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AAK - Sustainability report 2013/2014

AAK in 60 seconds The largest business area primarily offers VROXWLRQVWRWKH%DNHU\,QIDQW1XWULWLRQ Dairy and Food Service industries. III | AAK Responsible growth AAK is one of the founders of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm 2LO5632$$.DOVRIRXQGHGDQG operates GreenPalm, which provides an exclusive web-based platform for WKHWUDGHLQFHUWL¿FDWHVIRUVXVWDLQDEOH palm oil. Through these and other initiatives, AAK continuously contributes to the promotion of sustainable palm oil. The second largest business area offers cocoa butter alternatives for chocolate, compounds for coating and moulding, and VSHFLDOLW\IDWVIRUFRQIHFWLRQHU\¿OOLQJV The Technical Products & Feed business area provides biolubricants for metalworking, forestry and construction, fatty acids and glycerine for various applications and proteins and fats for animal feed. $$.¶VYLVLRQLVWREHWKH¿UVWFKRLFHLQ value-added vegetable oil solutions. AAK’s products are ingredients, including alternatives to dairy fat and cocoa butter, trans-free solutions, low saturated fats solutions, nutritious fats for infant formula, environmentally friendly lubricants, and healthy skin care products. AAK’s raw materials are derived from renewable sources primarily sourced in 1RUWKHUQ(XURSHUDSHVHHG(XURSH DQG0HLFRVXQÀRZHU86VR\D EHDQV:HVW$IULFDVKHDNHUQHOV and Southeast Asia and Latin America SDOP New products are developed in close partnership with customers, drawing on oils and fats expertise and knowledge of market trends. Close relations enable AAK to create lasting solutions that meet customer needs, expectations and high standards. 7KHSDUHQWFRPSDQ\$$.$%SXEOLV a Swedish-registered joint-stock company. The company’s shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm, in the /DUJH&DSVHJPHQW)RRG %HYHUDJH sector. In early 2014 AAK launched a new company program that will guide AAK through 2014–2016, AAKtion. The new program is intended to further strengthen the focus on sales, innovation and execution. AAK has more than a century of unrivalled experience with vegetable oils for a broad spectrum of applications. The operation is organised in three business areas: Food Ingredients &KRFRODWH &RQIHFWLRQHU\)DWV 7HFKQLFDO 3URGXFWV )HHG Volume Volume Volume 65 % 18 % 17 % Operational key figures 6(.PLOOLRQXQOHVVRWKHUZLVHVWDWHG 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Net sales 15,884 14,808 16,695 16,911 16,537 $GMXVWHGRSHUDWLQJSURILW(%,7 827 824 918 * 1,003** 1,127* 2SHUDWLQJSURILW(%,7 827 824 914 975 1,117 Operating profit per kilo 0.58 0.57 0.64 0.66 0.69 Earnings per share 10.14 14.15 14.72 15.66 17.87 Return on Capital Employed 12.60 13.10 13.30 13.90 16.50 * Adjusted for acquisition costs ** Adjusted for acquisition costs and the effects of Hurricane Sandy costs


AAK - Sustainability report 2013/2014
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