Governance review

The CBH Board has undertaken a review of the co-operative’s governance. The objective of the review has been to improve the governance of CBH to ensure the co-operative remains strong and can continue to deliver value to members for the long term.

Review process

Upon commencing the review of our governance the Board first gathered insights on the governance processes of best-in-class co-operatives peers and reviewed materials from a variety of governance and regulatory bodies including the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM), International Co-operative Alliance, Governance Institute of Australia, Australian Securities Exchange and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

We then spent time consulting our members through a series of face-to-face meetings across all Districts to provide an in-depth update on the review and seek grower views on possible improvements.

Following these grower meetings, members received a brief survey to capture their feedback on proposed changes to our governance.

Based on feedback and where there has been grower support, the Board has decided which governance improvements would be progressed.

Outcomes and next steps

Based on the feedback received from growers the Board will seek to implement a number of outcomes from the Governance Review. Click here more information on what these outcomes are and the steps for implementing change.

Governance Review survey outcomes

More than 1,200 growers across all five districts responded to a survey to give their feedback on proposed outcomes of the Governance Review process. Click here to see the survey findings.

Areas of governance improvements

In the initial stages of the review, we assessed the findings of the peer and best practice review, the Board considered what obvious improvements we could make to align CBH's governancewith best practice.

These improvements are grouped under the areas of candidate nominations and elections, Director term and tenure, Board size and composition, and Board diversity.

Click on the circle below to find further details and download information sheets:

Changes to Board size and Director tenure

Following the Governance review survey which shows the majority of members support the proposed changes, the Board will take the proposed Rule changes to our next AGM in February 2021. Some of the changes are complex, so to support your understanding we have provided detailed information about how the proposed changes to Board size and Director tenure would be implemented.

We welcome your comments and questions, please email us on governancereview@cbh.com.au