Kingfisher PLC

###### Governance of Responsible Business\n\nOur Responsible Business Committee (RBC), a Committee of the Board, is chaired by a non-executive director. It oversees the delivery of our Responsible Business strategy and provides advice and assurance to the Group Executive and the Board on all matters relating to Responsible Business practices. It's also responsible for monitoring performance against our priorities.\n\nThe Chair of the RBC reports on its activities to the Board and the Board and Committee members also review Responsible Business KPIs on a quarterly basis as part of their governance duties. Responsible Business measures are integrated into the Kingfisher Performance Share Plan for our senior leadership team.\n\n###### Public policy\n\nWe interact with regulators and government officials in our markets and at EU level. We give our views on proposed legislation and policies that will impact our business and the retail sector.\n\nWe also engage on sustainability topics, supporting measures that incentivise sustainable business practice and encourage investment in sustainable innovation.\n\n###### Our approach and standards\n\nOur Director of Corporate Affairs manages our public policy activities, reporting to our Chief People Officer. The Board of Directors reviews the key aspects of our public policy activity at least twice a year.\n\nAll our public policy work must meet the ethical standards set out in our Code of Conduct and our Group Corporate Affairs Policy, and reflect our public sustainability commitments. We're registered on the EU Transparency Register of lobbying activities. In line with EU and UK corporate governance best practice and as stated in our Code of Conduct, it is our policy not to make donations directly to political parties or politicians.\n\nWe follow government guidelines in relation to employing former public officials (the 'revolving-door').\n\n###### Working with lobbying companies\n\nWe work with external lobbying companies, which are all members of recognised self-regulatory organisations such as the Association of Professional Political Consultants in the UK and the European Public Affairs Consultancies' Association (EPACA) in the EU and are governed by their codes of conduct. The lobbying companies we use in the EU are listed on the EU Transparency Register.\n\n###### Which trade associations do we work with?\n\nSometimes we engage with policymakers via trade associations and industry groups. This can increase the impact of our policy messages. Relationships with trade associations in the UK, Ireland, France and Brussels are overseen by our Group Director of Corporate Affairs and, in other markets, by the relevant local CEO. We want to make sure that our trade associations are aligned with our position on climate change and regularly engage with them on this issue. This has included engaging with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) on the development of its Climate Change Roadmap.\n\nWe may terminate our relationship with trade associations if they don't meet our standards. In 2023, we cancelled our membership of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in the UK following allegations of serious misconduct.

This policy is endorsed by our senior management team and responsibility for overseeing the policy lies with our governance groups including but not limited to the Responsible Business Committee (a committee of Kingfisher's Board) and the Group Climate Committee. [...] Use our voice as a major European retailer to advocate for climate policy and action consistent with the aims of the Paris Agreement. Promote cross-sector climate action through our partnerships and by sharing our insights with governments and others to encourage progress towards net zero.

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This policy is endorsed by our senior management team and responsibility for overseeing the policy lies with our governance groups including but not limited to the Responsible Business Committee (a committee of Kingfisher's Board) and the Group Climate Committee. [...] This policy is approved by our team of management and the responsibility for supervising the policy lies with our governance groups, including, but not limited to, the Responsible Business Committee (a committee of the Kingfisher Board) and the Group Climate Committee.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Kingfisher's engagement activities in areas relating to climate change are aligned with the business' four pillars of its Responsible Business strategy (Communities, Colleagues, Customer, Planet); the most relevant pillars to climate change policy are customer (relating to product) and planet (relating to broader climate and forests policy).

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your external engagement activities are consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan?[…]Kingfisher's engagement activities in areas relating to climate change are aligned with the business' four pillars of its Responsible Business strategy (Communities, Colleagues, Customer, Planet); the most relevant pillars to climate change policy are customer (relating to product) and planet (relating to broader climate and forests policy). Our Responsible Business policies guide our approach and help us to adopt consistent standards across our markets. For transparency, we publish key policies on our website. See www.kingfisher.com/sustainabilitypolicies. Our Environmental Policy states that we will 'use our voice as a leading European retailer to advocate for climate policy and action consistent with the aims of the Paris Agreement'.

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes