Sustainability report

Contributes to: AAK Sustainability Report 2020 Progress, commitments and impact | 15 The women in the Kolo Nafaso program are making their own investment choices and decisions regarding how to grow their businesses, and the initiative is encouraging and expanding their access to banking, and financial services in line with SDG 8.10 (expand access to banking and financial services for all). By providing leadership and resource efficiency training to the women in the program, we also contribute to both SDG 5.1 (end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere) and SDG 12.8 (ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development). Creating new partnerships and opportunities During 2020, AAK has explored new partnerships as a response to the pandemic, focusing on the immediate need for improved public hygiene. We have teamed up with Saha Global, an NGO in Ghana, to help women entrepreneurs create new businesses that provide access to clean drinking water for their communities. From 2021 and onwards, AAK and Saha Global will help to bring these businesses to the Kolo Nafaso commu- nities and create extra income for women in line with SDG 6.1 (achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all). More information on our remaining secondary contri- bution to the SDGs in Kolo Nafaso can be found in our Shea progress report from March 2021. For more information about AAK’s activities, including description of positive and negative impact, please see our SDG assessment on pages 72–81.