Governance and Ethics Committee

 
OVERVIEW

This Committee assures the Board that the Caisse maintains the highest standards of governance and ethics.

Mandate

• Establish and submit the governance rules, structures and procedures that enable the Board to act independently from management.
• Submit to the Board the composition and mandates of its regular committees and the composition and mandate of the committees formed to study specific matters.
• Develop the programs for the orientation and ongoing training of new directors and propose the procedures for evaluating directors individually and the Board collectively.
• Review and submit regulations or policies regarding the following:
  
  -The ethics and professional conduct of the Caisse’s directors, officers and employees, including control measures regarding the personal use of information obtained in connection with the Caisse’s operations, and instances in which officers of the Caisse are obliged to declare their interests.
  
  -Socially reponsible investments.
  
  -The governance principles that the Caisse intends to promote when exercising its voting rights.

Composition
Independent directors.

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