Sustainability governance

The Group Executive Committee and Board review progress against objectives twice a year. Barclays uses a robust reporting framework which includes more than 100 Responsible Banking performance indicators to consistently measure progress across issues and Business Units.

In addition, four Group executive committees, all of which are chaired by a Board of Executive Committee member, have responsibility for specific issues:

• The Group Operating Committee oversees environmental issues
• The Executive Diversity Group manages diversity issues across the business
• The Brand and Reputation Committee identifies and manages issues that could have a significant impact on Barclays reputation
• The Community Partnerships Committee oversees our global community investment programme.

Barclays employs more than 75 sustainability specialists. Most of these reside within the relevant business area. For example, the environmental markets team are within the commodities business in Barclays Capital, while the team looking after financial inclusion in the UK is within UK Retail Banking. Similarly, environment and social risk management is part of the Group Risk function. Business Units also have dedicated environmental management, community investment, and diversity and inclusion specialists.

The sustainability team in Group Centre develops strategy for approval by the Group Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, provides support to Business Units and manages internal and external reporting.