Sustainability is governed by the Board of Directors and the Board of Management. The Board of Directors oversees the implementation of the sustainability strategy and reviews major related issues on at least an annual basis. Wärtsilä’s Board of Management has overall responsibility for sustainability performance and approves the guiding group-level policies. Wärtsilä's sustainability targets and the company’s progress towards them are reviewed by the Board of Management and Board of Directors at least twice a year. All the targets have nominated target owners, who prepare action plans, oversee their implementation, and report on the proceedings. The management teams of the businesses and global functions ensure execution of the target actions.
In addition to the Board of Management's weekly and monthly meetings, there are ten thematic Boards, as well as Business Reviews and Functional Reviews, for each Global Function three times a year. Sustainability issues are discussed within the Corporate Affairs Board, which is sponsored from the Board of Management by the Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Legal Affairs, and in Functional reviews. Sustainability-related issues for the Corporate Affairs Board meetings are prepared by the cross-functional Corporate Relations and Sustainability Committee.
Wärtsilä’s sustainability function is responsible for providing the necessary information to management, identifying development needs, as well as for coordinating sustainability programmes and preparing instructions. The function cooperates closely with the businesses, human resources, legal affairs and compliance, and central supply management. It also collects and consolidates sustainability data from the subsidiaries and is responsible for sustainability reporting. The Non-Financial Report is prepared together with Wärtsilä’s Finance and Control.