Telecom Plus PLC

##### ESG governance\n\nIt is important that the Company's ESG strategy becomes embedded across the broader business in order to support company performance and culture. ESG impacts on multiple stakeholders including customers, employees, Partners and investors. As a result, it is critical that our ESG strategy becomes integrated across all of our functions. To support this aim, our ESG governance is focussed on regular collaboration, effective challenge and robust reporting in order to ensure rigour, transparency, effective implementation and strategic oversight, thereby ensuring that we deliver on our ESG strategy and help drive our business priorities at the same time.\n\nThis year we strengthened our ESG governance through more regular reporting to the Board and with an increased number of ESG Strategy Committee meetings.\n\nBoard member in Q2 of FY23. Carla brings significant experience in Audit and Risk and is chair of our Audit and Risk Committee.\n\nThe ESG Strategy Committee supports the Board in its strategic and operational oversight of ESG. The Committee considers and monitors ESG-related goals and initiatives. The ESG Strategy Committee is chaired by the Legal & Compliance Director and is formed of the Co-CEOs, CFO, Company Secretary, Executive Leadership Team, Head of Sustainability and is attended by members of the Business Leadership Group and the ESG Working Group. The Committee meets every quarter. The Legal & Compliance Director is responsible for developing, managing and implementing our ESG strategy and is supported by the Head of Sustainability on the operational aspects of ESG.\n\nThe Board has ultimate responsibility for our ESG strategy, with co-CEO Andrew Lindsay acting as Board sponsor for ESG. The Legal & Compliance Director prepares monthly Board updates on ESG-related matters.\n\nThe Audit and Risk Committee monitors risk management and internal controls, including ESG related risks. Carla Stent joined our Board as an independent Non Executive\n\nThe **ESG Working Group manages the day to day** ESG-related goals and initiatives on behalf of the ESG Strategy Committee. The ESG Working Group meets every six weeks and reports back to the ESG Strategy Committee on a quarterly basis. The Working Group comprises the functional and operational ESG leads across the business, is chaired and led by our Head of Sustainability and is supported by specialist external consultants, as required.

The ESG Strategy Committee supports the Board in its strategic and operational oversight of climate change. The Committee considers, monitors, and has overall responsibility for the implementation of climate-related targets and initiatives, as well as associated risks. To embed climate change strategy and risk management across the business, the ESG Strategy Committee is composed of a cross section of stakeholders from Board to management level. The ESG Strategy Committee is chaired by the Legal & Compliance Director and consists of the Co-CEOs, CFO, Company Secretary, Executive Leadership Team, and Head of Sustainability. It is attended by members of the Business Leadership Group and the ESG Working Group. This ensures collaboration and effective reporting between functions with responsibility for strategic oversight of climate-related matters and those tasked with managing the implementation of climate-related matters.

###### ESG governance\n\nIt is important that our ESG strategy becomes embedded across the broader business in order to support company performance and culture. ESG impacts on multiple stakeholders including customers, employees, Partners and investors. As a result, it is critical that our ESG strategy becomes integrated across all of our functions. To support this aim, our ESG governance is focussed on regular collaboration, effective challenge, and robust reporting in order to ensure rigour, transparency, effective implementation, and strategic oversight, thereby ensuring that we deliver on our ESG strategy and help drive our business priorities at the same time.\n\nThis year we strengthened our ESG governance through more regular reporting to the Board and with an increased number of ESG Strategy Committee meetings.\n\ninternal controls in respect of ESG topics are reviewed and updated annually by our Legal & Compliance Director and the Head of Sustainability.\n\nThe ESG Strategy Committee supports the Board in its strategic and operational oversight of ESG. The Committee considers and monitors ESG-related goals and initiatives. The ESG Strategy Committee is chaired by our Legal & Compliance Director and is formed of our Co-CEOs, CFO, Company Secretary, Executive Leadership Team, Head of Sustainability, and is attended by members of our Business Leadership Group and our ESG Working Group. The Committee meets every quarter. The Legal & Compliance Director is responsible for developing, managing and implementing our ESG strategy and is supported by our Head of Sustainability on the operational aspects of ESG.\n\nThe **Board has ultimate responsibility for our ESG** strategy, our Co-CEO Andrew Lindsay has responsibility for overseeing our ESG Strategy. Our Legal & Compliance Director prepares monthly Board updates on ESG-related matters.\n\n**The Audit & Risk Committee monitors risk management** and internal controls, including ESG related risks. The\n\nThe **ESG Working Group manages the day to day** ESG-related goals and initiatives on behalf of the ESG Strategy Committee. The ESG Working Group meets every six weeks and reports back to the ESG Strategy Committee on a quarterly basis. The Working Group comprises the functional and operational ESG leads across the business, is chaired and led by our Head of Sustainability, and is supported by specialist external consultants, as required.