HUMAN RIGHTS UN PRINCIPLES REGARDING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY As a company, we should: 1. Support and respect the protection of internationally-proclaimed human rights, and 2. Ensure that we are not complicit in human rights abuses. POLICIES Danish Agro respects and supports internationally recognised human rights throughout the company. This means that we respect and support international agreements on human rights. In Danish Agro, we do not accept child labour or forced labour, and we respect employees’ rights to free choice of unions and their right to participate in collective bargaining. Throughout the group, we also comply with applicable standards concerning working hours. In addition, we ensure that wages are in line with legislation and branch standards in the countries where we have activities. Furthermore, Danish Agro continues to have a focus on diversity and ensuring diversity in the Supervisory Board and executive positions. ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS In Danish Agro, we believe that by maintaining our policies on human rights in 2020 we made a positive contribution to respecting human rights in the workplace, and we encountered no breaches of those rights in our business in 2020. The Danish Agro group’s support and respect for international conventions on human rights is internally reflected in our organisation, among other things, in our HR policies. Externally, it is reflected in the trading activities and partnerships we enter into internationally. Thus, in 2020 we continued working with risks in the supply chain, for example, the purchase of soya from South America. The South American soya which is used in feed in animal production in Denmark has to be produced under responsible conditions. Among other things, this involves avoiding repression and discrimination against workers and the use of child labour, and ensuring freedom to unionise. In addition, the international rules for the use of pesticides must be respected, and production of food vulnerable areas avoided. Therefore, Danish Agro has contractual requirements stating that soya for feedstuffs must comply with a number of criteria for responsible production. This is done on the basis of industry-defined purchasing criteria that have been agreed upon throughout the Danish agricultural sector. Regarding additional initiatives for human rights, it was decided at Danish Agro’s annual general meeting on 5 March 2019 to introduce a delegated assembly which, among other things, is now responsible for selecting the company’s Supervisory Board. The newly elected delegated assembly met for the first time at the start of 2020 and selected the members for Danish Agro’s Supervisory Board. With this new delegated assembly, Danish Agro is strengthening democratic representation across regions, types of operations and competences among the company’s members. At the same time, the delegates contribute to strengthening Danish Agro’s ability to manage the interests of its members in a manner that is broader and representative. 4
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