ICE Corporate Responsibility Approach

Board of directors

Our directors are focused on managing sustainability risks and opportunities at both the full Board level and on multiple Board committees. At the committee level, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is charged with reviewing and assessing the company’s sustainability initiatives and making recommendations to the company to further its goals (NCGC Charter).

The committee reviews sustainability matters at one or more meeting each year. In addition to the mandate of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, important aspects of managing these risks and opportunities are a focus for the following committees:

Risk Committee

Cybersecurity and climate related risks.

Compensation Committee

Human capital management issues.

Each committee briefs the full Board on topics addressed at the committee level and the full Board further discusses issues as needed.

Management

Our overall strategy is guided by a Sustainability Governance Committee comprised of senior officials from across the company.

Committee members include the:

President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Corporate Risk Officer
General Counsel
Human Resources Officer
Chief Regulatory Officer
President, New York Stock Exchange
President, Fixed Income & Data Services
President, Mortgage Technology
Senior Vice President, Futures Exchanges
Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability

This committee meets quarterly and communicates frequently to assess sustainability risks and opportunities across the company.

Several departments play a critical role in our approach to sustainability, including the human resources, facilities, risk management, operations, finance and business continuity teams. Our Vice President of Sustainability coordinates these efforts and oversees our disclosures and strategy.

Stakeholder engagement

We believe that the success of our business relies on our ability to deliver on our purpose as a company for each of our major stakeholders. Good shareholder returns go hand-in-hand with engaged employees and satisfied customers.

To ensure we fully understand the views of our stakeholders we gather feedback through multiple channels, including formally through materiality assessments. Additionally, we are in constant dialogue with our stakeholders to ensure we understand what they view as our largest sustainability risks and opportunities.

Our sustainability reporting focuses on the areas deemed to be most relevant for our business and stakeholders based on this analysis:

Human capital management

Our people are our greatest asset and fostering a diverse, engaged workforce is as important as ever.

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Risk management

From cybersecurity to operational resiliency to regulatory compliance, risk management is at the heart of how we operate.

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Environmental risks and opportunities

We are addressing the impact of climate-related risks on our business and we consider environmental risks and opportunities across our operations and products.

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Reporting

We began disclosing our sustainability efforts in 2016 and have continued to evolve and refine our reporting each year.

Additionally, we use reporting standards to enhance our disclosures, including:

With each reporting standard we review the data and the standards on an annual basis for necessary updates.

Supply chain management

In addition to the actions we take within our own business, we monitor the impact we can have through our supply chain.

Vendor Onboarding - Through our vendor onboarding and assessment processes we are collecting data points to inform our decision making.
Code of Conduct - Our business partners and third parties are an extension of our organization. We expect that our suppliers, agents and business partners will follow ethical standards similar to our own when working with us or on our behalf. This means that we will consider terminating contracts with vendors or partners that do not strive to meet our high standards or contractual obligations.
Human Rights - Our Code of Conduct and Modern Slavery Act Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all ICE business relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to help ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.

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Approach

Board of directors

Risk Committee

Compensation Committee

Management

Stakeholder engagement

Human capital management

Risk management

Environmental risks and opportunities

Reporting

Supply chain management

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