2010 STRATEGIC ADVISORY BOARD

Policy & Procedure Manual

Strategic Advisory Board - Special Committee

Bylaws, Article VI, Section 1: The Board of Directors may establish or abolish standing or special committees for any purpose. Unless specifically empowered by the Board of Directors, committees shall not act independently but shall make recommendations in writing to the Board of Directors. Committees shall have only such power and duties as the Board of Directors so determines. Unless provided otherwise by the Board of Directors, the committees shall conduct their business by majority vote and report their activities to the Board of Directors.

• General – By design, The IIA and the Roundtable contribute significantly to the development of management, policy and strategy of BEAC by virtue of charter requirements that place five members on the BEAC Board from each organization. The founders of BEAC believed it important that an independent functional body be established within the organization to provide the Board with recommendations on strategic objectives to serve the stakeholders better and improve alignment with peer groups. To satisfy this goal, BEAC has established the Strategic Advisory Board (SAB).
  
  The Strategic Advisory Board was established to assist BEAC in meeting its objectives of becoming the preeminent global certification body for Environmental, Health and Safety Auditors. The SAB will provide the BEAC Board of Directors with recommendations to achieve these objectives.
  
  The Strategic Advisory Board is appointed by the BEAC Board of Directors and is chaired by a former member of the BEAC Board of Directors. To the extent possible, the appointees should not be members of The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA), the Auditing Roundtable (Roundtable), or the BEAC Board of Directors. This is to ensure the SAB perspective is that of the population served by the auditing profession and is peripheral to those of The IIA and the Roundtable.
  
  The SAB will provide recommendations to the BEAC Board of Directors in the following areas:
  • Quality systems and procedures
    
  • Financial stability
    
  • Stakeholder recognition
    
  • Accreditation
    
  • Certification programs
    
  • International respect
    
  • Partnerships with other organizations
    
  • Legal viability
    
  • Academic insights
    
  • Other areas that the SAB deems important to the viability of the organization.

• Structure - The Strategic Advisory will be comprised of a minimum of seven members, including the chair. SAB members will serve for two years. The SAB will be chaired by a former member of the BEAC Board of Directors and will be appointed by the Board of Directors. The BEAC Board, based on nominations provided by a Nominating Committee, will approve the members of the SAB.
  
  SAB members may be selected from organizations such as:
  
  • Federal regulatory agencies
    
  • State regulatory agencies
    
  • Standard-setting organizations
    
  • Industry trade representatives
    
  • Legal
    
  • Academia

The SAB, at its discretion, can make recommendations to BEAC for adding members who it believes will broaden the perspective of the SAB.

• Responsibilities:

The SAB will meet a minimum of once a year, and at any other time as needed, by teleconference. The Chair of the SAB will provide BEAC with documented recommendations at BEAC’s annual meeting. The SAB, at its discretion, will also provide BEAC with recommendations at any time it deems important to do so. Each recommendation shall include reasoning for the recommendation, plans for implementation, resource needs, and derived benefits for BEAC, its affiliations and stakeholders.