Royal Wessanen nv

Wessanen & sustainability

25 July 2012

www.wessanen.com @RoyalWessanen

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What is organic?!

Strict criteria to be allowed to be labelled organicDemonstrably free from GMO, pesticides and growth hormonesStrict rules on animal welfareSevere restrictions on fertilisers, herbicides and pesticidesSevere restrictions on additives and processing aids

All about being produced and processed in line with organic principles

Organic products promote health and well-being

Holding benefits for the planet and for future generations

All about nutrition and taste !

Organic food is controlled by a unique European certification system

At Wessanen, our vision is to make our organic brands most desired in Europe

“Sustainability is an essential and

natural part of our daily work.”

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Wessanen’s Strategy

ECONOMIC LOGIC Preferred brands that can

command a premium European scale (COGS,

innovation, expertise)

VEHICLES Own/build organic

pioneering brands in all relevant food channels

Focus on sizeable, growing markets and categories where organic creates value

Acquire businesses with strong brands and European potential

DIFFERENTIATORS Preferred brands and impactful innovation Superior product quality Orchestration of a fast, flexible and efficient value chain We are Europe’s No 1 and committed to Organic: our people have

credibility and expertise (OEC) and we provide the most comprehensive thought leadership, service, consumer insight, product range

ARENAS Healthy & sustainable nutrition through organic food in Europe

STAGING Boost growth of current

business and resolve ‘big bets’ (OGSM!)

At least one major acquisition p.a.

Divest non-core businesses at sensible speed

Attractiveness organic food markets

European organic food an attractive, growing segment Size €21 bn; 2011 growth around 6% <3% of total European food market

Increasing consumer appreciation

Still low per capita consumption

European Union <€30> p.a.

Consumers increasingly convinced of benefits of organic foodregarding health, taste and environment

Grocery and HFS channels developing at different growth path Decline percentage of households shopping in HFS channel in

the Netherlands halted

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Wessanen Business principles

Compliance with laws: being a responsible partner in society, acting with integrity towards all stakeholders and others who can be affected by our activities

Environment: in line with commitment to sustainable development, we will do all that is reasonable and practicable to minimise adverse effects on the environment

Product safety: we aim at all times to supply safe products and services

Free market competition: we support free market competition as basis of conducting business; we observe applicable competition laws and regulations

Child, bonded and forced labour: under no circumstances we are making use of forced or bonded labour; we do not employ children in violation of relevant conventions of ILO

Human rights: we support and respect human rights and strive to ensure that our activities do not make it an accessory to infringements of human rights

We expect suppliers and business partners to comply with the above principles

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Commitment to minimise environmental impact

Committed to minimising impact on environment by measuring and monitoring the effects of our operations

All our organic products are free of GMO

We are working on reducing our CO2 footprint and usage of water

Additionally, organic products do not use pesticides, therefore contributing to a decrease

ISO 14001 is an internationally recognised standard for embedding processes to analyse and reduce our impact on the environment

Additional information at www.wessanen.com for

sustainability, such as

GRI G3 table | Performance fact sheet

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Wessanen’s supply chain

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Palm oil - member RSPO

Palm oil is important, versatile raw material for food

Only be cultivated in tropical areas of Asia, Africa and South America

Concerns that demand causing expansion of plantations into eco-sensitive areas

Since March 2011 Member of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Global multi-stakeholder initiative

Encouraging sustainable production/use palm oil

Wessanen commits to organisation’s objectives

In 2011, we developed policy to govern palm oil sourcing and guidelines for implementation in

partnership with our suppliers

Committed to switching palm oil to RSPO certified sustainable palm oil during 2012-13

RSPO certified segregated palm oil for organic

GREEN PALM certificates for conventional

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Organic Expertise Centre (OEC)

We established our internal expertise - named OEC - in 2010 To stimulate exchange of knowledge / experience that is widely available

within Wessanen To educate and inspire our internal / external stakeholders in organic values

Specialists join forces and work on pan-European issues

To legitimise our position in organic world by championing the organic case

Focal areas will be: Training (incl. training package for newcomers) and founding Organic Academy Knowledge building by teaming up with external researchers and experts Lobbying to promote organic food Communication for more general awareness / knowledge of organic food

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Employee engagement 2012 Leadership development programme

Top-65 Focus on strategy execution, connected leadership

Employee turnover is key focus area

Competency model deployed Defines behaviour expectations for all employees Translates ambitions/values into behaviour conventions

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