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AA1000 Standards Governance

AccountAbility's governance structure for the AA1000 series of Standards comprises an independent Standards Board and two specialist Technical Committees. This structure helps ensure that the standards remain credible and internationally-accepted, and drive further development and expansion. AccountAbility serves as the secretariat of the AA1000 standards.

AA1000 Standards Board

At the heart of the governance structure is an independent, diverse AA1000 Standards Board. The Board is responsible for developing strategy, work plans, and standard setting procedures, approving final standards, and assisting with fundraising and outreach. The Board has no financial decision-making authorit, although the Board may express opinions or recommendations in relation to financial matters. Financial responsibility rests with AccountAbility. Download the Terms of Reference for the Board.

Members of the AA1000 Standards Board are as follows:

• Alan Knight -  AccountAbility
• James Farrar - Sustainability Principal, SAP
• Jermyn Brooks - Chair, Business Advisory Board, Transparency International
• Olaf Brugman - Senior Manager, CSR Monitoring & Reporting, Rabobank Group
• Richard Boele - Founder and Managing Director, Banarra
• Kazatuka Okubo - CCaSS Leader, Partner, Ernst &Young Japan
• Carsten Schmitz-Hoffman - Head of Programme for Social and Ecological Standards, GTZ
• Anant Nadkarni - VP, Group Corporate Sustainability, TATA Council for Community Initiatives, Tata Group
• Helena Barton – Global Manager, DNV CR Services

AA1000 Standards Technical Committee

The Board is supported by two committees that oversee the technical development of the AA1000 Standard. One technical committee is responsible for the the AccountAbility Principles Standard (AA1000APS) and the Assurance Standard (AA1000AS); the other focuses on the Stakeholder Engagement Standard (AA1000SES). The technical committees make recommendations on the technical content of standards to the Board, which has responsibility for final approval.

AA1000APS & AS Technical Committee

• Adrian Henriques - Professor of Accountability, Middlesex University
• Mike Wallace - Technical Director, GRI
• Anne Mette Christiansen - Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium
• Beat Gruninger - Director, BSD
• Carla Edgley - Lecturer, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
• Cora Olsen - Project Manager, Global TBL Management-team, part of Corporate Branding & Responsibility, Novo Nordisk A/S
• Dave Lucas - Corporate Specialist, Eskom Holdings Ltd
• David York - Head of Audit, ACCA
• Eileen Kaufmann - Executive Director, SAI
• Helena Barton - Service Area Manager, Det Norske Veritas AS
• Hiroko Ozawa - Manager, Advisory Service, Climate Change and Sustainability Service team, Ernst & Young ShinNihon
• Jennifer Iansen Rogers - Senior Manager, KPMG Netherlands
• Jason Perks - Group Director, Two TomorrowsMike Wallace - Technical Director, GRI
• Johan Piet, Director - TranspaRAbility
• Terence Jeyaretnam - Director, Net Balance

AA1000SES Technical Committee

• Anne Pattberg - Head of Corporate Responsibility, Camelot
• Alison Ewings - Group Sustainability Manager, Westpac
• Ambreen Waheed - Founding Executive Director, RBI- Responsible Business Initiative
• Carsten Schmitz-Hoffman - Head of Programmes, GTZ
• Christian Hell - Senior Associate, KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft AG
• Dongsoo Kim - Director of Sustainability Management Centre, Korea Productivity Center
• Eros Artuso - Manager, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• John Aston - Managing Director, Aston Eco Management
• John Scade - Managing Director, MAS Business
• Monir Bou Ghanem - Head of Stakeholder Relations, EAD
• Nicky Leggatt - Technical Director, Jacobs
• Philip Schukat - Policy Advisor and Specialist for Environmental and Social Standard Systems
• Rod Sterne - Head of Strategies, WWF
• Santhosh Jayaram - Head - Sustainability and Business Excellence Services, Det Norske Veritas AS
• Shikhar Jain - Senior Counsellor, Confederation of Indian Industry
• Sonia Favoretto - BM &FBovespa
• Suzyo NG’Andu -Bank Secretary, Zambia National Commercial Bank

Download the Terms of Reference for the Technical Committees.

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