS chairman hierarchically and functionally to the
member of the Board of Directors, who is in charge
of social responsibility and sustainability. In order to
ensure an optimum functioning of the CRSS, represen-
tatives from all company departments – known as focal
points – have been appointed, with a group of special-
ist focal points related to the pillars of sustainability,
communication and internal auditing.
The Council’s remit is:
• To draw up the strategic guidelines for social
responsibility and sustainability;
• To prepare plans and budgets;
• To propose goals;
• To monitor, on a monthly basis, the executive
coordinator’s work.
The executive coordinator’s remit is:
• To formulate and implement strategic guidelines;
• To set goals and prepare plans and budgets;
• To devise and promote initiatives with local heads;
• To be the interface with the heads of organisational
units;
• To follow up monthly with local heads and the board
of directors.
• Ethics Committee
This committee, which is composed of one chairman
and four additional members, all belonging to company
staff, has the following remit:
• To spread information, internally and externally,
about the Code of Ethics and Conduct;
• To ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics
and Conduct, independently from the company’s
governing bodies;
• To answer any doubts regarding the interpretation
and application of the Code of Ethics and Conduct;
• To give an opinion on any issue regarding appli-
cation of the principles of the Code of Ethics and
Conduct, as may be presented by the board of
directors or any employee;
• To propose to the board of directors any changes
to the Code of Ethics and Conduct it may deem
appropriate;
• To report annually on its activities to the board of
directors.
• Professional Development Committee
The Professional Development Committee is an
advisory body and consists of the member of the Board
of Directors responsible for human resources, the
director of human resources, the directors of the
airports in Lisbon, Porto, Faro and the Azores, and a
representative of the other departments appointed
by the board of directors.
It intervenes in instances of changing the professional
and remuneration status of company employees, since
their professional development is of a structural nature,
with a relevant impact on internal equitability and
long-term responsibilities, which hence need to be
analysed and pondered at an overall level within the
company.
• Pension Fund Monitoring Committee
Chaired by the executive director in charge of finance,
this committee is composed of three employer’s
representatives and two employees’ representatives.
The committee’s remit is:
• To scrutinise compliance by the fund manager with
the rules applicable to pension plans and manage-
ment of the fund, namely regarding implementation
