Company: DTK
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000936340-25-000081
Chunk: 5

Company: DTE ENERGY CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 from shareholders and proposing implementation of best practices. |
| Our shareholder engagement activities help us identify governance and compensation policies and practices that are most important to our shareholders.                                                                                                                                                         |     | The committees and the full Board of Directors deliberate over proposed governance changes, adopt best practices and provide guidance to the shareholder engagement team in their communications with shareholders.      |

In 2024, the Company held discussions with shareholders who collectively own or exercise voting control over 44% of the Company’s outstanding shares. In addition, the Company routinely contacts shareholders who have submitted proposals for inclusion in our annual proxy statement in an effort to understand their concerns and to address, where possible, the issues behind their proposals. We will continue to look for opportunities to provide more information about the Company’s approach on topics of interest to shareholders, and to stimulate more conversations with shareholders.

#### DTE ENERGY2025 PROXY STATEMENT3
Sustainability Commitment

At DTE, we strive to do what’s right for our employees, customers, communities and stakeholders, not necessarily what’s easy. That means sustainability matters guide us in how we do business, including in our operations, environmental efforts, corporate governance, corporate citizenship and human capital management. In addition to preparing for future compliance with potential disclosure rules, we believe in transparently sharing our sustainability strategies and ensuring data accuracy to help drive progress across the communities we serve and in our industry.

Ultimate oversight of our company’s sustainability efforts – including enterprise risk management – rests with the Board of Directors and permeates all levels of DTE’s executive leadership. The Board’s commitment to sustainability has been and continues to be effectuated through its committee structure. As further described below, the Public Policy and Responsibility Committee maintains primary oversight for sustainability matters generally, while the Audit, Organization & Compensation, and Corporate Governance Committees oversee those matters within their expertise, and the entire Board remains committed to and updated on these matters regularly.

#### Environmental Highlights
From the output of our power generation sources to the facilities we operate, the property we manage and the communities where we live and work, DTE seeks to embrace all aspects of sound environmental stewardship. DTE was among the first utilities in the nation to announce carbon reduction goals and has continued to accelerate that original plan. Our environmental stewardship extends beyond carbon reduction to reducing emissions of air pollutants, improving water management, increasing the energy efficiency of our operations and following land management best practices.

DTE’s mission is to create a cleaner, healthier environment today and for generations to come. We’re doing this by investing