SUSTAINABILITY - AN INTEGRATED PART OF OUR BUSINESS Care for the environment, society and economy is fundamental to Danish Agro. Sustainable development of society is dependent on productive, competitive and efficient business. We believe that contributing to that is the only responsible thing to do. We want to engage in constructive and innovative dialogue with our suppliers based on the principles of human and labour rights. This includes focus on health and the working environment, and we do not tolerate forced or child labour. This is Danish Agro’s third Communication on Progress report and acts as the group’s mandatory report on social responsibility. During the past year, we have focused on activities that are directly relevant to our business and the environment we are part of. Our CSR activities focus on those areas in which we have expertise and know-how. We take a proactive approach to social and environmental responsibility throughout the value chain based on the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles. With regard to climate and the environment, we focus on making as little impact as possible. We worked on defining the framework for a climate partnership agreement with our Danish energy supplier, DONG Energy A/S during 2016, an agreement that was signed in January this year. We undertook to reduce our energy consumption by 20% by 2021. We want this partnership to act as a template for similar projects throughout the rest of the group. We focused even more on our trainee programme in 2016, via which we take direct responsibility for the youngsters on the programme, sharing our knowledge and giving them a good start in the agribusiness industry. When it comes to our own business practices, we oppose any form of corruption, including blackmail and bribery. We conduct our commercial activities in accordance with international, national and local laws and regulations relevant to our business. Our trading on the world market is on the basis of free competition and in accordance with competition laws. Trade restrictions applied by the UN are always respected. We look forward to working further with the Global Compact principles this year. Within social responsibility, we focus on a personnel policy with the emphasis on safety at work, training and a healthy working environment. Christian Junker CEO, Danish Agro 3
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