Corporate governance

The Rexam PLC Board of Directors is responsible for the proper oversight of the group’s activities. The Board considers that, in addition to its role of providing leadership and developing a coherent long-term strategy for the group, it has responsibility for supervising the management, maintaining control of the group’s assets and establishing high ethical standards of behaviour, together with developing robust corporate goverance and risk management practices and procedures.

Rexam complies with the provisions set out in the Combined Code on Corporate Governance issued in 2006. The Annual Report provides a summary of the group’s procedures for applying the principles of corporate governance and the extent to which such procedures have been applied.

Corporate Governance Report from the Annual Report 2009 (PDF 686Kb).