AAK sustainability report 2018

66 After an onboarding period, the Zhangjiagang plant was asked to join all our other sites in contributing to the Global Reporting Initiative, an international independent standards organization that monitors impact on issues such as climate change, human rights and corruption. While some thought the reporting process would be complex, the experience was universally positive and efficient. Zhangjiagang is located in China’s Jiangsu province, and is one of the many ports along the famous Yangtze river. Workers at the new AAK site were initially appre- hensive when invited to get involved with the Global Reporting Initiative and people were concerned it might be complicated or time-consuming to complete. Proactivity through training and support Fortunately, these concerns were quickly put to rest. On one hand, the Global Reporting Initiative has been designed to be streamlined to alleviate any additional pressure on a company’s reporting process, and on the other, Mads Jules Feer, Global CSR Manager of AAK, was on site to help manage the proceedings. Mads was able to give face-to-face training to everyone involved and used a special “card game” to facilitate the group discussions. This enabled partic- ipants to easily understand the key areas needed to focus on and how to get them completed. In addition, the senior management in AAK China gave its full support and encouragement to the team, which gave an even greater incentive to do the best possible job. AAK Zhangjiagang, China Teamwork streamlines the GRI process 66