AAK sustainability report 2018

67 Decentralized approach We believe in the importance of anchoring our CSR efforts in the organization and in incorporating a sustainability mindset into our everyday working life. To that end, we have set up a decentralized global CSR organization responsible for CSR-related initia- tives, progress, communication, and reporting. Global CSR organization with local roots The Global CSR Manager reports to the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) who is a member of AAK’s Exe­ cutive Committee. The CMO’s responsibilities include CSR, corporate strategy, and business development and marketing. At Board level, the Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring the follow-up and reporting of CSR topics, codes and policies. Since the global CSR organization was established in early 2007, its objective has been to ensure breadth and diversity in the local teams, which are funda- mental to our sustainability work. The teams possess competencies in human resources, health, safety and environment, finance, sourcing, operations, and sales. At our production sites, the teams consist of five to ten people led by a CSR team leader. The teams at our sourcing operations in West Africa have a different composition, and may draw on competencies from the major sites. * SoLA represents Southern Latin America and includes Uruguay and Brazil. ** NoLA represents Northern Latin America and includes Mexico and Colombia. Global CSR organization Production Sourcing CSR team Europe CSR teams Asia CSR teams SoLA* CSR teams NoLA** CSR teams US CSR teams West Africa Benin Port Newark, NJ Hull Montevideo, UY AAK Kamani, Khopoli, IN Morelia, MX Karlshamn Ghana Louisville, KY Runcorn Jundiaí, BR Zhangjiagang, CN CSR teams SE CSR team Aarhus DK CSR teams UK CSR team Zaandijk, NL CSR team Merksem, BE Villavicencio, CO Dalby Burkina Faso Hillside, NJ Richmond, CA Mali Ivory Coast CEO and Executive Committee Global CSR Manager Management Contacts Anna Frey-Wulff, Global CSR Manager Email: anna.frey-wulff@aak.com Anne Mette Olesen, Chief Marketing Officer Or e-mail: sustainability@aak.com