Note 8. Declaration of extra-financial performance
The medium- and long-term development plan of the Roquette Group-and the performance of the actions implemented at the service ofThe consolidation scopes concern all of the activities in the world
with performance indicators. These pillars, commitments and performance indicators are presented in this report.

Depending on their type, indicators and social data refer to one or theGroup perimeter:
approach to the forefront.

Restricted perimeter:-of its stakeholders, creates value for the Group, its shareholders, itscustomers, its employees and interacts with its ecosystems.
social indicators and data.
The corporate, social and environmental information of a Groupto its activity or to the use of its products and services, as well as the----reasoned opinion attached to this report concerning the compliancefunctions and professions of the Group. The latter were shared andogies are part of a continual improvement approach internal to theRoquette Group.

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2. Societal Perimeter
The activities of the Group's sites generate direct employment for

local companies is important and involves open, transparent andThe social data that is not managed in the Group's HRIS is-countries. The latter are in charge of collecting the social data

3. Environmental Perimeter
Various perimeters were retained for the reporting of environmental

emission perfor2
mance are calculated for all of the Roquette Group's industrialof human resources within the Group and in particular presents thethe Group.

--water used in the open loop cooling circuits.

capital has a majority holding for more than three years.
-grated into the reporting 2020 for the energy and environment data.

transfers direct emissions as indirect emissions.
The reporting perimeter for the various environmental indicators rep-Roquette Group - Financial Report - Year 2020

The governance of the Group changes regularly in order to adapt
to the circumstances and the ecosystem in which it operates, thus
Board of Directors, which mainly determines the strategic orientation,is particularly keen on societal issues. The Group strives to promote

the development of the men and women who form the Group.

Directors

2 directors representing theemployees

There are four committees formed of persons from the Board of

1. Methodologyof the recommendations of the main guides and current reference-operational committee meets every two months and suggests theopment committee, which meets three to four times a year.

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2. Context - Future trends
The conviction according to which nature has the answer to provide-of today and tomorrow. The world is changing and is confronted withmany challenges such as demographical growth, the increase in theallergies and food intolerances, preservation of the health capital,of all the employees, while still ensuring continuity of the activities so
as to respond to the needs of the food and pharmaceutical markets.
markets as well as other industrial sectors.
solutions that respect the environment.
upcoming decades.
the performance of the actions implemented at the service of customers and of all of the company's other stakeholders.

3. Description (see the next page)-in the world, maintaining close relations in order to innovate withpartnerships with its suppliers and all of its other partners. It is coming the environment and working very closely with the ecosystem isessential for the company. Together, the Group is as such committed,involved and anchored in the local committees. The family heritageof the Roquette Group and values attached to it are at the heart ofMaintaining this process of creating value over the long-term resultsthat is generated is reinvested in order to provide new resources aswell as material and immaterial capital for the company.
-agement.

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Nearly 300 family shareholders
Over 85 years of investment

FAMILY CAPITAL

300 employees
dedicated to R&D
more than 85 years of knowhow and expertiseOpen innovation
Customer Technical Services
40 patents per year

INNOVATIONCAPABILITIESMANUFACTURING
25 industrial sites
Best in class technologies
ENERGYWATER
SUPPLY CHAIN

OPERATIONSSKILLS AND EXPERIENCED
WORKFORCE
8,360 employees
worldwilde
45 nationalities

PEOPLEONE ROQUETTE

CUSTOMER-ORIENTED
ORGANIZATION

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FARMERS

PLANT-BASEDRAW MATERIALSTHE BESTOF NATURE

What we rely on

Cosmetics

Food & Nutrition

Improve continuously
our raw materials’ quality
Strengthen relationship with our rawmaterials suppliers

In 2025, 20% of our supplies will beSource sustainably

SOURCING

In 2025, 70% of our projects will meet“sustainable” chemistry criteria and 80%of the new solutions we deliver to ourcustomers based on the same
projects will meet the Sustainable
Development Goals of theUN

Understand customers’ needs andanticipate consumers’ expectations
Develop a sustainable development
journey inspired by customers’ expectations
Strengthen sustainability in our innovation
process

INNOVATING

How we create value

Pharmaingredients to better feed and treat people.

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with

What we do

The combination of our Vision – Nature has theanswer to provide people with the Food, Nutrition andHealth they need according to their lifestyle choices,
their age, where they live and what they do, and ourValues – Authenticity, excellence, anticipation, well-What makes us unique

ACTING

Industries

our water consumption per ton of productwill drop by 5% (between 2019 and 2025),
and 1 million tons of CO2 discharge will
be avoided by setting up technicalinstallations that emit less CO2

In 2025, with respect to the year 2015, ourOptimize our energy consumption
Preserve water
Further reduce other environmental
impacts

BIOREFINING

Every year, support for at least

In 2025, a Frequency Rate 1 of 0.5 and aFrequency Rate 2 of 1.5
Empower employees
Build on our diversity
Develop our activities with local
communities

Put health, safety and well-being at theheart of our concerns

Animal nutrition

Each of our ingredients responds to uniqueand essential needs and they enable healthierlifestyles.

being, associated with 85 years of history that hascreated our business model.
The family heritage and strong values at theheart of our organization drive our vision of long-

OUR ECOSYSTEM

TO: 3.5 billion
10% invested in R&D andinvestment projects
Return to shareholders

GROUP &SHAREHOLDERS

Safe working conditions
Positive and attractive work
environment
Leadership and people
development
About 23 hoursof training / employee

EMPOWEREDPEOPLE

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Employment
Attractiveness of new talent
Territorial projects with local communities
Dialogues with the stakeholders and policy-makers
Roquette Ventures
Roquette Foundation for Healthconsumption

Reduction in environmental
impacts(GHG emissions)
Water preservation

ENVIRONMENT

Long-term relationship andpartnerships
Innovation and capability
development

SUPPLIERS
PARTNERSHIPSREGULATORY SUPPORTHIGH-QUALITY INGREDIENTSMARKET KNOWLEDGE

COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPOver 5,000 end customers
Sales network in over 100 countries
Close collaboration to innovate in nutrition and health
Global network of distributors

CUSTOMERS & CONSUMERS

Who we create value for1. Methodology

tations of the stakeholders. These levels were estimated throughdeclaration presents the analysis of the environmental, social andsocietal stakes linked to Roquette Group's activity.

representing the various functions present within the Group. Themark, as well as the commitments of the Roquette Group.

831
2

14

Expectations of the parties involved

105

124

913
6

7

11

Gross risk associated with the CSR stake
Environmental

SocialINNOVATING

Societal

ACTING

SOURCING

1.

5. Health and safety

9.

12.

2.

6. Training

10.

13. Supplier selection

3. Innovation

7.

11.

14.

4.

8.

the value chain

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-This information is noted with asterisks.
the following sections and they are supplemented with the additional

approachInnovating

Innovation

2

Innovating

3

Innovating

4

Innovating

Health and safety
Training

Sourcing
Supplier selection

Sourcing
Sourcing

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2. Pillars and commitments of the Sustainable Development approach-

their target change in 2020.

product quality and food safety.
supplier selection.
environmental and human rights in the value chain.

performance.
Commitments
INNOVATING.
industrial sector innovative solutions that help improve.
competitive solutions.
element in our innovation projects.

ACTING
system and developing a culture in which people safety isa core value.

deploying twenty initiatives per year for employee well.

engagement and developing skills.

.

network.
generations.

.

energies.

.
In that our consumption of water per ton pf product drops

technologies.
.
2.

SOURCING.
specifying our needs, strictly selecting our suppliers# Strengthen relationship with our raw materials suppliers

Roquette Group - Financial Report - Year 20202-

1. Innovating

pating this demand, Roquette Group continues to invest in order tocommitment in the Roquette Group.
cantly. The customers have clearly seen this and translates into a®

initiated.

®

®

-

persons with sensitive digestion.

-

the planning and completion of master plans and quality investdemand of consumers for a new gastronomy with dishes as-

the development of skills and of quality culture supported insite, coming from Gord S, that runs a farm one hour from theplant.

The Roquette Group is developing close relationships with is neighucts to our customers.
carious situations.

its locations.

rials and packaging to delivery to our customers.
In 2020, the Roquette Group responded to the call for the deliveryof raw materials for pharmaceutical uses, in particular used in themaceutical standards, Roquette Group remains strongly committedof high purity.

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-criteria.

®

challenges that everyone is confronted with. In an approach that®

and privacy that is compliant with the laws and regulations that applyof the new solutions supplied to its customers, coming from projects

Innovating Indicator

2019

2020

our customers meeting theof the UN---sumers.

-information system, the data protection coordinators for the corporate
coordinators and the local delegates in order to take account of theGroup's directives and the local legal requirements in terms of secu-Innovation, the third stake in the Innovating pillar, is in RoquetteGroup's genes. It is for this reason that the Group is undertaking toRoquette Group initiates, with its employees and partners, a culture ofdata protection and compliance with private life through the prism ofcriteria as key elements in its innovation projects.
Thus the Group undertakes that

Innovating Indicator

The increasing automation and connectivity of production tools has

2019

-2020

ees and for the environment.

Roquette Group is taking on the current and future societal challenges

Veganism, semi-vegetarianism, vegetarianism... there are an increasparticular take account of the prevention of waste, atom economy,

and also for environmental commitments.

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uted to their development in the sector of plant proteins, alternatives
to meat.

Acting Indicator

2019

2020

Injuries per million hours
worked with stoppage per-3.43

mitments.
-case of regulatory necessity.

2. ACTING
In 2020, Roquette Group adapted to the impacts of the health crisis
the Group has committed to setting up solid foundations that revolvearound health, safety and compliance.
the employees on the sites and those teleworking.
the continuation of material and human investments with, for

In order to accompany and support its employees, Roquette Groupthe deployment of a management system and of a leadershipthe involvement of employees at all levels, including during theimprovement in order to continue enriching the action plans at theidentifying situations at risk and placing them under control,
as well as the systematic practice of continuous improvement-The main events remain linked to tripping, the use of tools, equipnology or leadership, and to support the company's strategy, while

compliance with the Group's requirements in terms of work
permit, risk analysis, safety interactions and the deploymentof good practices.

-their skills and knowledge up to date, to develop and to progress, astinue constantly learning and sharing attractive training content. 2020
on many themes, all throughout the year and on the occasion of theentire Group.

Roquette Group - Financial Report - Year 20202019

2020

Total
Hours

Total
Hours
22.3

Group

174,648

22.6

176,668

22.8

from one country to another according to the company's needs, whichods. This unprecedented situation was the opportunity to reinvent
working is now an integral part of the work modes that the groupand the days of paid vacation, etc.

most of the Roquette Group's industrial sites operate continuously or over several shifts. Shift workers work during the day,work on site or remotely.

internal regulations that are proper to each site govern shift
work as well as the other working systems while still incorpo-moreover, the company regularly informs its employees on the20192020
Day schedule

Shift schedule

Men

Men

Women

Women

4,530
894

1,052
0

1,293

145

7,761

944
7,740

Shift schedule

Men

Men

Women

4,498

1,372
GroupDay schedule

42332

32
0

918
2,983

1,428

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3,184

Women

3,018

1,473

333

34

3,162

108

2019

2020
Men

4,530

Women

3,424

894

0

1,372

0

7,740

Women

34944
Group

Men

6,133

1,308

Women

430

1,293

00918

34265

7,761

Women

Managers

4,774

4,651

1,057

1,079

1,505

1,364

992

959

8,328

6,555

1,773

1,376

6,952

Men

Women

Managers

2019

0
6,136

1,329

000

44252

8,053

Men

Women

Managers

6,352

1,701

1,392

Men

Women

Managers

6,661

2020

304

4300

271

2220

22

200

14220

170

0

0

00

00000

340

209

131

6334

308

196

112

3305

2019

2020
Men

Women

Managers

Managers

168

2

244

92
34337

Women
Managers

106

3136

42883
524

Men
Managers

181

Group

Men

2020
Men

Group

Women

1,052
02019

Group

Men
4,498

30

3324

55

013140325

170224876

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-held a temporary position in the company.

2020
Resignations

Joint agreement

Retirement

Death

Other

22343
121

44

3172

086
Group

722

23300

00--

75

111

102

Joint agreement

Retirement

Death

Other

0020224

2019
Resignations
173

24

117

Group

3118

2

104

23

512

283

111

59

3--

43

7

9of the management and the representatives of the personnel, have--working environment and are strongly anchored in the local communities in which the Roquette Group operates.

Roquette Group ensures strict equal opportunity among its employees as well as compliance with the principle of equal treatment
diversity and inclusion, Roquette Group in 2020 is continuing withwell as collective aspects.
awareness heightening sessions, testimonials.
a. In 2020,---countries.

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In 2020, the Group reinforced its initiatives to favor interactions
arrivals, sponsoring, learning, awareness heightening sessions on-To choose these projects, it uses three fundamental principles as a
the social service and the HR teams continued their actions aroundactions and support.

In addition, the other projects supported had a genuine impact on-

3. BIOREFINING
The environmental policy of the Group aims to prevent any type of
The Group is thus continuing its commitments in terms of diversity
and inclusion through continuous work conducted over all its sites,
involving all the company's players and its stakeholders in order tocreate a positive and attractive workplace for everyone.
into the reporting.

-The major stakes in the environmental approach are directly in linewith customer satisfaction, employees and communities around the--is committed to the local populations and communities, with forand the units retained.
collection and a consolidation of environmental data for all of the sites

investment for preventing environmental risks and pollution. In 2020,
several million euros were invested for various actions, such as the-municipality of Itapevi. With this action, Roquette Group reminds of its
attachment and the strong ties that links it to the local communities.

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-reference energy consumption. This reference energy consumption-treating the pollution at the source in order to reduce treatment.
recycling water without however attenuating the quality or mod-consumption of the sites.

the Viramgam site which has implemented the Zero discharge

the Group, the energy performance indicator corresponds to the sumof the reference energy consumption of the regions.
33

This reduction is partially due to the reduction in capacity in India
linked to the pandemic. In terms of controlling the volumes consumed
and prevention for the quality of the water, many investments havethe natural environment. Some of these infrastructures are provided

oil, heat, cold, compressed air, etc.

a new performance indicator on energy with a monthly and detailed-the production of Biogas.

reporting on water in order to manage water consumption in a moredetailed manner.

Group2019

2020

0.99

0.97

sentative of actual consumption. This now entails the total consumpclimate change is a major concern for the environment, the economy

3m3of the company and to consequently adapt its activities. Roquette

2---

The two largest energy consumptions of the Group come from electricity and natural gas. In 2020, electricity consumption for the Group-Roquette Group - Financial Report - Year 2020

and as such pre-222emissions was conducted on

2emissions from scopewith respect to tons of commercial starch and no longer dry starch.
from Itapevi were integrated in order
2CO2 emissions

2019

2020

2commercial starch
223

2commercial starch

2019

2020

materials
22019

2

avoided2020

20,40023,304
Group

824,519*860,287

1,000,000-of the plants and without generating waste. The plant-derived raw
materials that come into the site are therefore almost fully recycled
and generate very little waste.

4. SOURCING-The deployment plan is scheduled over two years internationally overmost of the scope.
on the activity of the company.

Declaration of Human Rights and the principles of the International
clearly specifying its needs, strictly selecting its suppliers and rein-company as well as respect for the environment and the preservationof natural resources.

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to ensure that these or equivalent principles are known and followed

Nutrition and Health, are part of the circular economy. The industrial

The Group responds in particular to three key factors of the circular-and Health markets, and the other components of the plant are-natural gas.
generating economy for the entire sector. Thus, on the Vecquemont site, the water and minerals contained in the potatoes areRoquette Group - Financial Report - Year 2020

to create value for the Group, its shareholders, its customers, its