AAK sustainability report 2018

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 compa- nies assessed. This was the second year in a row that AAK received a GOLD rating from EcoVadis. 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 stake- holders, 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 AAK among the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world 18