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AAK’s sustainability promise
At AAK, sustainability is part of our DNA. Hand in hand
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sibility is key to our continued development and future
success. We believe that building sustianability into our
everyday activities helps us achieve our vision of being
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In order to achieve this and structure our sustainability
work we have created the AAK House of Sustainability.
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focus areas: Our Customers, Our Suppliers, Our Planet,
Our People, and Our Neighbours. It represents how we
continuously work to ensure that sustainability is part of
our DNA, and guides our way of working with stakeholders
across the value chain.
A global team effort
This Sustainability Report aims to provide a clear picture
of how AAK integrates sustainable practices on a daily
basis. It is a global team effort involving colleagues from
all sites, who contribute with their experiences about
the company’s many environmental and social initiatives.
The report also includes statements, initiatives,
projects and views from across the entire organization
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within our activities and mindset.
Scope
This is a stand-alone Sustainability Report that encompasses
the AAK Group, including production sites,
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centers, and sourcing operations. Environmental data is
restricted to production sites only.
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tion sites, with mergers and aquisitions completed in
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ments in China and Brazil. The latest acquisitions made
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are not included.
As soon as new entities join AAK we focus deliberately
to improve and align environmental and social
parameters with AAK´s sustainability standards and
after one year they are included in the Sustainability
reporting.
We identify key raw materials based on volumes,
position in supply chain and risks together with our
partner Proforest. The key raw materials are presented
in Our Supplier section of the report.
The AAK Sustainability Report is available in English
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www.aak.com. To obtain a printed copy, please contact
Corporate Communications at comm@aak.com.
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