Contents
Introduction
Management report Appendices Corporate governance Consolidated Financial Statements Company Financial Statements
Sustainable agriculture and food supply
KPI9: Our vision of We define our vision of how to improve the sustainability of the agricultural value chain for soy, palm oil, sugarcane, forestry, beef, dairy,
agribusiness value seafood, coffee, cocoa and bio-materials. We share our vision and actively participate in roundtables or similar initiatives to accelerate the
chains process of making these agricultural value chains more sustainable and work together with our clients to integrate the outcomes of these
dialogues into their business operations and achieve commercial success at the same time.
Methodology We measure and report the number of supply chain visions for each selected value chain. We publish these papers on our corporate website
and share this knowledge with our clients.
Terminology Our visions on agricultural chains which we define contain Rabobank's forward looking perspectives and criteria, how to improve and
accelerate sustainability with clear steps on the most important sustainability themes in a specific value chain. Further it contains how
Rabobank seeks to contribute to these ambitions. Visions are being developed since 2016 as part of our Sustainably Successful Together.
Previously Rabobank had published positioning papers on agricultural supply chains.These positioning papers contain our policies and
expectations on specific value chains. These have been incorporated in our Sustainability Policy Framework, available on rabobank.com.
KPI 9: Supporting Number of supported small-scale farmer organisations in developing countries in the year
farmers in developing
countries
Methodology
Terminology
Currently we measure and report the number of collective local community initiatives that have been supported by financing, time
investment or knowledge through the independent Rabobank Foundation during the year. The data is reported on an annual basis,
evaluated and aggregated to group level.
5 instruments with which Rabobank can contribute to small-scale farmers:
1. Micro loan
2. Trade financing short term
3. Guarantee for loan
4. Donations (for training)
5. Technical assistance
KP110: Reduce C02
emissions
Methodology
Terminology
By increasing energy efficiency and by reducing and making mobility and other services more sustainable, we aim to further reduce carbon
emissions per FTE per year by 2020 by 10% from 2013.
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, amongst others, DEFRA and the IEA. The operating information for the climate footprint report is based on
the period from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017.
Increasing energy efficiency means that we are committed to reduce our energy consumption as much as possible, for example by
facilitating teleworking in order to reduce employee travel time. Rabobank is also as sustainable as possible in its purchasing policies,
attempting to use renewable raw materials and contracts based on circular economic principles wherever we can.
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