Often, TELUS is an early adopter of emerging best practices, and following is a list of initiatives implemented in ■ Adoption of a Board diversity policy and a public commitment to targets that provide for between 30 and 40 per cent of our independent members of our Board being diverse members and a minimum of 25 per cent women by May 2017 ■ Signed the Catalyst Accord, a pledge by major Canadian corporations to increase the proportion of their board seats held by women to 25 per cent by 2017 ■ Adoption of a term-limit policy to enable ongoing Board renewal and refreshment.