Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 32

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 32
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| The Board oversees the strategy and risks of climate and environmental matters. These matters are important to the long-term success of the Company and, accordingly, are integrated into topics reviewed and discussed at each Board meeting as well as the Board’s annual in-depth strategy session. Our committee structure facilitates oversight of these matters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 4The Audit Committee oversees the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, including the development of internal controls for non-financial sustainability-related data and disclosures                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 4The Business Security and Resiliency Committee oversees physical security and operational resiliency, including issues and policies relating to climate change and adaptation and its impact on business resiliency                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 4The Compensation and Talent Development Committee oversees total rewards strategies, including aligning incentive compensation with our fleet transition goals                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 4The Finance Committee oversees capital deployment, including alignment of long-term capital allocation strategies with net zero objectives                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 4The Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee oversees significant corporate responsibility strategies, programs and practices, including environmental and climate matters through community engagement, public policy advocacy, political contributions and lobbying and assessing feedback from stockholders and other stakeholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 4The Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee oversees progress toward our GHG emission reduction goals and fleet transition, including net zero carbon strategies, resource planning, emerging technologies and R&D and the impact on employees and communities of implementing the business strategies and operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |     |                                                              |

#### Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement33

#### Governance

#### Political Engagement Oversight
As a leading energy company that serves many communities through our subsidiaries, it is important to Southern Company’s business success to participate in the political process. We make political contributions in compliance with the laws and regulations that govern such contributions and in alignment with our commitment to act with integrity. We also engage directly with lawmakers and regulators on issues of importance to the Company and its stakeholders. Constructive relationships with policymakers allow our subsidiaries to deliver clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to customers.

We have put in place decision-making and oversight processes for political expenditures and all governmental relations activities. Both management and the Board play important roles in these governance processes, including independent Director oversight of political expenditures and lobbying activities by our Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility