7.2.3 Good citizenship

Diversity & inclusion

As a responsible company, we want to be a good citizen and have a positive impact on our main stakeholder groups. This includes doing business with respect for the rights of everyone impacted by Nutreco. It means providing a working environment where our employees feel safe, welcome and able to develop in their careers. And it involves working together in our communities towards a better way of life for everyone.

Today’s global challenges make it more important than ever that we have a workforce with diverse ideas, backgrounds and viewpoints to help us approach issues from every possible angle. Employees today are seeking a workplace where they feel valued and included.

Nutreco operates in and with highly diverse groups in terms of gender, culture, ethnicity, nationality and ways of thinking. We’re committed to ensuring this is reflected in the diversity of our people and to building an inclusive culture where all people are respected, engaged and given opportunities for personal and professional development.

We believe that an engaged workforce leads to a positive and productive work environment, contributing to improved business results. Therefore, we will regularly measure our people’s engagement and act on areas for improvement.

Though this topic will be led by the Human Resources (HR) department, Nutreco believes it’s a core value of being sustainable and socially responsible. We will amplify the efforts made by HR to ensure wide adoption. Nutreco will continue developing and implementing actions to ensure we can attract and retain a diverse workforce, while creating awareness and enabling a more diverse leadership team.

Nutreco will ensure
1. One out of three hires is female (starting from 2020).

2. We target having 25% women in senior leadership by 2025.

3. We implement the “taking the stage” programme to help facilitate this transition (starting from 2020).