Corporate governance is about the sound management of a company, the supervision of that management and how the execution of the strategy is reported to all the company’s stakeholders. These stakeholders include shareholders, employees, clients, suppliers, subcontractors, end users and society as a whole. Factors that play a role in the reporting include the strategy and the achievement of the company’s business objectives, the corporate culture and how the company meets its reporting and transparency obligations.
Open corporate culture
A disciplined and unified corporate culture is a prerequisite for the success of our ‘Better, Smarter, Sustainable’ strategy. Heijmans sees continuous improvement as of vital importance to maintain a sound basis. We recognise the importance of good corporate governance and a code of conduct for the achievement of our business objectives and the realisation of the related corporate culture. To this end, we continue to focus on communicating the core values that are vital to the realisation of this strategy. These core values are ownership, result focus and collaboration.
Heijmans strives to maintain the highest possible standards, which means that we respect and comply with legislation, and observe and initiate guidelines that apply either to the company specifically or to the industry in general. Additionally, this means that we also strive to achieve the highest possible levels of integrity and transparency in our actions and any decision-making that affects our stakeholders. We also strive to conduct a continuous dialogue with stakeholders and to distribute information simultaneously and accessibly.
For more detailed information on how governance and supervision are organised at Heijmans, see the Corporate Governance Statement (as meant in Sections 2(a) in conjunction with sections 3 through 3(b) of the Decree Adopting Further Provisions Regarding the Content of Annual Reports (Vaststellingsbesluit nadere voorschriften inhoud jaarverslag) and including the information required under the Decree implementing Article 10 of the Dutch Takeover Directive). This statement is available (in Dutch) on the Heijmans website in the ‘Corporate Governance: Codes, statuten en reglementen’ section.