Corporate governance

We are committed to operating in accordance with best practice in business integrity, maintaining the highest standards of financial reporting, corporate governance and ethics. The directors consider that BT has, throughout the year, complied with the provisions set out in Section 1 of the 2003 Combined Code on Corporate Governance.

• Board of Directors and Operating Committee
• Board composition and role
  • BT’s non-executive directors
  • Principal Board committees
  • New York Stock Exchange
• Report of the Audit Committee
  • Introduction
  • Committee role
  • Committee activities
• Report of the Nominating Committee
  • Introduction
  • Committee role and activities
  • Chairman succession
  • Board evaluation
• Report on directors’ remuneration
  • Remuneration policy (not audited)
  • Remuneration review (audited)
• Directors’ information
  • Election and re-election
  • Meetings attendance
  • Service agreements
  • Training and information
  • Independent advice
  • Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and indemnity
  • Interest of management in certain transactions
• Business policies
  • Responsible business
  • Political donations
  • Pension funds
  • Payment of suppliers
  • Financial statements
  • Financial instruments
  • Internal control and risk management
  • US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  • Disclosure controls and procedures
  • Internal control over financial reporting
• Shareholders and Annual General Meeting
  • Relations with shareholders
  • Substantial shareholdings
  • AGM resolutions
  • Authority to purchase shares