Sustainability governance at Experian includes clear oversight from the Board, Audit Committee and Group Operating Committee. Board members receive regular updates on sustainability activities and an annual in-depth presentation from our Chief Sustainability Officer keeps them informed about the evolving global context, and our strategy and performance in relation to environmental and social impact.
The Chief Financial Officer is executive sponsor of our overall sustainability programme and the Company Secretary oversees the Group’s Sustainability function. They both sit on the Group Operating Committee, which receives regular updates on sustainability performance, and on the Executive Risk Management Committee that oversees risk management with oversight from the Audit Committee.
Our Sustainability Steering Committee, comprising executive sponsors and workstream leaders and chaired by the Chief Financial Officer, meets four times a year to guide our sustainability agenda.
Operational leaders are responsible for ensuring successful implementation of each workstream of our sustainability strategy, with support from relevant global and regional teams across the business.
The Compliance, Corporate Secretariat, Finance, Government Affairs, Investor Relations and Sustainability teams support monitoring of relevant market and regulatory developments and stakeholder needs, and their potential implications for our business and stakeholders, for discussion by the Sustainability Steering Committee.
We develop metrics and goals to support our sustainability strategy and measure progress. The Finance team centrally collates sustainability performance data for our Sustainability Steering Committee. Data is gathered, shared and discussed with global and regional leadership through our quarterly business reviews. Principles of data collection are set out centrally and data submitted by each region for global reporting. Our online sustainability reporting hub includes data reporting methodologies and the detailed sustainability performance data that we disclose annually.
Certain non-financial metrics are factored into the holistic assessment of Experian’s short- and longer-term performance. We also integrate sustainability factors into employee pension investments. Our defined contribution pension plan in the UK includes an allocation to a fund that explicitly includes ESG in its investment strategy, and members of the plan also have the option to select a focused ethical fund.
Sustainability governance at Experian includes clear oversight from the Board, Audit Committee and Group Operating Committee, as detailed below. See our 2025 Annual Report for the division of responsibilities across the Board.
Reviews sustainability targets, strategy, performance and policy updates as part of regular Board reporting, risk management and budget-setting processess. Approves financial and non-financial disclosures.
Oversees management of risks, including any sustainability risks, reviews and approves our register of principal risks and opportunities, and oversees financial disclosures.
Reviews and approves sustainability strategy and targets, reviews sustainability performance data.
Oversee management of risks, including sustainability risks, at global and regional level, with oversight from the Executive Risk Managaement Committee.
Supports development of sustainability strategy, metrics and targets, guides prioritisation of investment to support implementation of our sustainability programme, reviews sustainability performance data quarterly, and discusses responses to relevant market and regulatory developments.