Origin Enterprises : 2023 Sustainability Report

ORIGIN

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

2023

Sustainable

Land Use

Sustainable

Agronomy

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Global

Food Supply

Responsiveness

Sustainable

Land Use

Emerging

Nature Economy

OUR PURPOSE

Optimising the sustainable use of land through integrated solutions.

OUR VISION

To be the leading and trusted partner of choice to growers and professionals in agriculture, amenity, landscaping and ecology markets.

WHAT WE DO

We support growers and other professionals in the agriculture, amenity, landscaping and ecology markets. We enable our customers to optimise land use and nurture sustainable food systems, based on healthy soils. We focus on climate action, reducing our environmental footprint, and respecting society, through collaboration and innovation.

OUR VALUES

people partnerships innovation

integrity community

Highlights

Carbon Emissions (Scope 1 and 2)

17.3KTs

Total Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions expressed in kilotonnes (kts) of CO2

-27%

reduction in Group FY23 Scope 1 & 2 absolute emissions vs. 2019 baseline

Near-term greenhouse gas emission reduction

targets validated

by the Science Based Targets initiative*

Carbon Transition Plan to 2032 agreed

56%

of Group's purchased electricity supplied from verified renewable sources

25%

female representation at leadership and management level

Health and Safety

RIR score at 2.91

(6.41 in 2022)

89%

Sustainable Engagement Index score (89% 2022)

* Science Based Targets Initiative

At a Glance

Our Segments

A leading agronomy group with a growing presence in the ecology and environmental sectors.

We deliver independent and innovative advice, inputs and related services to our customers in agriculture, amenity, landscaping and ecology markets. We enable them to optimise land use and economic returns on a sustainable basis.

Business-to-BusinessAgri-Inputs

Ireland and

the UK

This segment includes the Group's wholly- owned Irish and UK- based operations in addition to the Group's Irish and UK-based associates and joint venture undertaking.

In numbers:	Continental	In numbers:	Latin	In numbers:
		€118.1m
€1,641.8m	Europe	€696.3m	America
Revenue		Revenue		Revenue

c. 1,600	This segment includes	c. 900	This segment includes	c. 300
the Group's operations
the Group's operations
Employees	in Poland, Romania	Employees	in Brazil.	Employees
and Ukraine.
€57.8m		€17.3m		€15.7m
Operating Profit1		Operating Profit		Operating Profit1
c. 35,000		c. 15,000		c. 1,000
Customers		Customers		Customers

Provide inputs and supply chain solutions to the Irish, UK and Brazilian customers in the primary food production sectors covering the macro inputs that drive on-farm efficiency, i.e. prescription blended fertilisers, speciality nutrition and animal feed ingredients.

Integrated Agronomy and

On-Farm Services

Provide agronomy advice, services and inputs directly to arable, fruit and vegetable growers in the UK, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Our customised solutions ensure the delivery of crop production systems that adhere to the highest safety, quality, environmental and

sustainability standards.

Amenity, Ecology and Environment

Provide a diverse range of consultancy, inputs and technical solutions in sports turf management, landscaping, and environmental conservation. These businesses primarily cater to the growing demand from consumers and industries seeking to incorporate sustainable inputs and practices into their operations and day-to-day lives.

Ireland	UK	Ukraine	Brazil
	Poland
	Romania	Paraná State	Minas
			Gerais State

Our Brands

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Business Model

Our external environment

What we do and how we do it are influenced by a number of factors external to our business, all of which must be considered and managed. We proactively monitor developments and trends in our external environment.

The natural world

We must be resilient to changes such as climate change and population growth, and ensure our impact on the natural environment is positive while being mindful of the role we play in our response to global food security.

The political environment

We understand the key policy issues affecting our industry. These include national and global politics as well as policymakers across the globe.

Our economic environment

The economic impacts on our financing costs through market rate movements such as interest rates and inflation, and our customers' ability to respond to price changes.

Technology and innovation

New technology and innovations can create opportunities for improvements in our products and services, and in our efficiency in delivering them to our customers.

Our stakeholders

Our work impacts a wide variety of stakeholders and we regularly consult them to help develop and execute our plans.

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Key inputs and capabilites

We are reliant on key resources and capabilities to deliver our purpose, and we strive to have a positive impact on those resources through our activities to support our ongoing relationship with them for mutual benefit in the long term.

People

Origin's strategy and success are dependent on the shared talent, diversity, innovation and values of the people we employ. We rely on skilled and engaged colleagues, supported through training and development, to deliver our services.

Suppliers and customer relationships Origin relies on a healthy supply chain and strong relationships with its customers. Together with the strength of our brands, services and solutions, these provide a competitive advantage.

Government and regulators

The constructive relationships we have built with governments, regulators, suppliers and other stakeholders are fundamental to our ability to deliver our purpose.

Nature, communities & society

We rely on natural resources, healthy soils, and vibrant ecosystems. We are fortunate to enjoy the support of the communities in which we work and the backing of civil society in pursuit of a just transition to net zero.

Financial

The Group has a strong balance sheet, which enables us to react quickly to long-term capital investment projects or strategically aligned opportunities.

Intellectual

Innovation helps us to continually improve and understand performance trends in our industry. This helps us to be agile and proactive in delivering new products and services.

What makes us different

We sell complex products and services as integrated solutions that address the needs of customers in the agriculture, amenity, environment, and ecology sectors.

Our integrated solutions enable us to respond swiftly, adopt new positions in our customers' value chains, and offer a wide range of technologies and capabilities that deliver results throughout the service or product life cycle. Our integrated solutions model is a key competitive advantage for Origin, enabling the synergetic transfer of innovation, R&D and intellectual property across the entire organisation.

For example, Agrii, a part of the Origin Group, leverages the power of skilled agronomists and top-tier insights to provide unparalleled expertise and support for sustainable, profitable farming systems across the UK, Romania and Poland. Marrying excellence and innovation with the latest R&D, Agrii equips customers to confidently navigate modern agricultural challenges. Employing comprehensive research and integrated pest management principles, we scrutinise every facet of sustainable food production systems. Collaboration within Origin's B2B fertiliser division has yielded enhanced-efficiency fertilisers, promoting environmental consciousness in nutrient application. These products bolster yields, minimise environmental impact and benefit soil biology.

Our commitment to ESG

We operate in an environmentally and socially conscious manner and uphold the highest standards of corporate governance. We actively participate in a broad range of global ESG ratings, indices and frameworks to benchmark our approach against best practice and emerging sustainability challenges.

Global

Food Supply

Responsiveness

Sustainable

Land Use

Sustainable	Emerging
Agronomy	Nature Economy

Value delivered for our stakeholders

People:	Customers:		Shareholders:
c.2,800	c.50,000	€38m
employees	customers		returned to shareholders
			through dividends and
			buybacks
Communities & Society:	Natural Environment:
€19.6m		4
corporation tax paid		acquisitions in the Amenity, Ecology
		and Environmental segment

Contents

INTRODUCTION

	Message from our CEO	6
	Our Sustainability Strategy	7
01	STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
	Stakeholder Engagement	9
	Double Materiality	11
	UN Sustainable Development Goals	15
	Our Most Material Goals and KPIs	16
02	NURTURING OUR ENVIRONMENT
	Sustainable Food Production and Land Use	18
	Climate Action	19
	Scope 1-2 Emissions	22
	Scope 3 Emissions	24
	Ecological Services and OutdoorSpace Regeneration	26
	Sustainable Land Use for Food Production	30
	Collaboration and Comprehensive Research	40
	Reducing Water Usage and Water Stress	41
	Waste Reduction	44
03	NURTURING OUR SOCIETY
	Our Approach	47
	Living our Values	49
	Employee Engagement (Let's Talk)	50
	Learning and Development (Origin IQ and LEEP)	54
	Health, Safety and Wellbeing	59
	Diversity and Inclusion	65
	Community	69
04	GOVERNANCE
	Environmental, Social and Governance Framework	73
	Ethics	76
	Reporting and Transparency	78

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Message from our CEO

Our people are the driving force behind the delivery of our ESG strategy and targets and, indeed the delivery of our overall strategy. Thanks to their hard work, commitment and expertise, I am confident of Origin's continued growth and success.

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Our company purpose of 'Optimising the sustainable use of land through innovation and integrated solutions' has never been more pertinent.

Geopolitics, including the conflict in Ukraine and the redrawing of international supply chains, together with irregular weather patterns, are threatening the global food system and food security, which are already in a precarious position.

Meanwhile, the global transition to net zero has rightly thrown the spotlight on how greenhouse gas emissions are impacting the health of the environment through climate change. This momentum is also driving a greater awareness of the role the rest of nature plays across the economy in a shift that explicitly values environmental factors such as 'nature capital' on the balance sheet.

Both food security and the emerging nature economy are critical elements of Origin's updated strategic vision as set out in our FY22 Capital Markets Day. These drive our ESG ambition and act as a roadmap for delivering value creation for all our stakeholders.

As a Group we constantly strive to optimise food production within a nature- rich environment. Our integrated approach promotes species diversity in crop rotation and offers environmentally sustainable, economically sound solutions for crop nutrition, soil health and farm productivity.

Beyond agriculture, we apply ecological expertise in urban, infrastructure construction and amenity settings, recognising nature's role in essential ecosystem services.

I am proud of the progress we have made as a leader in sustainable agronomy but I know we must do more. I also know that solving our shared challenges will require working in broad global coalitions and sharing our combined knowledge and expertise for the betterment of all.

Targets

In FY23, we continued the implementation of our sustainability strategy, Nurturing Growth and its associated targets. While we have made progress to date, we are constantly challenging ourselves and have set ourselves ambitious targets that will guide our leadership in promoting a sustainable future through responsible land use.

• Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 54.9% by 2032 from a 2019 base year.
• Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution and use of sold products by 32.5% within the same time frame.

• Establish a business division centred on amenity, environmental and ecology, which will inform how we support biodiversity across all of our activities.
• Improve biodiversity - support the creation of 1,000 miles of wildlife corridors.
• Enhance soil health - benchmark all soil analysis, through our Soil Resilience Strategy.
• Optimise productivity - Increase Nitrongen Use Efficiency (NUE) of crops by 20% by 2030.
• Fast-trackthe development of BioSolutions.
• Reduce the % of waste sent to landfill.

In this Sustainability Report, together with our Annual Report, we are transparently sharing our progress, our performance, the challenges and the opportunities to deliver our purpose in the most sustainable manner possible.

Over the course of the year the Group:

• Set Science Based Targets, across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
• Focused on sustainable land use, through integrated solutions, and sought to optimise food production within a nature-rich environment.
• Continued our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
• Reduced our health & safety reportable incident rate from 6.41 in 2022 to 2.91.
• Improved Employee Sentiment, achieving a consistent 89% Sustainable Engagement Index Score year-on-year.
• Achieved 25% female representation in leadership and management positions (+7% since 2018).

Now, more than ever, it is incumbent on organisations like Origin to lead with purpose and act as a force for good. Our strategy is aligned with the environment that we depend on, and the customers and communities we serve.

As CEO, I believe it is our responsibility not only to reduce our carbon footprint but also to embrace and champion this broader perspective, acknowledging that our success is intrinsically tied to the wellbeing of our planet. By doing so, we not only protect the environment but also secure a sustainable and prosperous future for our business and society as a whole.

Sean Coyle

Chief Executive Officer

Our approach

Our Sustainability Strategy

Origin is a leader in sustainable agronomy and global food supply responsiveness, embracing the nature economy.

Our approach to achieving sustainable land use and food production is to employ levers

to Nurture Our Environment and Our Society.

Nurturing Our Environment			Nurturing Our Society
Holistic, innovative and collaborative	Positive environmental	Empowering our people and	Conducting business	Governance
approach to sustainable land use	impact and resource	our communities	with integrity	and reporting
	efficency

Levers

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Products	Services	Advisory	Climate Change	Embedding our Values through	Code of Conduct
-	Enhanced	-	Advanced	-	Sustainable	-	Scope 1-3 GHG emissions	Six Strategic Pillars	-	Anti-bribery and
	efficiency		agricultural		agronomy	-	Net zero emissions by	-	Living our values		corruption
	fertilisers		software	-	Integrated nutrient	- Employee engagement
			2050	- People
-	BioSolutions	-	Soil health and		management
			-	Learning and development	-	Human rights and
	resilience		planning	Water
-	Micro-nutrients
-	Crop spraying	-	Integrated pest	-	Protect water quality	-	Health, safety and wellbeing		labour
-	Seeds	-	Equality, diversity and inclusion	-	Wage and hour
-	Lime application		management
	-	Reduce consumption
-	Green	-	Field trials	-	Precision	-	Community impact		practices
	infrastructure	-	Ecology		agriculture	Waste			-	Discrimination and
	solutions		consultancy			- Reduce use of virgin				harassment
							plastics			-	Freedom of association
						- Divert waste from landfill			-	Data protection
						Operational excellence			-	Community relations
						-	Environmental			Supplier Code of

Management System	Conduct

• Stakeholder engagement
• ESG committee
• Sustainability steering committee
• Measurement
• Targets - SBTI etc.

External rating

• Sustainalytics
• MSCI
• CDP

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01 Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

Double Materiality

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our Most Material Goals and KPIs

1. Nurturing Our Environment
2. Nurturing Our society

04 Governance

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Stakeholder Engagement

In 2023, we continued our unwavering commitment to continuous stakeholder engagement, reinforcing the significance of our enduring relationships, which lie at the heart of our vision to become the preferred partner of choice across our entire value chain. Strengthening these relationships through partnerships and ongoing engagement remains pivotal in identifying and evaluating future risks and opportunities vital to the success of our businesses.

Additionally, in 2023, as part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and sustainability, we undertook a significant step in reviewing our processes. We commissioned our inaugural Double Materiality exercise, marking a critical milestone in our journey towards comprehensive sustainability reporting. This exercise allows us to evaluate and prioritise both external impacts affecting our organisation and internal impacts we have on society and the environment.

Our commitment extends to building a more sustainable future and generating value for all our stakeholders. This diverse group includes employees, customers, suppliers, farmers, researchers, policymakers, NGOs, consumers and shareholders. By deepening our connections with these stakeholders through partnerships and sustained engagement, we acknowledge our responsibility to advance sustainability and maximise value.

Collaboration with growers and professionals in agriculture, amenity, landscaping, and ecology markets is an essential aspect of our approach. Together, we integrate criteria into their purchase, sale and production processes, addressing social, ethical and environmental concerns.

Governance

The Board shoulders the responsibility of ensuring effective engagement with stakeholders across economic, environmental and social dimensions. Lesley Williams, our Non-Executive Director, serves as the Chair of the ESG Committee, overseeing our sustainability and stakeholder engagement initiatives. This committee plays a pivotal role in guiding our actions, informed by stakeholder engagement, and directs the incorporation of feedback from this process into our strategic business priorities.

How Origin Engages Stakeholders

Our stakeholder relationships are firmly grounded in a continuous dialogue framework. This encompasses timely corporate disclosures, direct communication with key stakeholder groups and the systematic collection and integration of feedback into our strategic business priorities. This comprehensive approach ensures that we remain responsive and accountable to the expectations and concerns of our valued stakeholders, reaffirming our commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.

01 Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

Double Materiality

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our Most Material Goals and KPIs

1. Nurturing Our Environment
2. Nurturing Our society
3. Governance

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2023 stakeholder engagement

Employees	Customers	Consumers	Policymakers /	Civil Society	Academia	Investors	Industry	Suppliers
			Regulators				Partners
Our Stakeholders
We believe in	We have developed	In addition to the	Origin liaises	We respect the views	We partner with leading	We are committed to	Origin is conscious of	We recognise that
empowering our 2,800	long-term partnerships	amenity, farming,	with relevant	of all stakeholders in	academics and research	sustainable shared	the growing demand	our suppliers also
employees and strive	as trusted advisors	environmental,	policymakers and	the private realm with	institutes, serving as	value creation for our	for new models of	have a major role to
to create a culture	and input providers to	ecology and	regulators as well as	whom we interact -	important drivers of	investors and providers	multi-stakeholder	play in delivering our
that cultivates an	over 50,000 customers	horticultural sectors,	government agencies	community groups,	innovation for our	of capital.	collaboration	Nurturing Growth
open, collaborative,	in six countries. This	we are conscious of	and ratings agencies	non-governmental	business. These enduring		to achieve food	strategy.
diverse and inclusive	includes farmers, agri-	the wide-ranging	on all matters	organisations	partnerships are integral		security, sustainable
workplace.	businesses, growers,	number of end	relating to our ESG	[NGOs], labour	to our R&D strategy,		development and other
	landscapers and amenity	consumers for our	agenda.	unions, charitable	contributing to both		global goals outlined in
	professionals.	products and services.		and professional	foundational knowledge		the UN SDGs.
				associations.	for future crop solutions		We are committed to
					and serving as an
					extended 'workbench'		working collaboratively
					to solve short-term		with other industry
					problems facing the		partners.
					wider agricultural sector.
Our Approach
We continue to invest	Through our agronomist	We monitor and	During 2023, Origin	We continued	Origin actively	We maintain investor	Origin is engaged in	We foster a
in our people and in	and technical sales	respond to the fast-	submitted responses	to engage with	participates in various	relationships through	shaping the future of	partnership
fostering a Nurturing	teams, we listen to our	changing expectations	to CDP, MSCI and	development partners	research programmes,	multiple avenues,	sustainable land use	approach with
Growth culture.	customers and ensure	of consumers	Sustainalytics.	and farmers' groups,	including the EU-funded	including extensive	through its participation	our suppliers and,
	regular engagement.	worldwide, by		in raising awareness	'Innovar', enhancing	one-on-one meetings,	in industry fora like the	through our Code of
Our employee	We included a sample	delivering sustainable	We have commenced	of resource-smart	European crop testing	participation in	Agricultural Industries	Conduct, we clearly
engagement strategy	of customers in the 2023	agronomy, amenity,	implementing the	techniques. Our	with integrated	roadshows and	Confederation (AIC),	communicate how
'Let's Talk' continued	materiality process.	environmental and	recommendations	business units	genomics and machine	engagement at equity	The Amenity Forum	our suppliers should
with Town Hall		ecology products	outlined by the Task	continued to support	learning. We are also	conferences.	and the UK Business	operate as partners.
meetings, etc.	We expanded virtual	and services. We	Force on Climate-	local and community	engaged in the Marie		and Biodiversity Forum.
	iFarm events and trial	adhere to responsible	related Financial	projects through	Curie programme	Throughout FY23,	Within these fora,
We also included	tours and created	communication in our	Disclosures (TCFD),	local volunteering	'Rooted' for soil	we held meetings	Origin, through its
a sample number	a crowd-sourcing	marketing and brand	as well as the EU	and financial	microbiome innovation	with 142 institutional	representative business
of employees from	programme for	programmes.	Taxonomy and GRI	contributions.	and we collaborate	investors, with our	units, plays a role in
different geographies	innovation sharing with		reporting standards.		on multiple Innovate	Chairman actively	advancing initiatives to
in the 2023 materiality	customers.				UK projects promoting	involved in several	promote biodiversity,
process.					sustainable farming	one-on-one sessions.	circular practices
					practices.	These interactions	and the reduction
						occurred through a	of greenhouse gas
						combination of face-	emissions within the
						to-face meetings and	realm of land use.
						virtual connections,
						including conferences
						and video calls.