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The topics listed in the materiality matrix, as well as the topics
listed in the value creation model, are all included in the 2015
Annual Report and in the 2015 corporate social responsibility
report. With this we align with the guidelines of GRI and with
the reporting framework of the IIRC in involving the interests of
our stakeholders in the Annual Report.
GRI principle: completeness
The information in this report relates to all Rabobank Group
divisions. Information is collected via stakeholder meetings with
various interest groups and from central information systems
or sources. There where the reporting does not go as far and is
limited to only one or a few group divisions within or outside
of the Netherlands, this is indicated explicitly. This is also the
case when no complete picture can be provided about a topic.
About new business units that were acquired, Rabobank reports
the entire year following the acquisition.
Rabobank no longer reports on divested units from the time of
the divestment.
Data collection
The collection of data about sustainability in Rabobank Group
divisions takes place the same way as in 2014. Substantively,
the department Sustainability is responsible for this; Control
Rabobank Group (CRG) takes care of the data collection.
The sustainability data of the group divisions and of the
local Rabobanks is obtained with the help of qualitative
and quantitative questionnaires.The questionnaires are
based on internal business principles and policy and on
external guidelines that are approved by Rabobank Group.
The sustainability coordinator of the respective group division
or the local Rabobank is responsible for the collection and
reporting. Data from central management information systems
is also included. CRG and Sustainability perform a plausibility
check after the submission. If submitted data is incomplete,
then it can be extrapolated. It is explicitly stated in the report
where this is the case.
We derive the reported sustainability information about local
Rabobanks as much as possible from Rabobank's automated
systems. We collect data from local Rabobanks that is not
recorded in central systems via a questionnaire (the 2015 C&D
monitor) that is completed by local Rabobanks. The response to
these questions has a subjective aspect.
Calculation information internal company
environmental care
The data with regard to Rabobank's internal business
operations are mostly based on invoices or on registration and
management information from own management information
systems or from providers. For the necessary conversions, the
factors from reliable sources and from determined protocols are
used.The climate footprint is calculated according to the most
recent directives of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) and the
associated C02 conversion factors originate from, among others,
DEFRA, CE Delft and the Dutch Emissions Authority.
The operating information for the climate footprint report is
based on the period from 1 October 2014 to 30 September
2015.
The integral Annual Review and the corporate social
responsibility report (in the Annual Report) will be published
on 16 March 2016 on Rabobank's corporate website.
127 Appendices to the corporate social responsibility report 2015
