Our Planet
This focus area covers AAK’s impact on the environment in
terms of consumption and emissions from our production
plants. It is a top priority for us to minimize our use of natural
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though our stronger focus on speciality drives a higher
degree of processing. We have over the years been able
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emissions, water consumption and waste treatment. In
our Sustainability Report you can read about various local
initiatives.
Our People
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an attractive workplace for employees, and to make sure
that everybody is healthy and safe. AAK’s employees are
the company’s most important resource. With employees
in many different locations across the globe – in production
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diverse company with many different job functions. Common
to every employee is the company’s values and Code of
Conduct, which govern the way in which our business is
conducted and how employees interact with each other and
the company’s stakeholders.
We have continuously focused on safety in the workplace.
Through the work of our Global Safety Team and local
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over the years.
Our Neighbours
This focus area covers activities that AAK initiates and
engages in, be they local, regional, national or international,
in order to play our part and act responsibly in society.
Contributing to, and being part of, the community in which
AAK operates is essential for maintaining a positive relationship
with neighbours, politicians and authorities. Which
community activities we engage in is dependent on what
is relevant and adds most value to the local community.
Through a commitment to community causes, AAK is also
instrumental in creating a workplace with highly motivated
employees who take pride in working for a company that
makes a noticeable difference.
CSR objectives and GRI
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and future objectives are publicly available in our Sustainability
Report. Further, based on the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) G4 guidelines we globally monitor indicators
of importance to our stakeholders and ourselves. To identify
indicators of importance we use the materiality analysis
methodology outlined in G4.
Global CSR team
The engine behind all of our CSR activities is our decentralized
global CSR team, established in 2007. It consists
of local CSR teams possessing competencies covering our
CSR scope. The Global CSR Manager reports to the CMO
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tive Committee.
Sharing and partnerships
Sharing our knowledge, objectives and achievements with
our stakeholders is a fundamental part of our approach. In
our annual Sustainability Report we share global information
based on the GRI framework supported by a variety of local
projects and initiatives illustrating how our strategy becomes
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customers via the Sedex platform. Further, we frequently
report progress on the implementation of our palm oil policy
in AAK’s Progress Report on Sustainable Palm Oil. Reports
and policies are publically available at AAK’s website.
The UN Global Compact encourages companies to
engage in partnerships to tackle global challenges more
effectively. AAK embraces the view that in partnerships
you combine competencies and are more likely to accomplish
more than you could do on your own. Partnering with
other businesses, NGOs and governmental agencies are
ways to accomplish more. To name a few examples, AAK
is participating in or partnering with RSPO (Roundtable
on Sustainable Palm Oil), GSA (Global Shea Alliance),
Proforest, Danida in Denmark, and the British organization
TREE AID.
Monitoring and dialogue
Our CSR system is not static, adjusting instead to input
from stakeholders such as customers, investors, NGOs and
employees. We monitor new and upcoming legislation, follow
trends in our communities, and benchmark our CSR practices
against those of retailers, customers, and competitors.
Our overall objective is to grow AAK sustainably and progress
within sustainability as a whole. If you would like to learn
more about our CSR achievements, initiatives and objectives
please refer to our annual Sustainability Report.
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