Global sustainability ambitions and achievements
We are proud to present AAK’s global sustainability ambitions and achievements in brief. The achievements are commented on in more detail in
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Area Ambitions 2019/2020+ Status Comments
Our
Customers
A leading and knowledgeable partner on sustainability An ambition that always guides us to become even stronger and more knowledgeable on sustainability for our customers.
Continously co-develop sustainable solutions AAK has developed new sustainable solutions that meet our customers expectations during 2019 (pages 22 and 24).
Ongoing:
- AAK Code of Conduct for Agents and Distributors signed by all
agents and distributors
98% Several new partnerships established during 2019 and great efforts have been made to ensure that agents and
distributors sign and understand the Code of Conduct.
- Intro to anti-corruption and competition law compliance e-learning
modules passed by all relevant employees
93/94% The introduction to anti-corruption and competition law compliance e-learnings will continuously be rolled out to all
relevant employees and employees entering the organization (page 55).
- Training on Code of Conduct for Agents and Distributors developed
and launched by 2020
Ongoing AAK wishes to reinforce the understanding of our Code of Conduct for Agents and Distributors by providing training.
Area Ambitions 2019/2020+ Status Comments
Our
Suppliers
Progressing on sustainability for each of our key raw materials An ambition that ensures continuous progress, traceability, compliance and high sustainability standards in our supply
chains.
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supply base.
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Continuously increase our impact on smallholders’ livelihoods We are running smallholder projects in our palm, shea, coconut and soy supply chains (pages 26–39).
Ongoing:
- 2019: All sourced palm oil meeting AAK’s policy requirements 31%
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- 2019: Develop and launch e-learning on Code of Conduct for
Suppliers of Raw Materials
The e-learning was developed in 2019 and will be launched in 2020.
- 2019: AAK Palm Oil Policy and Actions and Responsible sourcing
of Shea in AAK e-learning modules passed by all relevant
employees
98% of our suppliers have signed the Palm oil Policy and 99% of relevant employees passed AAK Palm Oil Policy and
action e-learning and 95% passed the Responsible sourcing of Shea e-learning module.
- Code of Conduct for Suppliers of Raw Materials signed by all raw
material suppliers
98% of our palm oil suppliers have signed the Code of Conduct for Suppliers of Raw Materials and work is ongoing to
provide a global percentage as the suppliers are currently managed in different regional systems. Please see GRI 308-1
and 414-1 on page 75.
- Code of Conduct training provided to all strategic raw material
suppliers
AAK has not directly engaged in any workshops during 2019, but 104 mills in our palm oil supply chain have participated
in workshops through Proforest. The top two suppliers in the coconut supply chain were engaged in 2019.
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