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Responsibility Report 2013-2014

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best customer-brand dairy company in the world. We’ll achieve this by creating sustainable value for our customers as a modern, global partner delivering exceptional quality, service, innovation and insight – all while enriching lives around the globe.

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We attract, develop and engage great people, who bring to life a culture of caring, partnership and customer commitment.

Customers. We create sustainable value for our customers as a modern, global partner delivering exceptional quality, service, innovation and insight.

Capability. We develop modern capabilities in everything we do to remain essential to our customers’ success.

Risk. We identify, assess and manage our enterprisewide risk to ensure a sustainable future for ourselves, our customers and our communities.

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We care deeply about our customers, our communities and each other.

Partnership. We build meaningful relationships based on collaboration, commitment and trust.

Ownership. We own our future, and we’re each responsible for our actions and performance every day.

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We’re employee ownedWe’re proud of our ownership stake in Schreiber through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). We share something special, and that’s our common bond as owners of the company. We call ourselves “partners” rather than employees because we own our company.

Our ownership historyFounded in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1945, the L.D. Schreiber Cheese Company was owned solely by L.D. Schreiber, a “butter and egg” businessman from Chicago. On Oct. 1, 1962, a monumental event in Schreiber’s history took place as

L.D. Schreiber agreed to sell 49 percent of the company to 13 employees, who were responsible for the growing success of the company and wanted a stake in the business. Today, more than 50 years later, the company is owned by more than 5,300 partners.

Every day, we come to work knowing the choices we make, the ideas we initiate and the problems we solve will make a difference. This gives us a sense of pride in everything we do because we are striving to be the best customer-brand dairy company in the world. In the end, we share in the direct benefit of our hard work because we’re the owners of the company.

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We want our customers to be able to count on us today, tomorrow and for generations to come. Through great care and diligence, we’ve implemented and maintained rigid financial controls – including executive- and board-level approvals, checks and balances, an annual external financial audit and a robust corporate governance structure – all to ensure we remain a financially viable company. Maintaining these financial controls is a given; but our corporate responsibility goes well beyond financial controls. To ensure we remain a sustainable company for decades to come, we’re focused on four key areas –

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Our partners have always been and will always be a top priority for us. It’s very important that we sharpen their skills, develop their talent, help them live a healthy lifestyle and work safely. It’s the right thing to do for our partners, and it also helps us as a company. We become a more engaged and effective organization, which impacts our growth potential and creates value for our customers.

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We offer dozens of courses to help train and develop our partners. One of those courses is Partner Essentials. It’s a series of leadership classes that help partners get familiar with our history, our culture and learn new skills that can help them grow, both personally and professionally. More than 1,250 partners around the world are Partner Essentials grads, and they’re already putting their newly learned skills to work.

Other offerings include Accelerating Successful Transitions – a course to help partners transition to a new job role. About 85 percent of all partners transitioning to a new role completed this course to help make their job transition go as smoothly as possible. Another course, called Leading Edge, has helped hundreds of leaders get a better understanding of how they can support their direct reports through talent selection, performance management,

decision making and effective leadership behaviors. And through the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People workshop, hundreds of partners have sharpened their personal and interpersonal effectiveness.

We also offer a new suite of extensive, interactive learning courses lined up to help partners with job-specific training. For example, we’ve defined all the elements a partner in Finance or Sales needs to be successful in their role. These courses help partners clearly see what’s most important so they can build their individual development plans to gain the skills they need to grow and make a positive impact on the business.

To take it a step further, all of our salaried partners build their own individual development plans to best fit their specific goals.

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“Competency models have been paramount to our success as we continue the journey toward being customer-obsessed. Understanding what is needed to deliver on expectations internally and externally has been critical in our fast-paced global marketplace. With expectations defined and competencies calibrated, we have been able to execute, and results have proven out as we have built amazing teams. By tying that to succession planning and career development, our future is bright for both Schreiber and our customers.” > Mark, Schreiber partner

“Succession planning is our critical next step. Our talent is our differentiator. If we can’t identify what’s needed in the future for our partners and the gaps we currently have and start building them and developing them, we’re going to lose that competitive advantage.” > Tony, Schreiber partner

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For Schreiber to expand on our past success, we need strong leaders at every level who can guide the company forward. Succession planning is important on all levels within the organization – not just at the executive level.

How do we get our next generation of leaders ready? A key part of succession planning is competency models. These help us know what areas we need to focus on for our partners’ development. For example, what skills does a Sales partner need to be successful in that role? What skills, training and activities are needed to close any gaps and help that individual be more successful? That’s what the competency models help tell us, and we’ve developed them for every area within the company, which has already led to positive results.

Schreiber conducts yearly calibration sessions as a way for leaders to share feedback on the talent in the company, create growth opportunities and develop the next generation of leaders. One of our goals for 2015 is for partners to complete 20 hours of organized, classroom-type learning

annually to help them grow and lead us to a successful future.

The bottom line? We’re investing in our partners because we care about them. Their personal growth translates into success for Schreiber and our customers.



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“I’ve been participating in the interactive, online wellness program from day one. It really keeps me moving and motivated. I get 10,000 plus steps in each day. My husband and I were both in lower tiers with our health assessment. I had to really push my husband, but we both worked out and did other healthy activities to earn the points we needed to get back the money we were losing from being in a lower health tier. We actually used that money to go on a trip for our 30th wedding anniversary. Throughout the past 1.5 years, I’ve lost 45 pounds and feel great. I truly believe the wellness program has helped me lose this weight, along with becoming healthier by going through the courses and campaigns that are offered. “> Nancy, Schreiber partner

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We offer many different wellness benefits to help our partners live longer, healthier lives. These range from tobacco cessation programs and nutritional counseling to lunch-and-learn health sessions and wellness challenges. We’ve also adopted an interactive, online wellness tool. The

integration of voluntary health assessment data and personalized health goals has helped countless individuals reach health success. This resource enables our partners and spouses to be their best selves in all aspects of health.

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Keeping everyone safe in our facilities is a top priority – that includes our partners, visitors and everybody in our communities. It’s not enough to just meet safety and regulatory standards and OSHA requirements. Our goal is zero injuries. We want to ensure our partners go home safely every day to enjoy life with their families and friends.

Our safety record is among the best in the dairy industry. We’re proud to have a lost-time injury rate that’s a third of the industry average. Our medical-treatment injury rate is one-fifteenth of the industry average.

Our partnersWe have developed rigid and in-depth partner-safety training programs over many decades, and our training never stops. We retrain partners every step of the way – when the equipment, the process or even the job itself changes. When the training is complete, we check to make sure partners are using what they learned with safety audits. Our leaders are on the plant

floor conducting Partner Safety Observations – more than 2,000 of them each quarter.

We’re constantly modernizing our facilities so we can work smarter and safer. Our safety processes, audits and records are online and automated. The paperless system is streamlined and ensures information is always up to date and accurate. We’ve also deployed hundreds of robots and automated machines throughout our global production and distribution network to help our partners avoid heavy lifting and repetitive work.

Our communities and guestsNot only are we focused on keeping our partners safe, but we also want to keep our guests and the citizens in our communities safe. We strive to avoid all potential hazards in our facilities and make sure we’re prepared in the unlikely event of an emergency. Every year in every plant, our emergency response teams train and perform multiple mock drills and go through 24 hours of HAZMAT (hazardous material)

training to ensure they stay sharp and know exactly what to do.

But keeping our communities safe requires teamwork. That’s why our emergency response teams work directly with the fire department, emergency medical technicians and a HAZMAT response team in their communities.

It’s always great to have visitors, and we want to make sure their visit is enjoyable and safe. We brief everyone who steps into our facilities on safety – what they need to be aware of, precautions, what to do if there is an emergency and more. Frequent guests, like contractors who stay with us for an extended period of time, are also required to take a safety course.

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“We take a very proactive approach to safety.We’re always looking for better ways to be safe. It’s a critical part of our training.”> Jeff, Schreiber partner

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We feel it’s important to support our partners when they rally together to help one of their fellow partners in a time of need. We do that through a program called Partners Helping Partners (PHP). Here’s how it works. When a partner is going through a difficult time, other partners want to help however they can. One thing they’ll do is organize fundraisers, and Schreiber matches partner donations.

“At the Fairview plant in Carthage, Missouri, we have a really energetic core group of partners who promote the caring spirit and encourage everyone to chip in and support each other when they need help. The group organizes various types of fundraising events, like meals, prized drawings, silent auctions and fun events like chili cook-offs.”> Audri, Schreiber partner

PHP Funds Raised Schreiber Match Total Raised

2014 $77,399 $77,399 $154,798

2013 $73,642 $73,642 $147,281

2012 $72,860 $72,860 $145,723

2011 $72,829 $72,829 $145,389

2010 $99,440 $103,237 $202,677

2009 $60,254 $62,076 $123,330

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Embracing differences – whether it’s different backgrounds, degrees, experiences, nationalities or ways of thinking – is tremendously important to Schreiber. Diversity and inclusion is not just another training course partners go through; it’s a way of thinking and being. While fostering an inclusive environment is part of our social responsibility, it also helps us better serve our customers and their diverse needs.

Global Inclusion teamOur Global Inclusion team is a group of partners committed to fostering a welcoming and comfortable workplace for everybody. Our goal is to promote an environment where every partner can grow personally and professionally, appreciate and celebrate differences and acknowledge and respect contributions. In 2014, partners displayed their desire to learn from the best of the best by hosting a discussion panel titled “Modern and Global: Nurturing our Culture of Inclusion” in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The event was open to partners and community members and featured subject-matter experts from several leading-edge companies who shared their insights and provided additional inspiration.

Network of Women Business Leaders (NOWBL)NOWBL is an all-inclusive group of partners working to not only develop and support women leaders, but to also create gender-balanced leadership teams. NOWBL provides a forum for participants – both male and female – to exchange ideas, celebrate personal and career accomplishments, create peer mentoring opportunities and much more.

Championing diversityTo attract, develop and engage great people, we need to be able to respect and appreciate people from all over the world, regardless of their age, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, nationality and other differences. That’s why Schreiber

offers a Championing Diversity course. Through this course, partners challenge unproductive beliefs and stereotypes, learn about the dynamics of a changing workforce and understand the value that diversity brings for our suppliers and customers.

Diversity vendor partnershipSchreiber embraces women- and minority-owned businesses within our supply chain. The supplier diversity program has been a company focus for the past 17 years. The program aims to include diverse suppliers in requests for proposalwhen considering business-spending opportunities.

“One of the things I really love about being on the Global Inclusion team is that we have a real opportunity to drive business results by focusing on ways to cultivate and nurture our already incredible culture of inclusion.” > Michael, Schreiber partner

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We strive to be a leader in food safety and quality – not just for our customers, but for everyone who enjoys dairy products. Our manufacturing plants adhere to a robust food-safety process, and we’ve enlisted our suppliers to advance and standardize their food-safety and quality programs. But that’s not enough for us. We’ve joined our peers and competitors to advance best practices throughout the dairy industry.

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Schreiber is deeply committed to manufacturing and distributing safe, wholesome, quality products. We use state-of-the-art quality systems and processes to make product that consistently meets customer and regulatory specifications.

Here are some ways we make it happen:

• We have a robust Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system to onboard and manage products and packaging in a systematic, comprehensive and efficient manner.

• We use Lean Six Sigma principles to ensure work is completed efficiently with little waste.

• We monitor and track metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure ourselves and highlight areas of strength and opportunities. We set targets for product incidents, complaint rates, first-pass quality, audit scores and much more.

• We arm cross-functional teams with problem-solving tools, including Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA),

problem solving circles and Visual Work Instructions (VWI), to identify and resolve challenges and improve performance.

The “Big 5”The Big 5 is the cornerstone of our food safety program. It focuses on five principles that guide sustainable food-safety performance: traffic patterns, good manufacturing practices, infrastructure, equipment design and sanitation.

What does that mean?

Let’s look at sanitation as an example. We want to ensure our facilities and our equipment are cleaned properly each and every time. We worked with industry experts to create a best-in-class Sanitation Essentials training program in our plants. Our dairy sanitation professionals are certified experts on basic cleaning steps, clean-out-of-place (COP), clean-in-place (CIP), validation, chemistry of sanitizers and more. We want to be a leader in sanitation practices, and we won’t settle for less.

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7-step cleaning processWe use a thorough 7-step cleaning and sanitation process to ensure food safety on our production lines. The first step is dry cleaning, similar to sweeping the crumbs off the counter in your kitchen. Next, we pre-rinse and then it’s time for soap and scrubbing. When we’re done with these steps, we rinse and inspect to make sure we did a thorough cleaning job. During cleaning, we likely took apart some equipment; so after cleaning, we put the equipment back together and then do a pre-operational inspection. The final step is ensuring there are no microbes left, so we sanitize.

This is just an overview of the extensive systems, processes and company principles that fulfill our commitment to food safety.

SuppliersWe can’t make high-quality products without high-quality ingredients. That’s why we hold our suppliers to a robust approval and auditing program – looking at quality and how the products are procured and handled. The guidelines we give our suppliers state that any milk used in our products must come from farms that take part in a verifiable animal care program, like the National Dairy FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) program.

Making products everyone can enjoy is a team effort. By collaborating with our suppliers on food safety and animal care, we’ve established an exchange of best practices that is mutually beneficial. We exchange ideas early and often to continue to move food safety forward.

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We’re committed to continuous improvement in food safety and quality and take part in the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). All of our food manufacturing facilities have achieved food-safety certification from globally recognized organizations – Safe Quality Food (SQF) level 3, Foundation for Food Safety Certification (FSSC) 22000 or British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Schreiber takes a lead role working with other companies in the dairy industry to advance food safety through the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. We helped create educational food-safety training courses for dairy manufacturers and processors. Since the program started in 2010, more than 1,750 students have taken part.

Here are a few more examples of our efforts:

• Consolidating industry-developed food-safety best practices with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, regulatory agencies and food and dairy association experts. This helps reach out to even more companies in the industry.

• Supporting global pathogen research. Our experts are joining other scientists, academics and suppliers to evaluate existing pathogen research and determine future needs.

• Serving on the Animal Care Committee of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Together we’re moving the industry forward on best practices for animal care and ensuring dairy farms across the country are participating in the strongest animal care programs possible. Mandatory participation, scientifically defendable best practices, and audits will be the foundation of the program. Our efforts will result in a strong animal care policy and accountability for the dairy industry.

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We want to make sure we’re doing our part to promote a healthy environment in our communities. We’re constantly searching for innovative, eco-friendly food packaging ideas. We’re recycling and creating energy from byproducts. We’re using less energy and water. We’re constantly reexamining our supply chain to make it more efficient, reduce the number of trucks on the road and use less fuel.

We’ve teamed up with experts, suppliers and customers to share ideas and put the best ones to work. Together, we’re making a larger impact. Ultimately, we’re continuously working to have a positive impact on our environment – for ourselves, our communities and our world.

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building strong, secure partnerships with our suppliers. Our suppliers are more than vendors; they’re vital partners who play a significant role in the lifecycle of our products.”> Janet, Schreiber partner

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Zero waste going to the landfill That’s our goal. It means repurposing and recycling as much as we can and keeping residual waste to a minimum.

How do we do it? We go through the trash and separate recyclables and non-recyclables. Then, we look for ways to reduce, reuse or recycle the waste. Some solutions have a bigger impact on the environment than others, so we use a resource-renewable hierarchy to guide us.

We’re working to find ways to reduce, reuse or recycle all waste at our facilities. From digesters that convert waste into energy to recycling bins in our break rooms and everything we can think of in between, we’re making strides toward this goal every day.

ReduceWe’re always looking for innovative, eco-friendly packaging ideas. We want to design packaging with sustainability in mind for many reasons – we’re using less material to make it, less trash will be sent to landfills and it’s the right thing to do. We want to reduce waste in our facilities so that every bag, cup

or package that goes through the line is filled properly.

Packaging includes the boxes used to ship our products. It’s important that we protect our products and the environment at the same time, so we’re always looking for better ways to use materials.

• We’re now using a stand-up pouch for shredded cheese. This smaller bag packs a big punch. It uses less flexible packaging than the traditional bag – 260,000 less pounds in 2014. A more compact design means we can ship more efficiently – 9,000 more pounds on each truck. And this smart design makes it easier for our customers to put product on the shelves. With more customers lining up for this innovative design – we expect more savings with a larger impact.

• Every inch counts when using corrugated-cardboard boxes. We revamped the design, reducing the cutout of 72 cases by half an inch. The result – 2 percent savings in corrugate.

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ReuseWe’ve found an innovative and sustainable solution for wastewater in Richland Center, Wisconsin, where we have two yogurt producing plants. The Richland Center Renewable Energy (RCRE) wastewater treatment facility generates renewable energy for the community. It runs high-strength wastewater through digesters and produces biogas that is used to generate electricity – up to 1.7 megawatts per year. Since starting up in spring 2013, RCRE has generated nearly 12 million kilowatt-hours of green power, displacing an equivalent amount of fossil fuel-based power. In 2013, RCRE was awarded the “Renewable Energy Customer-Generator of the Year” award by RENEW Wisconsin, a non-profit organization promoting clean energy strategies for powering Wisconsin’s economy.

RecycleThere are many different items that can be recycled. Some things are obvious, like paper or aluminum cans. But if you do a little research, you’ll find there’s an outlet for almost anything. We’re recycling everything from corrugated cardboard to flexible film to pallets and plastic cups. To the right are just some of our numbers from fiscal year 2014 (FIG. A)

Working togetherTeamwork is creating big results in our zero-waste efforts. In 2014, we put our heads together with suppliers and an industry leader to look at waste streams and the best ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. We researched the best ways to keep waste out of landfills and created the Zero Waste Sustainability Report. It covers everything from food to dozens of kinds of plastic and packaging materials.

“The best way to achieve sustainability is by working together with our suppliers. Our supply chain is very complex and by working with our suppliers we can find innovative solutions.”

> Janet, Schreiber partner

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RESOURCE-RENEWABLE HIERARCHY AND DEFINITIONS

Source Reduction and Reuse: Reducing waste at its source and preventing it before it’s ever created; Reusing items rather than disposing of them.

Feeding People: Donating fresh, wholesome food to those in need (e.g. food banks, soup kitchens and shelters).

Feeding Animals: Feeding safe food scraps to animals.

Recycling: The collection of used, reused or unused items that would otherwise be considered waste; sorting and processing the recyclable products into raw materials; and remanufacturing the recycled raw materials into new products.

Energy Recovery: The conversion of non-recyclable waste materials into useable heat, electricity or fuel through a variety of processes, including combustion, gasification, pyrolization and landfill gas (LFG) recovery.

Industrial Uses: Rendering fats, oils, and grease and turning them into products or biofuel. Using food scraps to create renewable energy and a valuable soil amendment.

Composting: Turning food waste and non-food waste (biodegradables and organic materials) into a valuable soil amendment.

Incineration or Landfill: Landfill is a least preferred option, since it does not utilize resources in waste. In addition, landfilled waste can cause contamination of soil and groundwater. Incineration without energy recovery is also least preferred, as it results in the loss of resources or energy content that could otherwise be harvested.

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There’s a lot of equipment that goes into running a manufacturing plant. Lights, lines, forklifts, refrigerators – they all need energy to run. We’re finding ways to do the same things using less energy.

Here are some ways we’re keeping energy reduction top of mind.

• Lights are a must. But using a lot of energy is not. That’s why we are shifting to modern lighting technology, like LED lights, fluorescents, ceramic metal halide and motion sensors. With recent upgrade projects, it’s made a significant impact at two of our plants.

• New construction projects offer new opportunities to minimize energy usage. When we designed a new distribution center in Richland Center, Wisconsin, we looked at the different design options and the lifecycle impact of each. We made longer-term energy goals a priority - opting for high-efficiency lighting and refrigeration systems.

Fuel reductionOur products sometimes have to travel long distances to reach our customers, but we’re doing our part to reduce freight miles and emissions. Ultimately, we’re shipping things more efficiently.

Schreiber has plants and distribution centers strategically located. Our goal is to find the shortest distance from point A to point B, with the fewest number of stops and transfers.

When we put a truck on the road, we want it to be a full truckload. We want to make the most of our resources, and that means we’re optimizing our shipments every day. Here’s just one example:

We worked with a customer that was using the same shipping route as us between Arizona and Wisconsin. We basically started carpooling - shipping our product and our customer’s product in the same truck over 1,800 miles, eight times a week.

Fewer miles. Fuller trucks. It just makes sense.

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Working togetherWe’re doing our best to reduce fuel and emissions, and we’re working together with others to do even more.

In 2013, we sponsored a transportation working group – collaborating with suppliers and carriers to share best practices. Together we identified the top ways to make transportation more efficient, ranging from route optimization to fuel usage and driver behavior to fleet utilization. Read more in our Transportation Sustainability report.

A greener alternative Did you know you can use a byproduct of sugar cane for fuel? It’s technology we’re putting to use at our Baramati, India, plant. Sugar cane pellets are made from remnants of stalk that come from the sugar refining process. It’s agricultural waste – making sugar cane pellets carbon-neutral fuel. So instead of using heavy oil for fuel, we now have biomass boilers to power our production.

Water reduction is very important to us, and we’re reexamining our goals. Yogurt has become a bigger piece of our business, and making yogurt requires a lot of water. We’re working harder than ever to find responsible ways to use this valuable resource.

We use water to make our products and clean our production lines. All that water can really add up. That’s why we only use the water we need. But it doesn’t just end there. We want to do our part to responsibly take care of the wastewater we create.

Partners at our Merlin G. Bush plant in Green Bay, Wisconsin, installed a closed-looped recirculating-type system to cool air compressors at the plant. Instead of consuming and discharging water, the system continually uses cooling fluid. It saves 30,000 gallons of water per day. That’s enough water to fill 17 Olympic-sized swimming pools per year.

Water is essential to life and one of the world’s most precious resources. Every gallon matters, and we’re committed to saving every drop we can.

“We believe integrating sustainability throughout the supplier network requires a collaborative approach. Working groups are agile teams of suppliers and industry leaders who face challenges to reduce costs and impacts, while sharing best practices. Members of a working group look for innovative solutions with measurable results within a specific period of time.”

> Colleen, Schreiber partner

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Our partners are very generous with their time, talent and treasure. In addition to volunteering and providing financial support, they serve on hundreds of advisory councils, boards and planning committees to enrich lives in all of our communities.

In FY14, we contributed more than $2 million to community organizations through partner gifts, Schreiber gifts and supplier gifts.

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We contribute to a variety of non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations in the following areas:

• Health and human services – We support organizations that are dedicated to improving the physical and emotional well-being of people of all ages. Our focus areas are children and families, health and wellness, youth development, basic needs and self-sufficiency.

• Community development – We recognize that our local communities can be strengthened by the volunteer efforts of community and civic organizations.

• Education and life-long learning – Generations of Schreiber partners have supported strong education systems in the communities we operate in. We believe life-long learning is critical to the well-being of our community and its economy.

• Cultural and ethnic inclusion – We believe in the importance of diversity in maintaining a healthy community for everyone, regardless of race, gender, nationality or beliefs.

• Environmental sustainability – We support organizations that promote a healthy environment in the community by encouraging activities that positively impact the environment.

“I strongly believe that giving back to the community you are a part of is an essential part of being a citizen, a professional and a human being. To work for an organization that supports that concept is an amazing and refreshing thing. Not only supporting the community and each other in financial giving, but also having partners who truly commit to giving their talent and time is what really sets the bar high. The fact that Schreiber supports and encourages that participation is what helps make it happen. I’m so proud to be a small part of the huge impact made by Schreiber and its partners.”> Heather, Schreiber partner

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Our partners are at the heart of our community enrichment efforts. In fact, most of our fundraising events are driven by partners themselves. To support and further encourage our partners’ efforts, we provide a company match for each approved community fundraising event. If at least three partners are actively involved in the event or organization, they’ll be considered for the match.

There are hundreds of examples of our partners stepping up to support local non-profit organizations that are near to their hearts. Here are just a few examples:

Shippensburg partners give backThe holidays are a time to give for partners at the Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, plant. For the past seven years, Shippensburg partners have donated in multiple ways to King’s Kettle Food Bank, and Schreiber has matched many of those fundraising campaigns for clothing, toys and more. In 2014, Shippensburg

partners donated enough food items for 126 Thanksgiving meals. They collected potatoes, stuffing, gravy, vegetables, cranberry sauce and other items, and the plant provided the turkeys. Several partners volunteered their time at King’s Kettle to help hand out the meals to local families in need. Schreiber was also the primary sponsor of the King’s Kettle 5K Turkey Trot, donating $5,000.

Richland Center partners support United Givers Partners from the Richland Center and Richland Center West plants in Wisconsin donated more than $12,000 (including Schreiber’s company match) to the Richland County United Givers in 2013. The organization raises money for non-profit organizations serving the needs of residents in the greater Richland County area, like the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Greater Richland Area Cancer Elimination (G.R.A.C.E.), Richland Community Free Clinic and SOUL Kitchen.

Missouri partners give back in a big way Partners across our Missouri locations have given more than $10,000 through their participation in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in 2013 and 2014. With the company match, the relays have netted more than $20,000 for the plants’ local American Cancer Society chapters.

The Missouri locations have also participated in events for the Alzheimer’s Association, American Heart Association, Cystic Fibrosis and Multiple Sclerosis Society to raise funds and awareness for these organizations.

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United Way Partners are encouraged to have a positive impact on their communities through United Way workplace-giving campaigns. Throughout the company, partners contributed $391,015 ($658,791 with the company match) in FY13, and $419,275 ($692,570 with the company match) in FY14.

Our plant locations have the opportunity to decide how they’ll match partner contributions to their local United Way or United Givers. Most locations continue to match each partner’s contribution dollar for dollar up to $5,000, and 50 cents per dollar beyond $5,000. If a location has at least 75 percent partner participation, we match the entire amount dollar for dollar. If a location doesn’t have a local United Way or chooses to support a different organization, we match those donations, too.

Brown County United Way honors SchreiberSchreiber was presented with the Brown County (Wisconsin) United Way’s Outstanding Corporate Support Award in 2014. The award recognized Schreiber for multiple contributions to the United Way in 2013, including breaking the $400,000 donation mark – an 18 percent increase in donations from 2012 – sponsoring the Loaned Executive program, supporting the campaign kickoff and emerging leader school events, participating in diaper and blanket collection drives, and the many partners who serve on various boards, councils and teams.

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CommITOur CommIT group is focused on making a bigger impact in the Green Bay, Wisconsin, community. In addition to supporting the United Way and organizing fundraising activities, the group raises awareness about benefactors and creates volunteer opportunities for partners.

The group raised $16,131 in FY13 and $18,423 in FY14 through events such as Candy for a Cause, a summer and fall cookout, nacho sales, Oktoberfest event, Daffodil days and holiday cheese-box sales. These fundraisers benefited organizations such as Special Spaces, Ecumenical Partnership for Housing, Doty Elementary Natural Playground Fund, the American Cancer Society, NEW Community Shelter and several more.

Through annual holiday cheese box sales, as well as other fundraising activities lined up for 2015, CommIT is supporting Inspire Sports, an organization that creates athletic

opportunities for individuals with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities in a family-friendly atmosphere. CommIT is also supporting My Team Triumph, an athletic ride-along program created for children, teens, adults and veterans with disabilities who would normally not be able to experience endurance events such as triathlons or road races.

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Not all of our donations are financial. We also give product donations to help support benefits, local run/walk events and countless fundraisers to help those in need in our communities.

Through our partnership with Feeding America, the largest nonprofit food donation organization in the U.S., we donate protein-rich products weekly from our production facilities. These are, in turn, distributed to more than 200 regional food banks and shelters.

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Our annual Schreiber Charity Golf Classic invites Schreiber’s suppliers to play in a team golf event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that benefits non-profits making a significant impact in our communities.

In 24 years, the Golf Classic has raised more than $4.2 million for charitable organizations. 100 percent of the donations made by our suppliers go directly to the beneficiaries, and we pay for all event expenses.

Our 2013 Golf Classic raised $248,750 for Area Community Health Emissaries (ACHE Dental) in Carthage, Missouri, and the American Foundation of Counseling Services in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Our 2014 Golf Classic raised more than $247,000 for Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency (CAPSA) in Logan, Utah, and N.E.W. Curative in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The money donated will benefit these organizations in very meaningful ways:

CAPSAThe mission of CAPSA is to provide safe, caring, and confidential shelter, advocacy, and support for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. It also tries to reduce incidents of abuse through prevention education. Proceeds from the Golf Classic were used to build transitional housing for victims of abuse. That’s because in 2013, needs were so great CAPSA had to turn away 150 people.

N.E.W. CurativeN.E.W. Curative provides supportive and vocational services to people with disabilities, older adults and their families. Services are designed to help people achieve their goals for independence. Funds raised from the Golf Classic are being used to purchase technology that enhances programs and services for people with disabilities, the elderly and their families. Communication devices, modified keyboards, touch screens, tablets and proprietary software are a few of the assistive technology items that are benefiting the clients and helping to improve their daily lives.

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2013 - 2014 responsibility report

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Greetings,

I’m very pleased to share our second in-depth Responsibility Report.

When we published our first report two years ago, it became evident to me that our partners, our customers, our suppliers and our communities wanted to hear more about HOW we were getting our work done. I think our stakeholders knew that we were a healthy company with a vision to become the world’s best customer-brand dairy company. But were we completing our daily work in a way that was good to our people, good to our food, good to our communities and good to our earth?

I don’t think it’s any surprise that the thousands of customers that buy the products we make and the billions of people who ultimately consume them would want to know that the products were produced safely, humanely and sustainably.

It’s one thing for me to say it; it’s another thing to prove it, and that’s really what this report is about. It’s to give you facts and information about how we’re doing, as well as to give you a glimpse of our goals and objectives for the future.

I want you to know that I remain deeply and personally committed to this effort, and I look forward to sharing updates with you on our progress in the months and years ahead.

Mike HaddadPresident and CEOSchreiber Foods

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