Sustainability report

AAK Sustainability Report 2020 26 Scaling up impact further with our women group program Kolo Nafaso AAK's women's groups supply chain Women organized in groups AAK extension officers training and educating the women AAK AAK engages directly with and sources directly from the women who collect and process shea kernels via our direct sourcing program Kolo Nafaso covering more than 320 000 women in total. Deeply understanding our supply base The biggest achievement in 2020 has been to expand our program by 39 percent compared to 2019. This great achievement has been possible in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. With our partner Proforest, we have completed the external verification of our standard operating proce- dure for the first time. We are constantly evaluating our way of working as well as best procedures to create a positive impact on women’s livelihoods, and to meet our customers’ expectations. One necessary adjustment in 2020 was to delay our women’s survey until traveling can be resumed. We have scheduled the survey for the first quarter of 2021. Our Kolo Nafaso shea dashboard guides our comp­ liance and sustainability work in West Africa. In 2020, we updated the dashboard to better reflect our responsible sourcing journey, and it now includes our 2025 ambitions. Contributes to: