Rabobank (Past Sponsor)

Rabobank is a cooperative bank. There are almost ninety local Rabobanks in the Netherlands, which each operate with a high degree of independence so they can better serve their customers and local communities. Rabobank also has sizeable international banking operations. They focus on international business and rural activities in general and on the Food and Agri sector in particular.

Rabobank wants to be a part of building a better living and working environment for and with its customers. Our prime mission is to help achieve our customers' ambitions. We also feel a sense of shared responsibility for our customers' growth. Rabobank is active in the Netherlands and many other countries worldwide. As a socially responsible bank, we are committed to contributing to welfare and prosperity in the Netherlands and to solving the global food issue. We believe that sustainable growth makes the world better, and that with courage and purpose, we as a bank—in cooperation with our clients and partners—can help bring it about in a meaningful way. Growing; Stands for sustainable, healthy growth and for development and progress. Especially in times of transformation, we want to help and challenge our clients, partners and colleagues, and move them toward healthy growth. A better world; We want to improve the society we live on different levels. That could include families, neighbourhoods, cities, communities, clubs, bank branches, value chains, countries—even the whole world. Together; Means that we’re working with clients, employees, partners, governments, knowledge institutions and even our competitors. As a cooperative bank, we believe in the power of coalitions.

Given our strong presence across all continents, we are perfectly positioned to serve the entire F&A value chain worldwide and to facilitate the international activities of our Dutch clients. Effectively, there is no other bank that is active internationally in all the major food-producing and consuming regions worldwide. We see long-term and sustainable relationships with our clients as the heart of our business and our aim is to be the world’s most customer-centric bank.

We support our clients by providing access to finance, our wide-ranging knowledge and expertise, plus our extensive worldwide network, through an array of sophisticated banking products and services. In other words, we provide our clients with the insights – and financial products - to understand, anticipate and respond to trends and opportunities in their markets, focus on their core business and achieve their growth ambitions.