April 2, 2013

Dear stakeholders,

it''s with great pleasure to inform you that Royal Rotra reaffirms its support of the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-corruption.

We are pleased that we are able to share our progress in the further optimization of the implementation of the 10 principles in our business strategy and translate this strategy into day-to-day action.

Sincerely yours,
Machiel Roelofsen,
Vice president Rotra

Rotra is committed to respecting human rights as stated in the universal declaration of human rights. We endeavor to ensure that we do not infringe on human rights and comply with the laws of the countries in which we do operate. Both internally and externally.

Rotra has drawn up internal rules and guidelines which describe rights and obligations of employees and management. These guidelines are provided internally and to be consulted any moment. Further more a selection of our employees are represented in a periodical meeting wtih Rotra's board of directors. Externally Rotra screens suppliers and agree on contracts and quality management in order to maintain human rights and correct behaviour.
Besides that, as a socially committed organization we support charities like Alpe d' Huzes (Cancer foundation) and Manusia Papua (support inhabitants Indonesia). We also support local sportclubs in order to enable our employees to stay in good physical and mental shape.
We also have an agreement with a sportschool in the neighbourhood where all employees can work on their physical shape at discounted tariff.

Rotra has had the honour at its 100th Anniversary of being granted the royal status by her Majesty the Queen: Royal Rotra. This is the ultimate proof and regocnition of Rotra social responsible and sustainable business operations during more than 100years! Rotra has never been involved in human rights incidences in its long history.

Rotra's Human Resource policy and contracts with employees describe required rights and employer obligations (e.g. safety and health, non discrimination/equal chances, working hours, wages etc.)

We ensure that working space for all our employees meet the strictest requirements; our drivers drive newest cars which are maintained according to the strictest programns.
We also train all our employees at the Rotra Academy (drivers and office staff) in order to increase quality as well as safety. We want to enable all our personnel to develop their skills.

All our facilities meet the strictest requirements. Rotra is periodically audited by certified organisations

Our customer service measures all incidents and report them in order to prevent them to happen again. Thanks to training and measurements we reduced the amount of incidents to almost zero. The reporting also contains external incidents.

Rotra uses its key position by converting its policy into concrete actions and results and in doing so actively contributes to a sustainable society in which people, planet and profit go together. Rotra is strongly committed to providing sustainable service and by means of its Rotra Academy, communicates this awareness to all its employees.

Rotra's green policy dates right back to the 80s of the past century. Rotra developed its first trailers for train transport (Hupac Transport) to Southern Europe; currently still hundreds of trailers are leaving by train on a monthly basis. In the early 80s Rotra developed the first volume combinations; the first vehicle to pass the LZV (Long Heavy Vehicle)-test in the Netherlands in 2004 was a Rotra-roadtrain!

In recent years Rotra has fulfilled its pioneering role in sustainable logistics by introducing trucks running on alternative fuels. After taking into use Europe's first truck on ethanol in 2007, the first clean Econic natural gas truck was introduced in the Benelux in the summer of 2009. In 2011 Rotra introduces trucks on CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).

In addition, the establishment of our own quay on the IJssel River at the Rotra premises in Doesburg is an environmentally friendly alternative for containertransport by road, which is continually experiencing more congestion.

In the summer of 2010 Rotra provides its 5000m2 large Automatic Bicycle Warehouse (ABW) in Doesburg with solar cells. By using this renewable, environmental friendly, energy Rotra establishes an annual emission-reduction of over 48.000 kgs CO2! Click here for Rotra's emission-reduction (live!).

In 2011 Rotra has been awarded the Lean&Green Award for its sustainable strategy. The environmental performance is measured by the objectives stated by the organization of this award > 20% CO2 reduction in 2015 (compared to 2011).

Rotra does not accept any form of corruption; neither employees, nor Rotra's management nor our partners/suppliers worldwide. We select our partners according to strict criteria.

Rotra maintains strict guidelines for employees how to act in case of bribery. Integrity is an important part of our policy. We have even printed our policy on posters hanging on the walls in all our premises. We also publicate them on our Intranet; everyone is any moment of the day aware of our people, planet, profit statement.
New personnel is screened by our HRM in order to minimize the chance of corruption.

There have never been any incidents of corruption. Our predicate '' Royal'' is a big honour and ultimate proof of an anti-corrupt Royal Rotra history.