Two-way editorial

What would you say were the CSR highlights of 2023 across the Group?

Jorge Boucas We embarked on a number of new initiatives during the year, including the launch of

our new roadmap and the setting of our f irst quantif ied targets. Bringing about a lasting and collective

transformation will require us to focus all our energies on the issues involved. We have also stepped up the

pace of delivering our decarbonisation strategy, which is being implemented with a very strong level of

commitment by our production departments and driving the introduction of many new initiatives.

This Non-Financial Performance Statement provides an excellent overview of the progress we are making.

J. B. The recent changes made to our CSR governance structure with the creation of its own dedicated

Management Committee give substance to our strategy and enable us to set a course to the future for all

our employees. Ensuring that our targets are achieved is the responsibility of our operations teams and

business managers, supported by the Sustainable Transformation Department, whereas the role of the

CSR Management Committee is to zoom out and take a wider view to anticipate future challenges more

effectively, check that we launch only the most appropriate transformation projects, and ensure effective

cross-functionality at every level.

How do you see the role of CSR across the Group, now and going forward?

Hélène Cappe

Social and environmental considerations have always played a key role in the relationships

we have with our partner customers and suppliers, and our employees. So introducing a formal CSR strategy

gives us the opportunity to go further still in highlighting the impact our activities have at every link in

the value chain. This paradigm shift and change of scale make CSR an even more important part of Group

strategic decision-making, and gives us an effective way of consolidating an industrial heritage that our

grandchildren will be proud of.

Transition is now more central than

ever to our growth model. As part

of restating our commitment to

stakeholders and our wider ecosystem,

we launched an ambitious CSR strategy

in 2023. Jorge Boucas, our Group CEO,

and Hélène Cappe, our Managing

Director and family shareholder, look

back on what was a pivotal year for the

Group, and look to the future and the

challenges that await us.

2023, the year in

which we stepped

up the pace

Jorge Boucas,

Group CEO

“We must be there

supporting farmers

with technologies

and approaches that

help them transition

to sustainable

agriculture...”

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