About this report

The Nutreco Sustainability Report 2009 is complementary to the Nutreco Annual Report 2009, which includes coverage of management aspects such as corporate governance and risk profile.

In this report we describe the Nutreco approach to sustainability in the sense that covers environmental, employee and social issues. Sustainability in economic terms is addressed in the Annual Report. The report was prepared with attention to the principles set out in the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G3) of the Global Reporting Initiative and further relevant data is published on the Nutreco website (www.nutreco.com) together with a GRI index. Nutreco applies its own internal criteria and guidelines for reporting on sustainability, as described on the Nutreco website. The criteria and guidelines, where relevant, are based on the G3 reporting guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative. The report covers those parts of the value chains where Nutreco has control and those over which it has influence. The data covers those parts of the organisation where Nutreco is active and not the activities of suppliers or customers. Further information on the internal guidelines and reporting criteria will be published with the remaining data in the Sustainability section of the Nutreco website. A Millennium Development Goals index is given on page 54. Sustainability data will be published on the Nutreco website by mid 2010.

There are no major changes in the scope of the report from the previous year. Acquisitions in Brazil (a joint venture) and Spain (acquisition of Cargill Animal Nutrition) are the only major events affecting the operations of Nutreco in 2009. In terms of Nutreco structure, the Executive Board was extended to five members. In addition to the CEO and CFO it now has three Executive Vice-Presidents that head the business divisions of Nutreco. We have sought independent assurance on the contents of this report from KPMG Sustainability. Its assurance report can be found on pages 52–53. The report is published by Nutreco, Amersfoort, the Netherlands, March 2010.