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Funds bolster cohesion and solidarity
At Rabobank, we feed some of our profits back to society in the form of cooperative dividend.
Our cooperative dividend amounted to EUR 41.5 million in total in 2008. Of this amount, EUR 20.4
million was distributed by the cooperative funds of the local Rabobanks, EUR 17 million by the
Rabobank Foundation, EUR 3.7 million by the Project Fund and EUR 122,500 by the Herman Wijffels
Innovation Award; our employees contributed the remaining EUR 308,450 via the Share4More Fund.
Rabobank Group's CSR strategy
CSR in society: trends and issues
- Sustainable conduct as the standard for
financial services
- Scarcity of natural resources, which
contributes to financial and social
instability
- Environmental degradation caused by
pollution and climate change
- Increasing need for more sustainable
production
- Strong growth in renewable energy
resources
- Companies devoting more attention to
all their stakeholders
CSR results
- Integration of CSR into financial
products and services, and real estate
- Sustainable innovations in food
agribusiness, SME and large businesses
- Microfinance in developing countries
- Sustainable own business operations
regarding HR and the environment
- Employees committed to CSR
- Donations and sponsorship as social
dividend
- High CSR ratings
CSR as part of our business:
mission and core values
- Rabobank Group aims to serve the
economic interests of its members and
clients
- It does so on the basis of its four core
values, which are respect, integrity,
professionalism and sustainability
- It wishes to contribute to the
sustainable development of society in
economic, social and ecological terms
Rabobank Group strategy for 2009-2012
- Cooperative identity
- Market leader in all-finance services in
the Netherlands
- Global food agri bank
- High credit rating
- High-quality CSR policy
Four central CSR themes for 2009-2012
- Introducing sustainability to food agri
chains
- New production methods and
renewable energy
- Economic participation and diversity
- Social cohesion and solidarity
High quality CSR policy
- Focus on four central CSR themes
- Integrating CSR into core business and
business operations
- Internal and external debates and
dialogue about issues and cases
- Integrating Annual Sustainability Report
and Financial Annual Report
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