This is a Category B project according to IFC’s Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability (2012). Based on information reviewed by IFC, the proposed project will have limited adverse E&S impacts that are few, site specific, largely reversible and readily addressed through existing mitigation measures and good international industry practices (“GIIP”).

Key E&S risks and impacts associated with the Project include: (i) the adequacy, implementation, and consolidation of the Company’s E&S management system across its decentralized network of grain storage, logistics, input commercialization, and industrial operations; (ii) management of labor and working conditions, including OHS risks related to grain handling, storage facilities, transport/logistics activities, use and commercialization of agricultural inputs, and ethanol production; (iii) emergency preparedness and response, including risks associated with fire and explosion, chemical handling, fuel and ethanol storage, and traffic-related incidents; (iv) community health, safety, and security risks associated with industrial and logistics operations, including prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) , traffic safety, noise, dust, odor, and air emissions; (v) environmental management of operational and industrial activities, including wastewater treatment and discharge, air emissions, solid and hazardous waste management; and (vi) supply chain risks associated with the sourcing of agricultural commodities, particularly soy and corn, including conversion of natural habitat and labor conditions at the supplier level.