Sustainability report 2019

12 UN Global Compact commitments The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. With more than 9,900 company participants in 160 countries, the UN Global Compact is the world’s largest volun- tary corporate sustainability initiative. AAK has been participating in UN Global Compact since 2003. AAK recognise the rights of its workers to freedom of association and collective bargaining, including the right to freely form and join independent trade unions. Labor rights are addressed in AAK’s Sustainability Policy (page 55). Modern slavery issues are addressed in AAK’s statement on Modern Slavery Act (page 27). AAK does not support any form of discrimination. Anti-harassment and discrimination will be part of the Ethical Behavior training to be developed and launched during 2020. See page 17. Labor Businesses should uphold freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor; The effective abolition of child labor and; The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. Principles Examples of AAK commitments Human rights Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses. AAK supports the ten principles of UNGC in the areas of human and labour rights and communi- cates this to all employees in our Group Code of Conduct. The Code is accepted and sighed by all AAK employees (page 17). AAK Supplier Code of Conduct and Code of Conduct for Suppliers of Raw Materials is an integral part of the approval system for suppliers and our direct suppliers are required to approve and sign it (page 55). AAK has an active whistleblower function implemented.