Company: CRL
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030908
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Company: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 company, we recognize that the way in which we do business influences the results we seek to achieve. Accordingly, we strive to promote and support business practices that are environmentally sustainable, socially conscious and aligned with strong corporate governance practices. In addition to the below, more details regarding our commitment to ESG principles can be found in our Corporate Citizenship Report, which is published biennially and available on our website at www.criver.com under the “Investor Relations—Corporate Citizenship” caption. ESG Oversight Execution of the Company’s ESG strategy is overseen by the Company’s senior management team. In 2022, we adopted centralized responsibility and oversight of all ESG governance functions under an ESG Governance Council, which is a cross-functional senior leadership steering committee that is responsible for integrating our ESG strategy with overall business strategy, including visibility, oversight, risk identification and management, disclosures, and metrics. The ESG Governance Council is led by Ms. Birgit Girshick, our Chief Operating Officer (COO), who reports regularly to the CEO, Board, and Board Committees. The Council met four times in 2024 to discuss relevant ESG priorities. Our full Board generally oversees the Company’s ESG goals and objectives and supports the implementation of the Company’s ESG priorities. Specific ESG topics are overseen by the Board committee responsible for the subject matter. For example, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Governance Committee has oversight responsibility for the corporate governance aspects of ESG, such as oversight of our program relating to corporate responsibility/corporate governance and sustainability, including ESG matters; and the Audit Committee generally oversees risk exposures related to ESG. ESG-related matters are regularly part of the Board’s agenda. Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) Our vision is to embed working safely and sustainably into everything we do and every decision we make. Our approach to EHS&S continuously evolves and expands with our global footprint and is guided by our Global Policy on Safety & Sustainability, which also emphasizes our commitment to compliance with applicable EHS&S regulations globally. We rely upon our EHS&S Strategic Plan to provide a roadmap to help us to achieve world-class EHS&S performance. The EHS&S Strategic Plan consists of eight strategic priorities, as well as two cornerstones: (1) integrating our EHS&S strategy into our broader business strategy 26 and (2) integrating the vision of working safely and sustainably into our culture. EHS&S programs and initiatives are tied to our EHS&S Strategic