CONTENTS FOREWORD WHAT DID WE PROMISE IN 2015 AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS? GOALS FOR 2016 ABOUT DLG HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT DLG? SCOPE AND REPORTING PRINCIPLES DLG’S CSR ORGANISATION RESPONSIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FOOD PRODUCT SAFETY AND QUALITY ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DIVERSITY WORKING ENVIRONMENT ANTI-CORRUPTION 3 4 6 8 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 32 34

FOREWORD Welcome to the DLG Group’s third CSR Communication on Progress. As one of the largest agricultural companies in Europe, DLG plays an important role as both purchaser and supplier of raw materials, crops, feed and other inputs in the first stage of production of foodstuffs. Together with our foodstuffs companies and energy business, this means that we have a central position in the Danish and European agriculture and foodstuffs cluster. This also means that we as a company have a social and environmental responsibility. In 2012, we adopted the UN’s Global Compact, which is an international initiative with ten principles focusing on corporate responsibility. As part of the Global Compact, DLG is working to implement the principles in human rights, labour rights, environment and anti-corruption in the group’s daily operations. At the same time, we are committed to actively communicating the group’s CSR activities and results in an annual pro2015 was yet another eventful year rich in lessons for our work in social and environmental responsibility. Over the course of the year, we put special focus on developing a series of group-wide policies in the form of a new “Supplier Code of Conduct” and a new diversity programme. We have also made some A company’s work in social responsibility must be measured by its concrete actions. Over the coming year we will therefore continue working to further integrate social and environmental responsibility in our business areas, strategies and policies and set new goals for the individual business units. DLG EXECUTIVE BOARD KRISTIAN HUNDEBØLL (CEO) KIM BALLE (CFO) LARS SØRENSEN (COO) OLE CHRISTENSEN (COO) gress report, known as a Communication on Progress (COP). This is our COP, in which we publish our goals and our actions in CSR, whilst at the same time describing the areas where we hope to progress over the course of the coming year. changes to our CSR organisation. In 2016, our focus will be on continued optimisation of our reporting methods, whilst the implementation of the groupwide policies will also be a high priority. We are pleased and proud to be able to confirm, by way of this progress report, our continued support of the UN Global Compact. KRISTIAN HUNDEBØLL, KIM BALLE, LARS SØRENSEN OG OLE CHRISTENSEN DLG GROUP – CSR REPORT 2015 3

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