Corporate Governance Department
In 2019, the management area of Corporate Governance became a Department to manage, control and guarantee constant improvement of CPFL Group's governance processes. Among its responsibilities, it plays the role of Corporate Governance Secretary in the meetings of the Board of Directors, Committees and Commissions of the Advisory to the Board of Directors, the Fiscal Council and the Executive Board and Annual General Metting. The Corporate Governance Office reports functionally to the Board of Directors of CPFL Energia.
Since then, a series of initiatives have been adopted to ensure the best Corporate Governance practices aiming for the decision-making process to be aligned with the shareholders' strategic vision and projects that concerns the Board, creating long-term value and complying with the governance principles of transparency, fairness, accountability, and corporate responsibility.
The Corporate Governance Department is comprised of three areas; Corporate Governance Management; Corporate Law Management; and Monitoring Coordination.
The Corporate Governance Management addresses CPFL Group's governance flows, with over 125 companies (Holding, subsidiaries and affiliates), as well as the execution and planning of its governance bodies meetings (shareholders general meetings, board of directors meetings, board of directors advisory committees meetings, fiscal council meetings, board of executive officers meetings), provides support on the alignments of the goals and projects among managers, shareholders and stakeholders, and acts as an advisor to the top management and different departments of the organization regarding Corporate Governance activities, aiming to bring transparency and full compliance with the governance guidelines and rules on the entire decision making process.
The Corporate Law Management is responsible for aligning objectives and interests among shareholders and top management. It also takes a leading role at the implementation of all corporate operations of the CPFL Group and ensures that the Group, its subsidiaries and affiliates are in compliance with all corporate operations of the group. It also acts in a consultative manner, aiming to provide support to the other business areas and to the administrators. In addition, acts in the rendering of accounts before public agencies (CVM, Stock Exchange - B3, Boards of Trade).
The Monitoring Coordination monitors strategic issues and projects seen as relevant by the Board of Directors, and monitors the execution and development of the deliberations of the Board in alignment with the business areas of the CPFL Group. As a result of the work developed and through the presentation of KPIs, the Board of Directors has an innovative management tool within the Brazilian market, ensuring control, compliance, transparency and accountability in all governance processes of the CPFL Group. During 2023 the Coordination started to also monitor the activities and processes of Legal Operations, working in the development and structuring of KPIs and reports to promote strategical data to the Department.
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