Corporate Governance

Through Our Governance Approach, We Aim to Cultivate a Culture of Ethics and Accountability.

At Etsy, we believe that how we govern ourselves is a reflection of who we are and the way in which we create value for stakeholders stems from the values we hold as a company.

Good governance gives us a framework for responsibility, accountability and trustworthiness. It helps us align our day-to-day decisions with the world we want to see. And most importantly, it guides our journey towards building a future-fit company in line with our mission to Keep Commerce Human.

Responsible Marketplace Practices

The trustworthiness of our marketplaces and the connections among our buyer and seller communities are the cornerstones of Etsy’s business.

To read more about our marketplace practices and policies please visit Our House of Rules section of Etsy.com.

Thoughtful Corporate Governance

Our corporate governance practices include an independent Board Chair, a fully independent Board of Directors (except for our Chief Executive Officer), independent Committee members, sophisticated and fully engaged directors with different areas of relative expertise and additional dimensions of diversity, and a balanced distribution of director tenure. For a more complete description of our corporate governance practices, please refer to our most recent proxy statement.

In alignment with our mission to “Keep Commerce Human” we are committed to upholding and promoting human rights across our marketplaces and throughout our value chain.

And while the connections we facilitate are uniquely human, they are rendered ever more seamless by the power of technology and artificial intelligence (AI). We have six values that guide us in the responsible use of AI across our marketplaces, in our operations, and through our partnerships: Respect, Fairness, Reliability, Transparency, Privacy, and Security.

Integrated ESG Reporting

We strive to continue to innovate and evolve our ESG disclosures to hold ourselves accountable and transparently engage with all of our stakeholders. Since 2018, we’ve shared our ESG metrics alongside our financial results in our Integrated Annual Report. This practice is intended to ensure that we’re transparent about and accountable for progress against our environmental and social commitments.

Risk Oversight & Management

One of the key functions of our Board of Directors is to provide informed oversight of our risk management processes. While management is responsible for day-to-day management of the material risks we face, our Board of Directors is responsible for risk oversight. Etsy has a Risk Steering Committee, which is comprised of a cross-functional management team that meets regularly to review and discuss the significant risks facing Etsy. Periodic reports on material risk are provided to the Risk Oversight Committee, with an annual update to the full Board of Directors. The Risk Steering Committee also periodically considers areas of new or evolving risks and works to understand risk analyses and establish appropriate mitigation plans. For more information on risk oversight generally, please see “Board Oversight of Risk” in Etsy’s Proxy Statement. For information on how we manage our climate related risks, please refer to our complete TCFD response in our 2024 Annual Report.