Nutreco people

At 31 December 2009 Nutreco had 9,690 employees. This is an

increase from 9,278 in 2008, mainly as a result of the acquisitions in Brazil (51% of Fri-Ribe) and Spain (Cargill Animal Nutrition). These Nutreco people were employed in 25 countries on five continents: North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. The great majority were based at 189 locations, including production plants (117), administration, sales and R&D sites.

The following details exclude the employees of the recently acquired companies mentioned above. The proportion of women employed in Nutreco was 27.7% (2008: 28.6%). The proportion of staff in managerial positions was 8% (2008: 8.1%) and 23.6% of these were female (2008: 23.4%). The average age was 41.1 years (2008: 40.0 years).

The average duration of employment was 11.7 years (2008: 10.9 years). Bachelor degrees or higher qualifications were held by 20.2% of Nutreco employees (2008: 17.9%). Further employee information in line with the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines can be found in the Nutreco Annual Report and, mid 2010, gathered on the Nutreco website. This will include data on topics such as lost time incidents and absenteeism. There were no fatal accidents reported by Nutreco operating companies in 2009. Nutreco maintains an ultimate objective of zero accidents in the workplace.

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