ISCC Sustainability Certification Renewal

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Sustainability and environmental protection are a priority in our manufacturing processes, achieved through continuous research and investment, as well as the meticulous daily adherence to sustainable work procedures implemented over the past forty years. Thus, thanks to our commitment to the environment In 2024, we achieved certification under the prestigious ISCC standard – International Sustainability and Carbon Certification, Sustainability certification awarded by the prestigious Italian company RINA. This certification demonstrates our commitment to environmental matters beyond mere compliance with existing regulations.

ISCC certification confirms that the raw materials we process and the products we market for biofuel applications meet the requirements of the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED II/III) in sustainability and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

A portion of the fats we produce is used to manufacture biodiesel. For this biodiesel to count as renewable energy in the European energy mix, it must be traceable back to a sustainable feedstock—typically byproducts and waste from the olive oil sector—with a verifiable reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to the reference fossil fuel. ISCC audits every link in the chain: harvesting, storage, manufacturing, and transport. Our certifying body, RINA (Italy), verifies our mass balances, traceability documentation, and emissions calculations. For our energy sector clients, ISCC is not a voluntary badge but a regulatory requirement: without valid ISCC certification at every stage of the chain, the final biodiesel cannot be recognized as renewable in European national registers. We are committed to renewing this certification annually without interruption, ensuring a continuous supply to a sector where any traceability failure propagates backward to all the suppliers that feed it.

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FEDER funds help from the European Union

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RIOSA-Refinación Industrial Oleícola SA has received aid from the European Union under the Operational Program ERDF of Andalusia 2014-2020, financed as part of the Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (REACT-EU), to compensate for the extra energy cost of natural gas and/or electricity to SMEs and the self-employed especially affected by the increase in the prices of natural gas and electricity caused by the impact of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.'

Aid of this type helps to alleviate the effects of force majeure crises in companies in the Union, helping to maintain employment and reindustrialization.

RIOSA, among the 500 most thriving companies in Spain.

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The Spanish Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises (CEPYME) presented its yearbook on November 7 'Cepyme 500', the list that aims to give visibility and projection to the five hundred SMEs that lead business growth in Spain and that, in his 2023 edition, includes RIOSA for the first time.

To prepare this list, CEPYME observes such significant markers in the chosen companies as their billing grow to a rate greater than 15 percent annually and that the innovation is an inherent part of your company philosophy.

We make special mention of the inclusion in the same list of a neighboring company and from the same oil sector, Libitec, dedicated to the production of biodiesel. We are proud that two such close companies have been chosen within this strict national selection.

https://www.cepyme500.com/empresa/riosa-refinacion-industrial-oleicola

Two companies from Linares, among the 500 most thriving in Spain in 2023

FIGAN 2023

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RIOSA will be present at the 16th FIGAN which will be held in Zaragoza from March 28 to 31, 2023. We will be happy to welcome our clients and friends at our stand as always. A very productive fair, full of meetings and days for the development of animal production.

GMP+ B1 quality certification renewal

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In our constant commitment to quality, RIOSA is proud to have recently achieved without any problems the renewal of the prestigious GMP+ quality certification, in manufacturing scheme B1. Thanks to the quality achieved in our products and the proven safety that they have demonstrated in the exhaustive tests carried out by accredited external laboratories, we have been certified by the prestigious Dutch company Bureau Veritas. This certification demonstrates our commitment to quality and not only to compliance with existing regulations on food safety, but also that we go much further in the quality and safety levels of our products. Our goal is to offer our clients maximum peace of mind when feeding their animals.

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The war in Ukraine shoots up the prices of raw materials

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent war that is developing between two of the main exporting powers of food and energy raw materials has led to an increase in food prices without comparison in recent decades. Ukrainian grain production, in what was known as "Europe's breadbasket", has practically disappeared, and Russian grain production does not reach Europe due to economic sanctions. Along with this, an equally disproportionate rise in energy caused by economic sanctions on Russian gas and oil has only made the situation worse. Food prices, already highly inflated since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, have continued to increase following the development of the sad events, putting pressure on a market, the food market, which is at the limit of consumers' possibilities. .

FIGAN 2021

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RIOSA is present at the 15 FIGAN held in Zaragoza from September 21 to 24, 2021. We will be happy to welcome our clients and friends at our stand as always. A very productive fair, full of meetings and days for the development of animal production.

The EU once again authorizes the use of animal protein for animals, this time excluding intraspecies cannibalism.

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20 years after the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis, also known as the "mad cow" crisis, the European Union has once again approved, after long studies, the use of animal protein in animal feed, always that certain rules are met that expressly exclude intraspecies cannibalism.

We remember here our entry about it of April 10, 2012, as well as our informational page December 1, 2003 and memorandum of May 6, 2004 of the European Commission.

In summary, from now on it will be allowed to use flour of pork origin to feed poultry, and vice versa, which will lead to better use of very useful materials that were previously lost as waste. It will also allow the use of collagen and gelatin of ruminant origin in non-ruminants. And as a novelty, the use of insect protein in poultry and pork is allowed. Previously, the use of said insect protein was only allowed for fish feeding. The prohibition on the use of proteins of bovine origin for all uses is maintained, following what was learned in the BSE crisis.

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ISO 22000:2018 quality certification renewal

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In our constant commitment to quality, RIOSA is proud to have recently achieved without any problems the renewal of the prestigious ISO 22000:2018 quality certification, for the manufacture and trade of fats for animal feed. Thanks to the quality achieved in our products and the proven safety that they have demonstrated in the exhaustive tests carried out by accredited external laboratories, we have been certified by the prestigious Dutch company Bureau Veritas. This certification demonstrates our commitment to quality and not only to compliance with existing regulations on food safety, but also that we go much further in the quality and safety levels of our products. Our goal is to offer our clients maximum peace of mind when feeding their animals.

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Call for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

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The Board of Directors of RIOSA-REFINACION INDUSTRIAL OLEICOLA SA., in accordance with the legal and statutory precepts, calls the shareholders to the Ordinary General Meeting that will take place at the registered office, located at Barriada del Puente, s/n, in Ibros, Jaén, on April 30, 2021 at ten in the morning, and the next day at the same time in the second call, with the following

 ORDER OF THE DAY:

First: Ratification of the constitution of the Ordinary General Meeting, the Agenda, as well as the positions of President and Secretary thereof.

Second: Modification of "Article 13 Call for General Meeting" of the Bylaws.

Third: Adaptation of the corporate website.

Fourth: Approval, if applicable, of the management of the entity's administrative body, corresponding to the year ended October 31, 2020.

Fifth: Approval, if applicable, of the Annual Accounts corresponding to the year ended October 31, 2020.

Sixth: Approval, if applicable, of the Application Proposal of the result of the aforementioned exercise.

Seventh: Ratify the remuneration of the Administrators.

Eighth: Reading and approval of the minutes.

The right of shareholders to request in writing, prior to the Board meeting or verbally during it, the reports or clarifications they deem necessary regarding the matters included in the Agenda, to the Administrative Body, is stated. who will provide them orally or in writing, according to the time and nature of the information requested in accordance with article 197 of the Consolidated Text of the Capital Companies Law (TRLSC).

Likewise, it is stated that all shareholders have the right to examine, at the registered office, the full text of the proposed statutory modification and the report justifying it in accordance with article 287 of the TRLSC.

In Ibros, March 22, 2021.

The non-board Secretary, Manuel José Blesa de la Parra.