AAK receives highest possible sustainability
rating by EcoVadis
In 2018, EcoVadis awarded AAK a GOLD rating for our
work within sustainability. EcoVadis is a collaborative
platform enabling companies to monitor the sustainable
performance of their suppliers. AAK was assessed on
Environment, Labor practices, Fair business practices,
and Sustainable procurement, and our performance
score placed us among the top 5 percent of all companies
assessed. This was the second year in a row that
AAK received a GOLD rating from EcoVadis.
AAK among the 100 most sustainable
corporations in the world
In January 2019, Corporate Knights Inc. released its
15th annual Global 100 list of the most sustainable
corporations in the world, ranking AAK as number 75.
The publication of the ranking took place in Davos,
Switzerland, in connection with the World Economic
Forum.
Corporate Knights, a Canadian based company
specialized in media and investment research, analyzed
the sustainability performance of 7,500 companies. The
ranking is based on key performance indicators (KPIs)
within resource management, employee management,
financial management, clean revenue, and supplier
performance. For full rankings and methodology details,
please refer to http://www.corporateknights.com/reports/
global-100/
Sustainability is part of AAK’s DNA, and to continuously
develop our systematic and focused sustainability work
is critical – for our business, for our different stakeholders,
for our planet. This great acknowledgement,
only made possible by global and cross-functional team
work, shows that we are on the right path.
Mads Feer
Global CSR Manager
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