Since its formation in 1998 Sportingbet has always sought to exhibit responsible and ethical practices. The Company’s culture was formalised in 2000 in a series of written statements entitled Customer Charter and Code of Conduct. Since then these statements have been available for viewing on the Sportingbet website and continue to illustrate the Company’s social responsibility to its customers, to its shareholders and to the governments of markets in which it operates.
The Company’s objective is to provide a ‘protected entertainment environment’ in which its customer care programmes give responsible adults the confidence of knowing that their money is safe, whilst providing the Company with the confidence that all reasonable steps are being taken to protect the vulnerable.
The Social Responsibility Committee is chaired by Non-Executive Director Brian Harris and its other members are Sean O’Connor, Non-Executive and Senior Independent Director, and the Company’s General Counsel Daniel Talisman who also acts as the Committee’s Secretary. The Committee meets at least two times a year and in fact met three times during the last financial year. The Audit & Compliance Manager and the Group Head of Human Resources attend its meetings and the Group Chief Executive is apprised of the Committee’s work at least twice in the course of the year.
The Committee is responsible for reviewing the Company’s policies on corporate social responsibility and stimulating Group-wide best practice on matters including age verification, fraud, money laundering, responsible gaming, self-exclusion and privacy.
Appropriate recommendations are made to the Company’s Board. Terms of Reference can be viewed on www.sportingbetplc.com and are available in writing on request.
