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Sustainability spotlight Viterra x Bunge

Viterra’s sustainability approach is to spraying, a bee professional was integration update
designed to safeguard our people and contacted, who assessed the situation
communities, protect the environment and confirmed that the bees were not From a regulatory perspective, we
and ensure all our food and feed products establishing a hive and would be present continue to make progress on receiving
are safe. only temporarily. A monitoring plan was all necessary approvals to close our
It is based around four pillars and followed and after a few days the bees left intended business combination with
encompasses all our employees, our without incident. Bunge. So far, we have received 27 out
supply chain and every community in Always keep the standard in mind when of the 31 required antitrust clearances,
which we operate and from where we addressing challenges with nuisance and all 10 foreign direct investment
source our products. wildlife (such as rats, gophers, mice), birds clearances. We continue to engage with
Canada, Ukraine, and China to secure
Viterra’s four sustainability pillars: (particularly nesting birds) and injured or approvals from those countries.
sick wildlife exhibiting unusual behaviors,
Health and safety as it offers guidance on how best to As previously communicated, following
Lead the industry in health and proceed. the European Commission’s response to
safety, eliminating injuries and
fatalities. You can find the standard on OurPlace. our application for regulatory approval
in Europe, an agreement was reached
to divest our oilseeds businesses in
Environment
Hungary and Poland, as well as a number
Positively impact the environment
where we operate. of logistical assets linked to these
operations. This resulted in conditional
approval of the merger in Europe, and
Community and human rights work is now underway to separate these
Support the long-term development businesses from the Viterra business,
of local communities and uphold
human rights. preserving certain, temporary links for
business continuity.
Food and feed safety In terms of day one readiness, our
Meet the highest standards in all food requirements for each function are
and feed products.
defined and ready to be executed, with
some testing and training still underway.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT STANDARD We are continuing to work towards a
Legal Day 1 readiness date of October
A new Wildlife Management Standard 1, 2024, but we do not have a specific
was implemented in April. The purpose anticipated close date at this time.
of the standard is to protect and
minimize impacts to wildlife while also We will continue sharing information
prioritizing the safety of all employees and with you as it becomes available. In the
contractors of Viterra. It offers guidance meantime, if you have any integration
to ensure effective management of related questions, please refer to the
wildlife interactions and to prevent and Honey bees at the North Battleford terminal. Viterra x Bunge section on OurPlace or
mitigate potential conflicts between contact integrationteam@viterra.com.
wildlife and Viterra operations and
projects. Long service milestones
The standard includes sections on: Congratulations to the following Desmond Brewer, Maintenance
• General wildlife interactions, employees who achieved significant Supervisor in Saskatoon, SK
• Minimizing wildlife interactions, milestones at Viterra between May 28 30 YEARS
• Aggressive wildlife encounters, – August 31, 2024. Thank you for your
• Nesting birds on-site, continued dedication and service! Cindy Manahan, Facility Sales & Admin in
• Nuisance wildlife, 40 YEARS Canora, SK
• Injured, sick and orphaned wildlife, 25 YEARS
• Deceased wildlife, Christopher Kurlovich, Assistant Manager
• Prohibited actions, and in Acheson, AB Chris Hunter, IT Applications Lead in
• Reporting wildlife incidents. 35 YEARS Regina Office
Bernard Feist, Facility Assistant I in
The standard was recently applied when Ross White, Facility Assistant II in Winkler, Lethbridge, AB
a colony of honey bees settled on a silo in MB Dennis Allen, Facility Assistant I at Bow
North Battleford, SK. Instead of resorting Russel Macknak, Grader in Cupar, SK Island Special Crops, AB

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