Euronext - 2020 Universal Registration Document
Euronext, a Sustainable Exchange 3 ESG Dashboard 2020
performance with other members of the teams. The Senior Leadership team is composed of 36% of females. The balance of country representation is the following: 49% France, 9% Norway, 8% Netherlands, 8% Ireland, 6% Denmark, 6% United Kingdom, 6% Portugal, 4% Belgium, 2% Spain and 4% United States. The average age of this group is 44 years old. Executive compensation respects the Company’s remuneration policy, ensuring adequate performance based rewards. For further details see section 4.4 – Remuneration Report. Detailed information about Euronext’s Governance can be found on the Corporate Governance page on Euronext’s website as well as in section 4 – Corporate Governance of this Universal Registration Document. The enterprise risk management framework also illustrates Euronext’s commitment to ESG. Euronext’s governance includes an internal audit department, supported by external firms to audit specific items, providing an independent and objective assurance on the organisation’s governance, risk management and internal control. In 2020, nine (9) assignments on various domains, including Information Technology, Business entities and Support functions, have been conducted. In 2020, all Company employees were required to complete a conflicts of interest e-learning. Roll out date of the conflict of interest training was 30 June 2020. Completion rate of the training was 99%. Data Privacy Euronext maintains all the organizational and technical measures put in place to ensure the protection of privacy. 2020 was marked by the launch of the monitoring program, the purpose of which is to control the GDPR compliance as well as the compliance with the measures put in place internally by tools or departments. At the end of these checks, mitigation measures are proposed and their implementation is monitored. This year, the internal audit department as well as the Microsoft and Hubspot CRM tools were subject to this monitoring. 2020 was also marked by the organization of a GDPR quiz for all employees. Euronext has decided to report on two important KPI’s related to this matter. GDPR training employees Training and awareness around data privacy: number of employees participating to the GDPR training organised internally. In 2020, the training was focusing on new joiners in the group. Euronext Compliance Policies – Training and awareness in 2020
n information and consultation about the extension of the Praetorium building; n two company collective agreements signed on remote working with Unions in Paris. 15 meetings were held on Euronext Paris SA with Unions, and nine on Euronext Technologies SAS; n in Portugal, continued discussions around salary and benefits. especially Bonus and pension funds; Business projects and CSD integration. Euronext is also committed to respecting the right to collective bargaining, in accordance with local laws of the countries where its employees are located. Currently, 51.8% of Euronext employees are covered by collective agreements. Good Corporate Governance Euronext has a two-tier governance structure composed of a Supervisory Board and a Managing Board. The Supervisory Board’s main role is the supervision and oversight of the Company’s management. The Supervisory Board is chaired by an independent non-executive director. The Managing Board is responsible for the development and implementation of the Company’s strategy as well as assuring the day to day operations. The Managing Board is chaired by the Group CEO. The functions of Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) (chairing the Managing Board) and Chairman (chairing the Supervisory Board) are separated. By the end of 2020, the Supervisory Board was composed of nine non-executive directors including two female directors. Three independent committees report to the Supervisory Board: the Audit Committee, the Nomination and Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Each Committee is chaired by one of the Supervisory Board members and includes several Supervisory Board members. The general meeting held on 14 May 2020 has set the annual remuneration for the members of the Supervisory Board in accordance to their role(s), see section 4.4 – Remuneration Report. In 2020, the Supervisory Board and its three related committees (1) held forty-eight sessions through in person meetings or video or audio conferencing. By the end of 2020 the Managing Board was composed of nine directors including two female directors, and the Extended Managing Board was in addition composed of five executive managers including one female manager who attended all its meetings (the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Chief Talent Officer, the Head of Strategic Development and Mergers & Acquisitions and the Head of Cash and Derivatives). In 2020, the Company has reaffirmed the role of the Managing Board, performed monthly risk reviews and strengthened the Senior Leadership teamwith sixty-seven Senior Managers. Created in 2016, the Senior Leadership team, is responsible for implementing the Company strategy and sharing progress, challenges and 3.6.4 OUR SOCIETY
2020
Number
Staff assigned to the training (new joiners)
266
Staff completing the training (new joiners)
189
Percentage of total employees
71%
(1) Audit Committee, Nomination and Governance Committee and Remuneration Committee.
100
2020 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
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