AAK walks the sustainability talk
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According to a recent report on sustainability communication,
published by the Stockholm School of Economics, AAK
has made significant improvements in communicating its
sustainability work.
In the report, “Walking the Talk”, which was published in
late September, 88 companies listed on the Nasdaq OMX
Stockholm Large Cap index were compared by analyzing
what they say that they will do and what they say they have
done – identified as the companies’ “talk” and “walk” – within
Sustainability/Corporate Responsibility.
The channels examined for the report were corporate
websites along with sustainability reports and annual reports
for the financial year 2016. Altogether, more than 14,000
pages of data were collected, encoded and analyzed.
Out of a maximum of 17 points, the average talk score was
12 while the average walk score was 9. AAK managed to
score 14 on both walk and talk, increasing its points from 11
and 10 respectively compared to the report published two
years ago.
“This is of course great recognition of our hard and
persistent work within the sustainability area”, says Mads
Feer, Global CSR Manager at AAK. “Of all companies
analyzed, it was found that 83 percent talk more than they
walk, but our score tells us that there is a perfect balance
between how much sustainability work we say we will do,
and how much we actually have done.”
10 silent walkers 34 talking walkers
Telia;Millicom
Atlas
Copco
H&M;SSAB;
Boliden
Axfood;
Castellum
Sandvik;Hexpol
MTG;
Swedish Match
ASSA
ABLOY
AAK
Holmen
NCC
Electrolux;Nibe
ICA
Husqvarna
SAAB
Ahlsell;
Peab
Axis
Ericsson
Trelleborg;Swedbank
Bonava
Lundin
Petroleum
Bravida
Lundin
Mining
Com
Hem
Fabege;
SKF;JM;
Handelsbanken
Avanza Autoliv
Alfa Laval;
Kungsleden
Atrium
Ljungberg
Hufvudstaden
Getinge
Attendo
Balder
Wihlborgs;
Investor
Fingerprint Cards;
Hemfosa
Betsson
Billerud-
Korsnäs
Hexagon
Industrivärden;
Collector
Dometic
Elekta
Nobia
Indutrade
Intrum
Justitia
Kinnevik
Klövern;
Pandox
Kindred (Unibet);
Loomis
Latour
Lundberg
Resurs
Melker
Schörling
NetEnt
Ratos
Sagax
33 silent low-performers 11 talking low-performers
SCA
SEB
Securitas
Skanska
Evolution
Gaming
Stora
Enso
SWECO
Sobi
Tele2
Thule;
AstraZeneca; Nordea
Tieto
Lifco;
Wallenstam
Volvo
ÅF
Talk average: 12,0
Walk average: 9,0
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15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Walk
Talk
Talk=Walk
Walk>Talk
Basic Materials
Consumer Goods
Consumer Services
Financials
Health Care
Industrials
Oil and Gas
Technology
Number of companies policy.
Number of companies follow-up actions regarding Follow-up level
Percentage of companies communicate the respective follow-up actions, as well.
Relative performance of companies listed on the Nasdaq OMX Large Cap index. Graph taken from the report Walking
the Talk, produced by Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) at the Stockholm School of Economics.