{"id":193523,"date":"2025-09-23T06:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/?p=193523"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:20:30","slug":"currys-esg-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/09\/currys-esg-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Currys replaces ESG committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currys is closing down its environmental, social and governance (ESG) committee, as it insists that it remains committed to sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The body, which was established as a committee of the board in 2023, was made up of non-executive directors Magdalena Gerger, Eileen Burbidge and Octavia Morley.<\/p>\n<p>Currys said: \u201cThe board has considered the progress made on the ESG strategy, and the upcoming reporting requirements for sustainability and has agreed that it is the right time to evolve the governance structure for ESG.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn existing group sustainability leadership team comprised of functional leaders within executive teams will manage the day-to-day oversight and delivery of ESG goals and the management of ESG risks and opportunities.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"rght-related-articles-middle rght-latest-articles mb-4 mt-3\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Related Story<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"rght-middle-related-article-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"rght-middle-related-article-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rght-middle-related-article-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/currys-names-shop-floor-veteran-as-new-boss-as-baldock-exits-for-boots\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/355462d7-4808-4176-8bec-590012941b1e-1024x682.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/355462d7-4808-4176-8bec-590012941b1e-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/355462d7-4808-4176-8bec-590012941b1e-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/355462d7-4808-4176-8bec-590012941b1e.png 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rght-middle-related-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/currys-names-shop-floor-veteran-as-new-boss-as-baldock-exits-for-boots\/\" class=\"rght-articles-content-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Currys names shop-floor veteran as new boss as Baldock exits for Boots<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rght-articles-author-date\"><i class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i><span>04\/06\/2026 x 8:31 AM<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;The other responsibilities that have been held by the ESG committee will now be shared between the board and the audit committee as appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/business-money\/companies\/article\/currys-pulls-plug-on-its-esg-team-s2r5bkssk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking to The Times,<\/a> a spokesman for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailgazette.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/currys\/\">electricals retailer<\/a> said: &#8220;This absolutely is not a de-emphasis on ESG. 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