Appendix 1 About this report
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Contents Foreword Management report Corporate governance Consolidated Financial Statements Company Financial Statements Pillar 3
The Rabobank Annual Report 2016 is prepared in accordance
with the Comprehensive option of the fourth generation of
the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines (GRI G4). The GRI G4
Index is presented in Appendix 5. The Integrated Reporting
Framework of the IIRC (International Integrated Reporting
Council) served as a foundation in the preparation of the
content and outline of our management report.
Scope and boundaries
The Rabobank Annual Report 2016 relates to the reporting
period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 and was published
on 21 March 2017 on Rabobank's corporate website.
The materiality analysis ensures that we cover all material
economic, social and environmental topics within our Annual
Report. The information in this report relates to Rabobank
Group as a whole; we consolidated data for all Rabobank's
entities and divisions. We have chosen not to include any
data from outside Rabobank, since we believe we have the
greatest direct impact through our own operations. For more
information on our value chain visions, please refer to the
Rabobank materiality analysis
Situation on 31 December 2016
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chapter 'Stimulating sustainable agriculture'. Rabobank includes
the data of newly acquired businesses as of the year following
the acquisition. Rabobank no longer reports on divested units
from the time of divestment. The Rabobank Annual Report 2016
aims to provide a complete, concise and accurate view of our
performance. When the reporting is limited to a selection of the
group divisions within or outside of the Netherlands, or when
a less comprehensive view is being presented, this is indicated
explicitly in the relevant report topic.
Materiality
Determining the topics for this year's report began with
an analysis of the material themes identified in 2015. We first
evaluated the relevance of each topic by checking with
internal experts to ensure alignment with the current strategic
approach. We defined a list of 15 topics on the basis of this
evaluation. A materiality matrix was used to determine the
relevance of topics for both Rabobank and our stakeholders.
As such, the impact of each topic on Rabobank was determined
based on Rabobank's strategic documents and validated by
the Executive Board. The impact of each topic on stakeholders
was validated by a thorough process of desk research, including
minutes from our stakeholder dialogues held throughout the
year. The results of the 2015 and 2016 analyses were averaged
to reflect all stakeholders' interests over the longer term.
The table below provides insight into how each topic is tied
to the strategic pillars of Rabobank's Strategic Framework
2016-2020. It also includes references to the relevant page
numbers within the report where we describe the management
approach and performance per topic.
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Impact on Rabobank
Rock-solid bank 0 Meaningful cooperative
0 Complete customer focus Empowered employees
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