Environment The section on Environment covers AAK’s impact on the environment in terms of consumption and emissions from our production plants. To make this section easier to navigate, it has been GLYLGHGLQWRIRXUVXEVHFWLRQV(QHUJ\$LU:DWHUDQG:DVWH jects are described in this section, presented by the employees who are directly involved in achieving the results. As a matter of course, we take environmental laws and regulations very seriously and are proud to report that, in 2013, we recorded no incidents of non-compliance. Resource efficiency – results driven by local teams Waste /HDVWIDYRXUDEOH 0RVWIDYRXUDEOH AAK Responsible growth | 25 Environmental objectives 6HQGLQJZDVWHWRODQG¿OOPHDQVQRWXWLOLLQJ any of the potential value that may still be present. What’s more, in many countries, DODQG¿OOWDKDVEHHQLQWURGXFHGWRUHGXFH the amount of waste disposed of in this way. AAK’s objective is that, by the end of 2015, minimum 98.5 percent of the company’s waste will go to reuse, recycling or recovery. Dur- LQJSHUFHQWHTXDOWR07RI the total waste was disposed of in the least AAK’s production plants differ in size, capacity and the types of processes used. Processing vegetable oils is both complex and energyintensive. AAK is very much aware of the footprint that production plants leave on the environment. Therefore, the company constantly strives to reduce its consumption of energy and water, and to reduce waste and emissions. As part of the AAKtion program, the aim is to become more environmentally friendly – and improve day by day. To achieve this, environmental projects are implemented, consumption and emissions are PRQLWRUHGDQGEHVWSUDFWLFHVDUHLGHQWL¿HGE\ benchmarking production plants against each other and against other players in the industry. A handful of AAK’s various environmental pro- IDYRXUDEOHZD\ODQG¿OO7KHUHPDLQLQJ percent of the waste material was disposed for reuse, recycling or recovery. This is a decline of 1.1 percentage points compared to 2012. The main causes are new acquisitions with less focus on waste and a change in US federal legislation regarding used bleaching earth. In spite of these new challenges, the aim is still to achieve the 2015 target. /DQG¿OO 5HFRYHU 5HF\FOH Reuse 5HGXFH 7KHGHYHORSPHQWWKDWZHZDQWRXUZDVWHGLVSRVDOWRIROORZJRLQJIURPZDVWHWRODQG¿OORYHU UHFRYHU\UHF\FOLQJDQGUHXVHWRUHGXFWLRQ $FRPPRQZD\RIPHDVXULQJUHVRXUFHHI¿- ciency is to calculate the amount of resources consumed versus the production output. However, AAK’s strategy of producing and selling PRUHVSHFLDOLHGUH¿QHGSURGXFWVPHDQV that, all things being equal, we require more resources per unit of output. This sometimes EOXUVWKHUHVXOWVRIHI¿FLHQF\LQLWLDWLYHVDQG makes it hard to paint a clear picture and give well-earned credit to the projects. For this reason, a decision has been taken to focus on local organization, projects, progress and results driven by local resource HI¿FLHQF\WHDPV 7KHSURFHVVZLOOEHDVIROORZV Teams established, monthly meetings and at least one project initiated 5HVRXUFHHI¿FLHQF\SURMHFWVDWDOO sites are delivering according to plan 5HVRXUFHHI¿FLHQF\UHVXOWVGRFX- mented at all sites Initially this objective only focused on energy HI¿FLHQF\+RZHYHUWKHREMHFWLYHKDVQRZ been extended to any resource used in the company’s processes – not only energy.
AAK - Sustainability report 2013/2014
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