To our stakeholders:
I am pleased to confirm that Koninklijke Van der Most reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anticorruption.
In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

Sincerely yours,

M.O. van der Most
CEO

Corporate Social Responsibility:

At Koninklijke Van der Most we greatly value Corporate Social Responsibility. We feel that this is only natural, jot to just ensure commercial success but mostly because we want to be able to hand over a beautiful family business to future generations.

We operate fully in accordance with all legal sustainability criteria, but also supplement our policy with various other activities that contribute to the environment, to society, and to Social Return Of Investment.

Environment
All our products are produced completely CO2-neutral. This means that we have CO2-neutral business operations. We do this on the basis of compensation. We started looking for a project where the impact matches our products. The best project to match our products/efforts is the Kariba project in Zimbabwe.
Whit this we commit to the REDD+ program (develop by the UN) and to the following SDG’s (also set by the UN during the climate agreement in Paris, 2015): 1,5, 6, 13 and15.

People
CSR is all about safeguarding the sustainability of People, Planet, and Profit. This also means that we
consciously invest in the development, vitality, and loyalty of our staff, which results in happy, motivated employees. We achieve this aim by facilitating training courses, working on creating greater labour mobility, and stimulating our staff to contribute to society. We also sponsor a wide range of events and clubs/unions to which our employees dedicate their free time.

Diversity
We recognise that diversity is a form of wealth and are an inclusive organisation. Last year, we engaged in a partnership with the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) Public Employment Agency, the Felua Group, and the municipality of Heerde. We currently employ 6 staff members with an occupational impairment as part of the government’s deployability initiative.

Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights
Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses

Our contribution - It is important for our company that all of our employees and business partners respect the human rights of people. Activities implemented:

1. We ensure safe working places for all of our employees.
2. More than 90% of all our paper we use, is FSC certified. FSC is a trademark for good forest
management, including the employees.
3. We are certified for the NEN-ISO 45001. Here we are checked if we are constantly improving our
health and safety management system.
4. We implemented a code of conduct. Three key concepts are central to every decision. Namely:
People, Profit and Planet

Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights
Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses

Our contribution - It is important for our company that all of our employees and business partners respect the human rights of people. Activities implemented:

1. We ensure safe working places for all of our employees.
2. More than 90% of all our paper we use, is FSC certified. FSC is a trademark for good forest
management, including the employees.
3. We are certified for the NEN-ISO 45001. Here we are checked if we are constantly improving our
health and safety management system.
4. We implemented a code of conduct. Three key concepts are central to every decision. Namely:
People, Profit and Planet

Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights
Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses

Our contribution - It is important for our company that all of our employees and business partners respect the human rights of people. Activities implemented:

1. We ensure safe working places for all of our employees.
2. More than 90% of all our paper we use, is FSC certified. FSC is a trademark for good forest
management, including the employees.
3. We are certified for the NEN-ISO 45001. Here we are checked if we are constantly improving our
health and safety management system.
4. We implemented a code of conduct. Three key concepts are central to every decision. Namely:
People, Profit and Planet

People: Sustainability is a broad concept and also includes the sustainable employability of employees. We currently have 15 employees with a distance to the labor market. We guide these employees with the help of a job coach. The work related to your assignment is very diverse: from simple, repetitive work to courier services and skilled machine work.

Cradle to Cradle: With every order we carry out, we avoid, limit or compensate the emissions of environmentally harmful substances within every part of the production chain. Our sustainable chain is organized according to the Cradle to Cradle principle. We can prove this because only <1% of our total waste flow is disposed of as residual waste. All products and semi-finished products are made in such a way that they release as few CO2 emissions as possible, they can be 100% recycled after their life cycle, the raw materials retain their value and we can reuse them in the production of other materials.

Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold freedom of association & effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
Principle 4 - The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
Principle 5 - The effective abolition of child labour
Principle 6 - Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

Our contribution:
All of our new employees will receive a ‘information magazine’ about Koninklijke Van der Most. In this
magazine there are policies about environment and labour. All of our employees do have a contract. This contract meets the minimum requirements of the graphic collective labor agreement. In the graphic collective labor agreement have been rules drawn up about child labour, forced and compulsory labour.

Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold freedom of association & effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
Principle 4 - The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
Principle 5 - The effective abolition of child labour
Principle 6 - Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

Our contribution:
All of our new employees will receive a ‘information magazine’ about Koninklijke Van der Most. In this
magazine there are policies about environment and labour. All of our employees do have a contract. This contract meets the minimum requirements of the graphic collective labor agreement. In the graphic collective labor agreement have been rules drawn up about child labour, forced and compulsory labour.

Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold freedom of association & effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
Principle 4 - The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
Principle 5 - The effective abolition of child labour
Principle 6 - Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

Our contribution:
All of our new employees will receive a ‘information magazine’ about Koninklijke Van der Most. In this
magazine there are policies about environment and labour. All of our employees do have a contract. This contract meets the minimum requirements of the graphic collective labor agreement. In the graphic collective labor agreement have been rules drawn up about child labour, forced and compulsory labour.

Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
Principle 8 - Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
Principle 9 - Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies

Our contribution - As said before one of our three pillars about sustainability is planet. We do a lot of things to reduce the impact on the environment. We are certified for FSC, NEN-ISO 14001, MVI (Dutch trademark for socially responsible purchasing), ClimateCalc (calculation tool for our CO2 footprint).
We have done a lot to reduce our footprint:

- We have replaced our fluorescent lamps for LED lighting.
- We re-use the heat that is released by our compressor.
- 80% of our machines run IPA free.
- 40% of our cars run on electricity.
- We are using certified green power.

We compensate the last bit of CO2 that we produce through the Kariba, Zimbabwe project.

Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
Principle 8 - Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
Principle 9 - Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies

Our contribution - As said before one of our three pillars about sustainability is planet. We do a lot of things to reduce the impact on the environment. We are certified for FSC, NEN-ISO 14001, MVI (Dutch trademark for socially responsible purchasing), ClimateCalc (calculation tool for our CO2 footprint).
We have done a lot to reduce our footprint:

- We have replaced our fluorescent lamps for LED lighting.
- We re-use the heat that is released by our compressor.
- 80% of our machines run IPA free.
- 40% of our cars run on electricity.
- We are using certified green power.

We compensate the last bit of CO2 that we produce through the Kariba, Zimbabwe project.

Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
Principle 8 - Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
Principle 9 - Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies

Our contribution - As said before one of our three pillars about sustainability is planet. We do a lot of things to reduce the impact on the environment. We are certified for FSC, NEN-ISO 14001, MVI (Dutch trademark for socially responsible purchasing), ClimateCalc (calculation tool for our CO2 footprint).
We have done a lot to reduce our footprint:

- We have replaced our fluorescent lamps for LED lighting.
- We re-use the heat that is released by our compressor.
- 80% of our machines run IPA free.
- 40% of our cars run on electricity.
- We are using certified green power.

We compensate the last bit of CO2 that we produce through the Kariba, Zimbabwe project.

People: Sustainability is a broad concept and also includes the sustainable employability of employees. We currently have 15 employees with a distance to the labor market. We guide these employees with the help of a job coach. The work related to your assignment is very diverse: from simple, repetitive work to courier services and skilled machine work.

Cradle to Cradle: With every order we carry out, we avoid, limit or compensate the emissions of environmentally harmful substances within every part of the production chain. Our sustainable chain is organized according to the Cradle to Cradle principle. We can prove this because only <1% of our total waste flow is disposed of as residual waste. All products and semi-finished products are made in such a way that they release as few CO2 emissions as possible, they can be 100% recycled after their life cycle, the raw materials retain their value and we can reuse them in the production of other materials.

Principle 10 – Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion
and bribery.

Our contribution: We’ve mapped the risks of human rights violoations. Suppliers are assessed by country of origin. Based on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of the organization “Transparency International”. Depending on the score, it is partly determined whether Koninklijke Van der Most B.V.
does business with the relevant organization. We expect all our stakeholders to recognize and comply
with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Principle 10 – Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion
and bribery.

Our contribution: We’ve mapped the risks of human rights violoations. Suppliers are assessed by country of origin. Based on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of the organization “Transparency International”. Depending on the score, it is partly determined whether Koninklijke Van der Most B.V.
does business with the relevant organization. We expect all our stakeholders to recognize and comply
with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Principle 10 – Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion
and bribery.

Our contribution: We’ve mapped the risks of human rights violoations. Suppliers are assessed by country of origin. Based on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of the organization “Transparency International”. Depending on the score, it is partly determined whether Koninklijke Van der Most B.V.
does business with the relevant organization. We expect all our stakeholders to recognize and comply
with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).