Sustainability Report 2017

Sustainabiltity Report 2017 18 Governor Development The governors’ experience, skills and proficiency are vital to the development of SET and the capital market. Therefore, SET has constantly supported their knowledge enhancement, starting from providing new governors with orientation of SET’s operations and strategic plans to encouraging the governors to share their knowledge to contribute for society. In 2017, governors were encouraged to learn about innovation and disruptive technology, which could affect the organization and the capital market, and participate in training courses and speak on topics related to corporate governance. Anti-Corruption Policy The SET’s anti-corruption policy and measures comply with the Collective Action Coalition against Corruption (CAC) specifying that the governors, committees, experts, advisors, executives, and staff of SET must strictly follow the policy. In 2017, the anti-corruption activities were as follows the policy: • New staff orientation sessions were organized to ensure compliance with anti-corruption measures. • Anti-corruption measures were communicated among SET suppliers or potential suppliers for acknowledgement and strict compliance. • “No Gift Policy” was continued and communicated among listed companies, suppliers and member companies • The SET Chairman joined the committee of Anti- Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) to provide opinions and contribute to the development of the country’s anti-corruption measures. SET Code of Conduct In 2017, SET reviewed the code of conduct as corporate best practice guidelines and included additional following topics: prevention of money laundering, conflicts of interest, the use of insider and confidential information and information technology and communication. In addition, SET has also continued to promote the implementation in compliance with the code of conduct concerning important issues as follows: Remuneration Policy The Board of Governors has assigned the Nomination and Remuneration Committee to consider and screen the criteria for the remuneration of the chairman, governors, and committee members prior to presenting to the SET members’ meeting for consideration and approval in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535. The monthly remuneration of the SET president and senior executives are in line with the individual actual performance evaluation results against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The remuneration of the SET president and senior executives is available in the 2017 SET Annual report. Anti-Corruption Measures: 1) Anti-bribery and corruption 2) Giving and accepting gifts or any other benefits 3) Political neutrality 4) Corporate philanthropy and donation (102-27) (102-35), (102-36), (102-37) (102-25), (418-1) (205-1), (205-2)