MERLIN Properties Annual Report 2022

70 | Annual report | 2022 This Sustainability Policy was approved by the Board of Directors of MERLIN Properties, entering into force on the date of its approval and remains fully valid until such is amended. The Board of Directors, through its delegated Committees and, in particular, through its Sustainability and Innovation Committee, monitors the correct implementation and fulfilment of all guiding principles and commitments set out. GUIDING PRINCIPLES RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR MERLIN is committed to the highest standards, guarantees and transparency in the Group’s management and decision-making, and to the success of the business when carrying out its activities, safeguarding ethics and integrity in its operations. TRANSPARENCY WITH STAKEHOLDERS MERLIN considers it a priority to provide complete, accurate and truthful information on the Group’s performance and activities, and to maintain sufficient relationship channels with its stakeholders, actively communicating with them and responding to their main demands and expectations. INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF COMMITMENTS MERLIN seeks to endorse its commitments by obtaining external validation, which guarantees the effective integration of sustainability in its internal management and assets, and this gives credibility to the practical implementation of the commitments made in the Group’s decision- making and activities.