Nutreco will attain a high standard of sustainability by fulfilling the following commitments.

1. Nutreco invests in understanding the impact on the environment, including climate effects, associated with its activities and products. It strives to mitigate negative impact, either by reduction or an equivalent positive action. The key drivers are:

• Improvement of feed efficiency; i.e. the conversion of feed into animal products, in order to optimise the use of resources and to reduce the loss of nutrients
• Changes in diet patterns and composition of feed formulations for farm animals and fish to reduce the emissions attributed to livestock production systems taking into account economic viability
• Further development of the use of co-products from the food, beverages and biofuel industries, biomass and non-organic raw materials to alleviate the pressure on natural resources
• Reduction of CO₂ emissions in its own operations
• Work with value chain partners to establish sustainability criteria and to implement control and management systems for sourcing of feed raw materials within Nutreco and encourage their application throughout the value chain. These criteria cover both agricultural resources, including land use change such as deforestation, and marine resources.

2. Nutreco shall deliver high-quality and sustainable feed solutions that support the best performance of farmed animals and fish and puts assurance of feed-to-food safety ahead of risk-carrying opportunities to win quick profits. 

3. Nutreco shall provide safe working environments, fair and equal employment in all its operations, regardless of gender, race, colour, creed or sexual orientation. All employees have access to training and opportunities for advancement in line with their talents and ambition. Nutreco shall be a positive presence in communities
where it is located and in wider society by acting as an enabler in social and economic development. 

Attention to these topics is essential for Nutreco to be a sustainable business economically, environmentally and socially and to fulfil its ambition of being a major contributor in Feeding the Future. It is intended that the Sustainability Policy will contribute to the pride that employees can take in the work they do and the company they work for and that it will contribute to the pride of communities in having Nutreco among them and of investors in the company in which they choose to invest.

Nutreco will implement this Sustainability Policy in its management and reporting systems.