Our materiality

matrix

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Responsible products and services

Employees

Site-related environmental impacts

Ethics and Governance

Responsible products

and services

Safe, healthy products and services:

this challenge has a signif icant presence at every

link in the value chain of our agricultural, food and

manufacturing activities, from the raw materials we

choose through production quality management

to distribution and ultimate consumption�

Responsible innovation/R&D processes:

sustainable development is central to all our

innovation projects, is directly linked to our business

DNA, and must be clearly and formally def ined

to ensure that its inherent issues are taken fully

and increasingly into consideration at every stage

of the product lifecycle.

Sourcing: the local availability, renewability,

animal welfare implications, environmental impact

and societal impacts of raw material extraction,

processing and transport are all highly relevant

factors in the context of our business activities.

Product-related environmental impacts:

maximising positive impacts and preventing any

negative impacts of our products over their entire

lifecycle are simultaneously opportunities for

innovation and a risk management challenge.

Site-related environmental

impacts

Lower GHG emissions: taking action on the

climate-related impacts of our business activities

is key to our development. So we are making our

contribution to the global pushback against climate

change through long-term optimisation of our

energy consumption, processes and upstream/

downstream transport operations.

Pollution and ecosystem impact prevention:

in addition to GHGs, the issues around preventing

water, air and soil discharges, managing

manufacturing waste and taking action to improve

biodiversity are all major challenges for today

and tomorrow.

Water management: accelerating the

transformation of our manufacturing models

to achieve 100% recycling of production process

water and optimising our water demand both

make essential contributions to succeeding

in this challenge.

Employees

Talent management and training: supporting

the personal and professional development of our

people to ensure their ongoing employability and

commitment�

Occupational Health & Safety: developing

a strong safety culture in each of our subsidiary

companies, based on ambitious and unifying

shared standards.

Occupational wellbeing: providing employees

with optimal working conditions created through

recognition, trust, autonomy, healthy work/life

balance and company-facilitated sport.

Diversity, Inclusion and Fairness: ensuring equal

opportunities and respect for every existing and

potential employee by further strengthening our

culture of inclusion�

Ethics and Governance

Stakeholder dialogue and regional identity:

boosting and encouraging transparency, interaction

and collaboration with our local stakeholders.

Integration of CSR issues into corporate

governance and strategy: CSR is now clearly

identif ied as an effective lever for making the

transition to the responsible leadership required

to drive and support the long-term achievement

of transformation�

Supplier relationships: supporting all

our suppliers in their transition to long-term

sustainability by promoting and encouraging ethical

practices that respect people and the environment.

Business ethics, anti-corruption, professional

conduct, transparency and data protection:

optimising our processes to integrate the key

principles of responsible governance.

Relevance

for external stakeholders

Lower GHG

emissions

Safe, healthy products

and services

Product-related

environmental

impacts

Responsible

innovation/R&D

processes

Employee

Health & Safety

Diversity,

Inclusion

and Fairness

Occupational

wellbeing

Integration of CSR issues into

corporate governance

and strategy

Stakeholder dialogue

and regional identity

Supplier

relationships

Pollution and

ecosystem impact

prevention

Water

management

Sourcing

Relevance

for internal stakeholders

2 3 2.5

2.5

3

Business ethics,

anti-corruption, professional

conduct, transparency

and data protection

Increasing importance

Talent

management

and training

* This materiality matrix was produced in 2022 on the

basis of a consultation process involving 200 internal

and external stakeholders. Quantitative and qualitative

analyses of the results obtained have been used as

the basis for prioritising our non-f inancial risks and

restructuring our CSR strategy.

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