{"id":8624,"date":"2025-05-28T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T10:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/?page_id=8624"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T12:53:10","slug":"letter-from-the-executive-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/the-sugar-company\/our-annual-report-2024-2025\/letter-from-the-executive-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the Executive Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Executive Board looks ahead to the figures for 2024\/2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"py-4 text-xl leading-8\">\n\tOur three Executive Board members address our shareholders and provide insights into the 2024\/2025 financial year and the company\u2019s development.<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n\n  <div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\">\n\n    <!-- Carousel -->\n    <div class=\"aspect-[3\/2]\">\n      <amp-base-carousel\n        id=\"carousel_875\"\n        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row-start-1 row-end-1 hidden\"\n              option=\"0\"\n              selected            >\n      \n              <!-- Title -->\n                              <p class=\"text-lg font-bold mb-1\">Lars Gorissen, CEO<\/p>\n                            <div class=\"\">\n              \u201cWe need growth in order to secure more stable earnings and dividends. That is why we will significantly expand our sugar cane activities.\u201d              <\/div>\n    \n              <!-- Button -->\n                          <\/li>\n                      <li\n              class=\"pl-0 m-0 col-start-1 col-end-1 row-start-1 row-end-1 hidden\"\n              option=\"1\"\n                          >\n      \n              <!-- Title -->\n                              <p class=\"text-lg font-bold mb-1\">Alexander Bott, CFO<\/p>\n                            <div class=\"\">\n              \u201cOur competitive cost structure, our good market positioning and the good earnings contribution from our Australian activities have contributed to our positive result.\u201d              <\/div>\n    \n              <!-- Button -->\n                          <\/li>\n                      <li\n              class=\"pl-0 m-0 col-start-1 col-end-1 row-start-1 row-end-1 hidden\"\n              option=\"2\"\n                          >\n      \n              <!-- Title -->\n                              <p class=\"text-lg font-bold mb-1\">Alexander Godow, COO<\/p>\n                            <div class=\"\">\n              \u201cDue to reduced cultivation areas in the EU, there are signs of an improvement. We believe that prices have already passed the lowest point.\u201d              <\/div>\n    \n              <!-- Button -->\n                          <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/amp-selector>\n\n      <!-- Indicators -->\n              <amp-selector\n          id=\"indicators_875\"\n          class=\"indicators absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 p-3 lg:p-4\"\n          layout=\"container\"\n          on=\"select:carousel_875.goToSlide(index=event.targetOption)\">\n          <ul class=\"flex justify-center space-x-3 list-none\">\n                          <li class=\"rounded-full h-3 w-3 border-2 border-neutral-inverse\"\n                 selected                option=\"0\">\n              <\/li>\n                          <li class=\"rounded-full h-3 w-3 border-2 border-neutral-inverse\"\n                                option=\"1\">\n              <\/li>\n                          <li class=\"rounded-full h-3 w-3 border-2 border-neutral-inverse\"\n                                option=\"2\">\n              <\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n        <\/amp-selector>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear shareholders,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our current Annual Report 2024\/2025 focuses on future. Read more about markets, finances and forecasts, and join us on a journey through the whole range of Nordzucker projects in terms of excellence and sustainability. We also present our enhanced corporate strategy, Fields for Growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This and more directly in the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250527_Annual-report-Nordzucker_2024_2025.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/250527_Annual-report-Nordzucker_2024_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Annual Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nordzucker AG &#8211; The Executive Board presents the most important financial figures, outlines the Group&#8217;s development and provides an outlook for the coming financial year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8723,"parent":8632,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8624"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8835,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8624\/revisions\/8835"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nordzucker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=8624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}