J Sainsbury PLC

The Committee oversees the governance of Sainsbury's being a sustainable business. We continue to focus on stakeholder engagement including our customers, colleagues, suppliers and the community. [...] The Committee's principal role is to review the sustainability strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the company's purpose, strategy, culture, vision and values. The Committee also plays a part in monitoring the business's engagement with stakeholders - including customers, suppliers, the community, colleagues, shareholders and government - on sustainability and corporate responsibility matters.

#### Governance

###### This policy has been agreed by the GM Steering Committee and Director of Product and Innovation. It will be reviewed annually by the Head of Environment, Packaging Manager, GM or Packaging Innovations Managers as required. All changes will be communicated to the suppliers.

The Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee reviews the sustainability strategy and monitors the business engagement with our key stakeholders, including climate-related matters. The Board regularly received reports and updates on shareholder relations, summarising key feedback from our principal shareholders derived from a programme that consisted of regular engagement with investors on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance commitments. We've built a regular cadence of communication, reporting on our progress through issuing an Investor ESG Newsletter. [...] The Government Affairs team provides regular updates to the Plan for Better Steering Committee, Operating Board and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee on relevant legislation and regulation impacting Plan for Better, including those relating to climate.

The PLC Board is the principal decision-making body that oversees our climate change related issues/goals/targets, which sit under and are integral to our Plan for Better sustainability strategy. The PLC Board remains in charge of regularly reviewing our progress during Board meetings and guiding the strategy as appropriate. The Board Chair has ultimate accountability for ensuring the success of the strategy and sits as Chair of the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Committee (CR&S). The Committee's principal role is to review the sustainability strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the Company's purpose, strategy, culture, vision and values, and ultimately the governance of Sainsbury's being a sustainable business. The Committee also plays a part in monitoring the business's engagement with stakeholders including customers, suppliers, the community, colleagues, shareholders and government on sustainability and corporate responsibility matters. In terms of examples of specific climate related decisions/issues, the Chair and CEO were responsible for signing off our new Plan for Better strategy in 2021, approving the implementation of the Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations in full to strengthen our climate resilience (of which we have been signatories since 2020- more information on this can be found on page 17 of our annual report.) [...] The Plan for Better Steering Committee supports the Operating Board and leads the operational execution of our Plan for Better, by overseeing working group activity, and monitoring performance against our climate-related metrics. It is chaired by our CMO with cross-divisional representation at Director level. The Plan for Better Steering Committee met six times during the year and provided regular updates to the CR&S Committee and Operating Board in the form of presentations, KPI reports and meeting minutes. Climate-related issues have been assigned to the Plan for Better Steering Committee due to its direct relationship with the Operating Board and the Plan for Better Working Groups, enabling this Committee to lead the operational execution of Plan for Better Sustainability Strategy, overseeing activities in relation to this strategy, ensuring delivery of performance. [...] The Plan for Better Steering Committee oversees three working groups: Plan for Better; Environment; and Social. Our key climate-related targets (Scope 1, 2 and 3, water and biodiversity) are managed by the Environment working group.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Tackling the climate emergency requires collaborative and transformational thinking across industry and government, and a willingness to work together and share learnings globally, so that we can all take meaningful, immediate action. The Group has stated its commitment to the aspirations of the Paris Agreement to achieve operational net zero emissions by 2035 and reduce Scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030. Within the "Other information†, the Group discloses its "Plan for Better†; the strategy which sets out how we are working to transition to a lower carbon future and become a net-zero business by 2035. The Group has disclosed that this is an evolving area and the work undertaken by the Group will inform their response to the risks and opportunities identified. This currently reflects the known impacts of climate change and will continue to be reflected in their financial models and plans to reflect the future economic impact on their business model, operational plans and customers. COP26 also enabled us to sit with ministers to ensure that our strategy was heard by key players within government.

As a UK-based business and a major employer of over 171,000 colleagues, it is appropriate and responsible for a business of our scale to engage in a transparent way with government and regulators. One of the key government/regulator priorities is impact on the environment. In terms of Engaging with government and regulators, the Board and CR&S Committee received updates in relation to our work with government and regulators through summaries on activities including: Engagement with government through Parliamentary and party events, Public responses to government consultations, direct meetings, Trade association meetings, Government organised roundtables, participation in government organised forums, such as the Food and Drink Sector Council,— Liaison with regulators, including the Grocery Code Adjudicator and HMRC.

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