Appendix 1 About this Report
The Rabobank Annual Report 2018 has been prepared in accordance with the legal requirements of
section 2:391 of the Dutch civil code and the Dutch legal guidelines for management board reports,
RJ 400 and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards: Core option. This report also meets the
requirements of the EU directive. The GRI Content Index is presented in the download at
www.rabobank.com. Financial information in the report has been derived from the financial
statements. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). 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. In addition, specific guidelines have been followed for certain
performance indicators such as the Greenhouse Gas protocol for C02emissions. If specific guidelines
have been used, this is explained in appendix 2.
About this
Report
Chairman's
Foreword
Corporate
Management Report Appendices Governance
Consolidated Financial Company Financial
Statements Statements
Scope and Boundaries
The 2018 Rabobank Annual Report relates to the reporting period
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 and was published on
March 14,2019 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
Rabobank chooses to disclose concerns our progress on the most
relevant material topics for 2018, no. 2, 5, 6, 8,12,13,14 and 16
which are described in the connection table below. The
information set forth in this report relates to Rabobank Group as
a whole; it presents consolidated data for all Rabobank's entities
and divisions. All operating information relates to the reporting
period except for that on our climate footprint, which is based on
the period from October 12017 to September 30,2018. The
Annual Report includes the data of newly acquired businesses as
of the year following acquisition. Rabobank no longer reports on
divested units for the whole reporting year. The 2018 Rabobank
Annual Report aims to provide a complete, concise and accurate
view of our performance. The report indicates explicitly whether
reporting is limited to a selection of the group divisions within
or outside of the Netherlands, or if a less comprehensive view is
being presented.
Materiality
Determining the topics for this year's report began with an
analysis of the material themes identified in 2017. We defined a
list of 18 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 Managing Board. The impact of
each topic on stakeholders was validated by a thorough process
of desk research and a big data analysis. The Materiality
Connection Table provides insight into how the most relevant
material topics connects to the four strategic cornerstones. It also
includes references to the chapter describing the management
approach and performance per topic.
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