Sustainability report

GRI 300 Standard: Environmental Performance Management approach 103 1/2/3 Management approach Pages 6–7, 36, 42–43, 44–45 and 46 301-1 Materials used by weight or volume Important topic for AAK. See pages 73-81. AAK used 2,723,786 tonnes of material to produce and package the organizations' primary products and services during 2020. 2,623,480 tonnes were of renewable (incl. raw material) and 100,306 tonnes were of non-renewable material. 302-1 Energy consumption within the organization Significant topic. See pages 44, 73–81. Electricity consumption: 323,509,166 kWh, Heating consumption: 6,805,555 kWh, Steam consumption: 22,879,444 kWh. AAK did not sell any electricity, heat or cooling during 2020. 302-3 Energy intensity Significant topic. See page 44. 302-4 Reduction in energy consumption Significant topic. See page 44. Omission: Information not available. Basis for calculating reductions in energy consumption, such as base year. Work is ongoing to define a reduction calculation aligned with the science-based targets. 303-3 Water withdrawal by source Important topic for AAK. See page 45. No water withdrawal from areas with water stress reported during 2020. Omission: Information not available. A breakdown of total water withdrawal including freshwater not disclosed. Work is ongoing to define impact and how to report. 303-5 Water consumption Important topic for AAK. See page 45. No water consumption from areas with water stress reported during 2020. 304-1 Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas Significant topic. Villavicencio (Colombia) is an operational site of 41,438 m 2 located in the terrestrial ecosystem area protected by national legislation. Zhangjiagang (China) is a production site of 66,666 m 2 located in a freshwater ecosystem area protected by national legislation. Zaandijk (the Netherlands) is an operational site of smaller size located adjacent to a Natura 2000 area protected by legislation. Karlshamn (Sweden) is a production site of 260,000 m 2 located adjacent to a terrestrial ecosystem area protected by Natura 2000. BD Foods (United Kingdom), 0.1 km 2 is located in a terrestrial ecosystem. 305-1 Direct (scope 1) GHG emissions Significant topic. IPCC**, using GHG Protocol Standards* with centralized approach where the sites report activity data. Calculations are made with financial control approach. See page 42 and pages 68–69 for reporting principles. Omission: Information not available. Biogenic emissions are not included. No rationale defined for base year 2012. Work is ongoing to set a new base year. For more information see page 69. 305-2 Energy indirect (scope 2) GHG emissions Significant topic. IPCC**, using GHG Protocol Standards* with centralized approach where the sites report activity data. Calculations are made with financial control approach. The scope 2 emissions calculated with market-based method were 107,990 tonnes CO 2 e and the location-based emissions were 87,563 tonnes during 2020. See page 42 and pages 68–69 for reporting principles. Omission: No rationale defined for base year 2012. Work is ongoing to set a new base year. For more information see page 69. 305-4 GHG emissions intensity Significant topic. IPCC**, using GHG Protocol Standards* with centralized approach where the sites report activity data. The intensity ratio is GHG emission per tonne of raw material used. See page 42. AAK is reporting the development in its GHG emissions on a five-year scale (2016–2020), 2016 is not the base year. The rationale behind choosing to report in this manner is that AAK has committed to set a science-based target during 2021 and will continue to revise and set a new GHG reduction target with a new base year during 2021. GHG protocol scope 1 and 2 are included in the intensity ratio on page 42. For more information see page 69. 305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions Significant topic. IPCC**, using GHG Protocol Standards* with centralized approach where the sites report activity data. See page 42. Omission: Information not available. The reductions as a direct result of reduction initiatives are missing. This will be further defined going forward. See page 69. 305-6 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) Important topic for AAK. IPCC**, using GHG Protocol Standards* with centralized approach where the sites report activity data. 547 kg of total reported purchase of ODS during 2020, representing 13 percent of AAK’s locations. Work is ongoing to ensure plans to phase out ODS. Topic Disclosure Disclosure description Page number and comments AAK Sustainability Report 2020 84