Uniper SE

The Supervisory Board established a Sustainability Committee in May 2022. It consists of two shareholder and two employee representatives. Its duties include monitoring the effectiveness of Uniper's ESG policies and procedures and the sustainability strategic plan (SSP) in light of stakeholders' expectations and emerging ESG regulatory requirements. The committee also monitors and reviews Uniper's progress toward its sustainability targets, in particular its climate targets, and any related challenges. [...] The Uniper's Sustainability Council is a cross-functional body that meets on a quarterly basis to oversee the implementation of Uniper's sustainability strategy and governance framework. It consists of senior leaders representing all of the Management Board members' areas of responsibility. Chaired by the CSO, the council also advises the Management Board on all strategic ESG issues.

The CSO chairs Uniper's Sustainability Council, which is a cross-functional committee that meets on a quarterly basis to monitor the implementation of Uniper's sustainability strategy and governance framework across the Group. It consists of senior representatives of our key business areas and is supported by in-house and external experts. The Council aims to be a forum for informing the organization about sustainability issues and giving employees a voice in the ongoing dialogue. [...] The Board of Management has assigned the HSSE & Sustainability function the responsibility for defining Group-wide ESG targets and key performance indicators and for managing the ESG risk process. [...] The HSSE & Sustainability function reports to the Board of Management on the Uniper Group's sustainability performance by means of quarterly performance dialogues. It also engages regularly with the Group Works Council through the Consultative Council, a cross-functional committee that meets biannually.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Discussions on the decarbonization strategy and the concrete measures were increasingly held in 2021. Not only through the Sustainability Council (meeting quarterly), but also through specific project initiatives (for example the Scope III project (which allowed to better understand the complexity and challenges of Scope III accounting and decarbonization), increased human resources and increase in climate related monitoring frequency in 2021)

Attach commitment or position statement(s)[…]Europe's energy transition is under way, and Uniper is actively shaping it. To help implement the Paris Agreement, Uniper is working to help gradually decarbonize the energy system while simultaneously ensuring a reliable energy supply. Uniper has made this statement in the 2021 Sustainability Report.

Uniper takes part in The Climate Action 100+ Net-Zero Company Benchmark, which assesses the performance of companies against the initiative's three key goals: improve governance of climate risks and opportunities, reduce GHG emissions in line with goals of the Paris Agreement, and provide enhanced disclosure aligned with the recommendations of the TCFD.

There are several examples in the annual report 2021 and the sustainability report 2021 where alignment of Uniper decarbonization efforts with the Paris Agreement is mentioned. We attach only one of them (as an excerpt) taken from the Sustainability Report.

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes