Caring for the environment, community and economy go hand in hand Danish Agro strongly believes that caring for the environment and community should go hand-in-hand with financial responsibility, and that social responsibility and caring for the environment are therefore integrated elements of the company’s business. Sustainable development of society is dependent on productive, competitive and efficient business. This report is the Danish Agro group’s second ‘Communication on Progress’ report. 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. Within social responsibility, we focus on a personnel policy with the emphasis on safety at work, training and a healthy working environment. 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. We started a trainee programme in 2015, 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. With regard to the environment, we focus on making as little impact as possible. A number of energy-efficiency projects have also been started, designed to benefit the environment and reduce the group’s overheads. These include implementing a number of measures in our production units and our transport fleet. We have also focused on ethical egg production, and consequently entered in an agreement with Dyrenes Beskyttelse, Denmark’s animal protection society, concerning several of our organic egg and meat products. 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 in the years to come. Christian Junker CEO, Danish Agro 3
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