Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2012

Committees We have two Corporate Committees that overlook the functioning of the company. These committees are Ethics Committee and Sustainability Committee. Ethics Committee The Corporate Ethics Committee’s objective is mainly to look after the rights and interests of Department Heads and colleagues reporting directly to the General Managers of properties concerned and the company ethic framework in general. It consists of the following members: • Chief Operating Officer • Chief Financial Officer • Corporate Vice President – Human Resources The Hotel Ethics Committee’s objective is to look into complaints on unethical practices, primarily dedicated to the rights and interest of all our colleagues. It consists of the following members: • General Manager • Head of Finance • Head of Human Resources • Neutral Department Head, to be elected as ‘contra part’ based on members 1 – 3 (male/female ratio, nationality mix, etc.) Corporate Sustainability Committee The Corporate Sustainability Committee function is to oversee the sustainability programmes, including: • Reviewing and approving sustainable goals, policies and procedures. • Providing key decisions on sustainable initiatives/programmes. • Circulating information, programmes and policies to our hotels. • Ensuring a high level of supervision of the hotels relevant department’s sustainable direction and performance. • Evaluating the progress made and the challenges faced during the implementation. It consists of the Corporate Vice Presidents of the following departments: Engineering, Marketing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Materials, Food & Beverage, Housekeeping, Director of Environment Health & Safety, and the Chief Operating Officer. The members meet every two months. There are a total of 30 EHS Managers or EHS Officers to implement Rotana Corporate Sustainability Committee action plans. Each hotel’s EHS Manager or/and EHS officer chairs and works closely with the hotel EHS Sustainability Committee and report directly to the Hotel’s General Manager and to the corporate EHS Director in the head office. If required, issues related to sustainability are channeled from hotels EHS team and /or General Managers to the Corporate Director of EHS/Sustainability, to the COO, to the company CEO and consequently the Board.