Appendix 4 Dialogue with social welfare
organisations and dialogue with clients
Contents Introduction Management report Appendices
Corporate governance
Consolidated Financial Statements
Company Financial Statements
Dialogue with social welfare organisations
This table provides a list of examples of dialogues that
the sustainability department of Rabobank is engaged in
with environmental organisations, and/or social welfare
organisations. For each organisation, the topics covered
and the outcomes are given.
Dialogues with organisations in 2017
Organisations
Topic
Action
1
Milieudefensie
Agro commodities and
deforestation
Shared and discussed views in context of Rabobank Sustainability Framework
2
Oxfam Novib
Climate change/Tax policy/
Sustainability of Supply
Chains
Shared and discussed views in context of Rabobank Sustainability Framework and current practices
3
Landdialoog/ Interlaken
group
Embedding of Land Rights
Active participation in Landdialoog (e.g. member organizing committee of the Dutch Land
Dialogue, contribution to workshop on 'free prior and informed consent (FPIC)', contribution to a
panel during collective meeting of the Landdialoog and the Interlaken Group, participation in the
Interlaken group)
4
Fair Finance Guide
International/ Eerlijke
Bankwijzer
Research on Human Rights
Discussion of research methodology of research on extractive industries
5
IMVO Convenant/ Dutch
Banking Agreement
Human Rights adherence
Active participation in IMVO
6
VBDO
Tax transparency
Provided information for annual taxTB. Rabobank's tax policy was benchmarked a shared 6th rank
7
Banktrack
Human Rights impact
briefing
Filled out questionnaire
8
Environmental Paper
Network/ Banktrack
Policies for financing pulp
and paper
Policies for financing pulp and paper
9
EIA/Greenpeace
Palm oil practices in
Indonesia
Discussion on the workings of the RSPO and the Rabobank Sustainability Framework
10
FNV/ Fair Finance Guide
International/ Eerlijke
Bankwijzer
Granite Sector Report
Shared and discussed views in context of Rabobank Sustainability Framework
11
Amnesty International
Human Rights
Shared and discussed views in context of the update of the Rabobank Sustainability Framework
12
FAIRR
Animal Welfare/Antibiotics
Shared and discussed views in context of Rabobank Sustainability Framework
13
Oxfam Novib
Land Governance, Tax
transparency
Shared and discussed views in context of the update of the Rabobank Sustainability Framework
14
WAP
Animal Welfare/Fur Trade
Shared and discussed views in context of the update of the Rabobank Sustainability Framework
15
The Humane Society
Animal Welfare
Shared and discussed views in context of the update of the Rabobank Sustainability Framework
16
Global March
Child labor
Shared and discussed views in context of the update of the Rabobank Sustainability Framework
17
Rainforest Action Network/
Banktrack
Tar Sands
Provided information on views and implementation of policy on Tar Sands; Rabobank shared 2nd
rank in report on Banks contribution to the Paris Agreement
18
Amnesty International/ FNV
mondiaal/TuKlndonesia/
Elsam
Palm Oil Business in
Indonesia
Discussed the current situation in the palm oil industry/ provided information on views on and
implementation of palm oil policy
19
Tobacco Free Portfolios
Tobacco
Clarified position, policy and exposure to tobacco manufacturing
20
Banktrack
Developments in corporate
transparency, accountability
and dialogue
Provided information, answers and feedback to study on follow-ups on previous research and
consultations
21
WAP/Fair Finance Guide
International
Animal Welfare
Provided reaction for briefing on barn fires, shared and discussed views on barn fires
22
Facing Finance
Human Rights in Extractive
industries
Provided information for annual report on human rights
Rabobank Annual Report 2017 - Appendices
113
