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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008
Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Managing sustainability / Expanding sustainability management
Expanding sustainability management
By creating a Sustainability Board at the top management level, Daimler has further systematized and optimized
its sustainability management. In line with a Board of Management resolution from April 2008, the Group
combines all of the management processes relevant to sustainability in the Sustainability Board. This committee,
which is directly responsible to the Chairman, coordinates significant sustainability measures throughout the
Group and supports the operating units as they put solutions into practice.
The Sustainability Board complements existing management structures and committees within the Group, such
as the Corporate Environmental Protection unit, the Business Practices Committee in the Legal & Compliance
unit, and the Global Diversity Office in the area of human resources. In addition, the Sustainability Board
supports the strategic and operative control of sustainability-related activities at every level – from the Board of
Management to the individual workstation. Sustainability management in the area of corporate environmental
protection, in the area of compliance, and in the area of human resources.
The Sustainability Board is managed by the Board of Management member responsible for corporate
development/ strategy. The Sustainability Board’s proposals for more extensive activities are submitted to the
Board of Management for approval.
The Daimler Sustainability Board, which meets at least four times a year, consists of eight representatives of
Daimler’s top management. The cross-divisional functions represented include:
� Communications
� Corporate Development/Strategy
� Corporate Research & Environmental Protection
� Global Procurement
� Human Resources
� Investor Relations
� Legal & Compliance
� Public Policy and External Affairs