Shoprite Holdings Ltd

Shoprite's Social and Ethics Committee, composed of non-executive directors, the CFO and senior managers, "oversees and guides public policy engagement" and receives an "Environmental Sustainability Update is presented to this Committee (3 times per year), for its deliberation and feedback," including climate-related performance. This committee approved "New position statements for Climate Change, Water Security and Biodiversity and Responsible Sourcing" and relies on a Chief Sustainability Officer and Group Sustainability Manager - where "The Group Sustainability Manager is the central point of contact within the company for any climate-related issues and queries" - to ensure that "direct and indirect company activities that influence policy will be consistent with the company's overall climate change strategy and sustainability framework." While this structure provides a named owner and recurring review of climate-aligned lobbying activities, we found no evidence of a dedicated, publicly available climate-lobbying audit or of explicit procedures for addressing conflicting trade-association positions.