AAK Reports Strong Progress Within Sustainability

14 Oct 2014 --- AAK has released its Sustainability report for 2013/2014, in which the company outlines its sustainability commitments, activities and achievements in five focus areas based on the company’s model for Responsible growth – Marketplace, Supply chain, Environment, Workplace and Community.

“Despite shifting our product portfolio to more advanced products that, in general, require more resources per produced unit, we have managed to achieve very significant improvements for many key resource efficiency parameters,” says Arne Frank, President and CEO, AAK Group. “Energy and water consumption, water discharge and CO2 emissions have been reduced with between 10 and 18 percent per produced unit.”

AAK also reports significant progress on its palm oil commitments, both in regard to the progress on traceability and the continued development of the company’s palm oil policy. Furthermore, AAK reports on the successful women’s groups project in West Africa. The objective of locally engaging at least 30,000 women in 2013 was exceeded by more than 20 percent.

Throughout the report, AAK colleagues tell about local sustainability initiatives and managers share their thoughts and insights in their specific areas of responsibility. The report also includes external testimonials to highlight AAK’s work from an outside perspective.