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Our sustainability programme It’s not just what we aspire to do,

it’s what we do

Global challengesOn a global scale, the sustainability challenges of food production are both significant and intensifying.

In the coming decades, the world will need to produce as much as 70% more food to feed a growing world population, while we are currently already using the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our way of life.

At the same time, farmers face ever-greater consumer demands and new challenges such as the need to reduce the use of antibiotics.

What Nutreco is doing to support sustainable growthThrough our focus on sustainable innovation we aspire to be part of the solution. As an animal nutrition and aqua feed company with a global presence, we are ideally positioned to contribute towards the development of more sustainable food production.

Nuterra, our global sustainability programme, is designed to live up to our responsibilities and ambitions.

After all, it’s not just what we aspire to do, it’s what we do.

More from lessWe believe that using resources in increasingly efficient ways is key to feeding a growing world population in a sustainable way. For example, more resource-efficient farming can help to avoid new agricultural land being generated through deforestation.

Innovation is fundamentalOn a global level, the productivity of livestock and aquaculture species can be as much as 30–40% below its genetic potential. We can close that gap by integrating the latest technological developments into practical and innovative nutritional solutions.

More efficient, but sustainableWe support new farming practices that seek to optimise production, rather than unidimensional maximisation. For instance, we believe it is more sustainable to focus on nutrition in the early life stages, as well as keeping animals healthy and productive through good nutrition and farm management, rather than through the unwarranted use of antibiotics.

Dialogue and transparencyWithout societal and consumer consent, our innovations might not be as significant as they could be. We can only create acceptance if we communicate, if we are open, and if we enter into dialogue with stakeholders.

By 2050, the world population will have grown to over 9 billion people. At the same time, increased urbanisation and income growth are changing dietary preferences and increasing the demand for animal proteins.

YEAR2050 9 BILLION PEOPLE 70% MORE FOOD

NUTRITIONAL SOLUTIONSEnabling the animal and farmer to perform better

• Farm and feed performance• Animal health and welfare• Young animal feed• Minimise food safety risks

INGREDIENTSCreating a sustainable base for feed

• Responsible sourcing• Sustainable partnerships

OPERATIONSEnsuring our own house is in order

• Reducing environmental impact in our operations• Improving our own working environment

COMMITMENTInvolving people in the challenge of ‘Feeding the Future’

• Employee engagement• Stakeholder engagement• Community development

Nuterra programmeThe Nuterra programme sets out Nutreco’s sustainability strategy and provides the tools required to implement this throughout our company. The Nuterra programme is made up of three distinct components.

Nuterra Roadmap Our Nuterra Roadmap sets clear ambitions regarding people, planet and profit. It is an aspirational vision designed to align our actions and initiatives over a period of several years, as we work to fulfil our mission of ‘Feeding the Future’. These objectives are aligned with the long-term goals of our strategy as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The roadmap is grouped into four areas: Nutritional Solutions, Ingredients, Operations and Commitment.

Nuterra Standard Our Nuterra Standard is an internal tool that clearly outlines the actions needed to realise the Nuterra Roadmap and enables us to measure and score progress over time.

Our operations undertake this assessment biannually to ensure that we hold ourselves accountable in our sustainability aspirations and targets.

Nuterra Product AssessmentThe Nuterra Product Assessment is a tool that helps us to measure the environmental impacts and attributes of our nutritional solutions. It uses Life Cycle Assessment methodology to systematically evaluate the environmental aspects of using our products and services.

Important indicators of measured sustainable nutritional solutions include greenhouse gas emissions, acidification, eutrophication and energy use.

Nutritional solutionsEnabling the animal and farmer to perform better

Through the development of nutritional solutions, Nutreco can make a significant contribution to making livestock production and aquaculture more sustainable. We focus on four innovation areas: LifeStart, Animal Health & Welfare, Feed Efficiency, and Models & Services.

Securing animal healthMany aquaculture systems are open to the natural environment, which exposes fish and shrimp stocks to stresses such as extreme temperatures, handling and a range of parasites and diseases that can lead to negative health impacts. Skretting is committed to helping farmers secure animal health through continued investment in R&D, which helps to improve the sustainability of production by maintaining a high level of animal welfare as well as increasing the efficiency of production.

The result from more than 20 years of research, our Protec products help protect the skin, intestine and gills of aquaculture species. They support immune systems, add the building blocks for new cells and increase the level of antioxidants. Documented evidence shows Protec enables species to better cope with the challenge of being exposed to viruses, parasites and pathogenic bacteria.

Efficient use of limited marine resourcesCommonly used as ingredients in aquaculture feeds, marine raw materials like fishmeal and fish oil are finite in supply. Skretting’s groundbreaking MicroBalance technology is enabling the aquaculture industry to grow without putting additional pressure on wild fisheries. MicroBalance has helped Skretting to significantly reduce the minimum fishmeal levels in our diets. Today, for example, we are able to make salmon diets completely independent of fishmeal. We are also exploring ways in which this innovative nutritional technology can be used to find alternatives to fish oil in our diets.

The nutritional technology within the MicroBalance concept enables Skretting to be increasingly flexible with regards to its feed formulations, thus allowing a reduction in the dependency on critical raw materials. At the same time, it ensures that ingredient substitution can be done without reduction of

fish performance (growth, feed conversion, health and flesh quality).

MicroBalance optimises raw material flexibility and progresses the sustainability agenda.

Health diets strengthen immune systems of aquaculture species.

AquaSim combines biology, quality and economics to improve sustainability and profitability.

Optimising on-farm performanceAlthough feed formulation plays a key role in determining the efficiency of feed utilisation, it is also influenced by several environmental and physiological conditions. Years of research have provided Skretting with an excellent understanding of the interaction between these factors, as well as the ability to match specific feeds to local conditions.

To help our customers choose feeds that best suit their unique situations, Skretting developed the unique modelling tool AquaSim. AquaSim consists of a suite of mathematical models that combine data from research trials with operational costs and feed prices to calculate the costs and benefits of using different Skretting feeds under defined environmental and physiological conditions. This allows farmers to select a product mix that delivers optimum on-farm performance and return on investment.

The associated efficiency gains also have positive sustainability outcomes for society as they allow for more food for human consumption to be produced without increasing the burden on natural resources.

IngredientsCreating a sustainable base for feed

Our nutritional solutions include a wide variety of ingredients sourced from all over the world. We can only develop sustainable nutritional solutions if we are part of a responsible supply chain.

Sustainable sourcingOur Supplier Code of Conduct enables us to engage with our suppliers on material issues relating to their operations and to set minimum criteria relating to environmental, social and legal aspects.

Based on spend, over 90% of our suppliers have signed-off on their agreement to comply with the Code, and it is mandatory for all new suppliers to sign. Supplier sustainability audits are performed, with an extra focus on countries and ingredients that have been identified as ‘high risk’.

OVER 90% HAVE SIGNEDOUR SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT

Nutritional solutions

Sustainable partnershipsCooperation between value chain partners (business, government, science and NGOs) is a prerequisite to successfully addressing the sustainability challenges of our industry. Nutreco participates in various sustainable partnerships such as the Round Table on Responsible Soy, the ProTerra Network, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Responsible Supply Standard.

WASTEWe aim to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by recycling and reusing as much as possible. We also focus on reducing the amount of products we purchase that cannot be reused or recycled.

OperationsEnsuring our own house is in order

Under the Nuterra programme, we focus on the monitoring and recording of five sustainability KPIs. For each of these we set targets and discuss results quarterly, so that we actively work towards meeting these targets.

WATER We lower withdrawals from local water sources by increasing productivity per water input, reducing wastewater discharges and their pollutant load, and reducing thermal energy consumption.

ENERGYWe make smarter decisions about using newer, more energy efficient equipment and processes in our factories. CO2 EMISSIONS

We continuously investigate options to change our energy sources to more sustainable options.

HEALTH & SAFETYWe monitor our health and safety performance by registering work accidents and by continuously improving the safety of our work environment.

CommitmentInvolving people in the challenge of ‘Feeding the Future’

We can only progress if we communicate to and enter into dialogues with stakeholders, in particular with our own employees, but also with society in general.

AquaVision and Agri VisionNutreco hosts two biennial conferences, Agri Vision and AquaVision, which provide a platform to discuss global feed, food and business related topics. The aim of bringing together key stakeholders from the international feed-to-food chain is to facilitate strategic debate, develop new ideas and inspire innovative approaches for the future.

Communities developmentMany farmers in developing markets are smallholders, using basic agriculture and aquaculture methods. An important challenge in feeding a growing world population in a sustainable way is to improve the productivity and sustainability of their farming methods.

In local community development programmes, we team up with local governments, NGOs, universities and other companies to share our knowledge and expertise. Current programmes include a project in Nigeria where we are helping to raise the livelihoods of up to 1,000 small catfish farmers and a project in Indonesia involving up to 1,000 small dairy farmers.

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