About the Report | Cargill – Annual Report 2018/2019

Based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) methodology – considered the main international tool for disclosing sustainability issues – Cargill presents its 11th Annual Report, prepared in accordance with GRI Standards: Core option.

The information reported here is based on indicators of Cargill Alimentos Ltda. and its main subsidiaries in Brazil, including Cargill Agrícola S.A., Banco Cargill, and Cargill Animal Nutrition. This year, the company chose not to perform the external verification of the document.

Until the previous year, Cargill reported data following the calendar year (January to December). Notwithstanding, to ensure more effective measurement of its management model and the way information is analyzed, the company first produced its fiscal year-based report (June 2018 to May 2019). Future reports will also be produced according to this new model – with the exception of financial information, which will continue to be reported according to the calendar year.

Regarding the report’s chapters structure , Cargill opted for a new form of presentation, based on the global communication tool for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development (CR+SD), which is based on 3 pillars: People, Products, and Planet.

Published annually, in Portuguese and English, the document is addressed to all Cargill stakeholders and provides transparent and objective information, demonstrating the company’s strategic evolution and its positive and negative social and environmental impacts.

Questions, suggestions or requests for more information about Cargill’s Annual Report 2018/2019 can be sent to the email [email protected].

Materiality

102-40, 102-42, 102-43, 102-44, 102-46, 102-47

To define the content of the Annual Report and its GRI indicators, in 2018, Cargill carried out a structured process of consultation with its stakeholders, who responded on the topics of the company’s sustainability strategy.

Over two months, online consultations were conducted with employees and external audiences, including suppliers and professionals involved in corporate responsibility, environment, and government, among others. In addition, interviews were conducted with industry experts and non-governmental organizations.

With this work of qualified listening to stakeholders, Cargill mapped the priority topics, based on the three pillars of its sustainability strategy:

1) Nourshing the world
2) Protecting the planet
3) Enriching our communities

According to a prioritization analysis methodology, the Corporate Affairs area took into account the company’s global guidelines to validate the most relevant topics and their respective indicators. Cargill’s functional and business areas also indicated their stakeholders, and the Corporate Affairs area was responsible for consolidating the stakeholders consulted for the preparation of this report.

Pillars of the sustainability strategy	Material topics	Commitments	Where the impact occurs 103-1	GRI Standards topics
Nourshing our world	Good agricultural practices	Encouraging the use of technologies that promote the application of good agricultural practices.	Farmers Suppliers Institutional partners Environment	-
	Food safety and nutrition	Promoting access to food through sustainable logistics.	Society Customers Consumers	416: Customer safety and health
	Innovation in the food system	Use of innovative technologies in food production, transportation and consumption.	Farmers Society	-
Protecting our planet	Land use	Promoting the construction of financial mechanisms that promote forest protection and the development of Brazilian agriculture.	Society Institutional partners Customers Environment	304: Biodiversity 307: Environmental compliance 411: Rights of indigenous and traditional peoples
Protecting our planet	Water resources	Water preservation (reducing impacts on withdrawal from sources and ensuring that effluents are in adequate condition for release into water bodies).	Society Institutional partners Environment	303: Water 306: Effluents and waste
Protecting our planet	Climate change	Reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions in production, industrial, and transportation processes.	Society Institutional partners Environment	305: Emissions
Protecting our planet	Suppliers and farmers	Evaluating the performance of suppliers and farmers based on sustainability criteria.	Suppliers Farmers	411: Rights of indigenous and traditional peoples 412: Human rights assessment 414: Supplier social assessment
Valuing communities	Support for socio-environmental projects	Promoting projects that increase access to safe, healthy and sustainable foods.	Society	413: Local communities
	Volunteering in local communities	Strengthening partnerships with other organizations that focus on community development.	Employees Society	413: Local communities
	Health and safety	Creating innovative solutions to change the way we work to promote the health and safety of our employees.	Employees	403: Occupational health and safety
	Employees	Ensuring a safe and inclusive work environment.	Employees	406: Nondiscrimination 407: Freedom of association and collective bargaining 408: Child labor 409: Forced or compulsory labor