Sustainability is at the heart of our purpose Making Better Happen. Our sustainability work is embedded in all parts of the AAK value chain, from the crop all the way to the brand on the store shelf.
At AAK, we work hard to make better sustainability happen, from plant to brand. Our three focus areas are Better Sourcing, Better Operations and Better Solutions. Learn more about our commitments, ambitions, and progress below.
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Better Sourcing
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Commitment
Protecting biodiversity and ecosystems. Reducing environmental impact
Ambition
100 percent verified deforestation-free palm and soy by 2025
Key achievements 2021
Significantly increased verified deforestation-free palm volumes by 34 percent compared to 2020
Soy decreased by 3 percent since 2020
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Empowering smallholders and women to improve livelihoods
Ambition
Continue to increase our impact on women and smallholders
Key achievements 2021
7,365 women enrolled in the Kolo Nafaso program, bringing the total to more than 353,000 – an increase by 2 percent compared to 2020
4,250 smallholders engaged within palm and coconut
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Embedding the respect for human rights
Ambition
Human rights due diligence embedded across all key raw materials by 2025
Key achievements 2021
100 percent of countries of origin risk-assessed and salient issues identifed
Action plan initiated for palm oil
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Better Operations
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Commitment
Enabling the well-being of our people
Ambition
Human rights due diligence embedded across all sites by 2025
Key achievement 2021
100 percent of sites risk-assessed, salient issues identified, and plans initiated
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Commitment
Minimizing our environmental impact
Ambition
Increase annual sourcing of renewable electricity from 12 percent in 2019 to 100 percent by 2025
Key achievements 2021
Increased annual sourcing of renewable electricity with 50 percentage points, compared to 2020
Decreased waste and water consumption per unit processed material by 18.6 and 20.9 percent, respectively, compared to 2020
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Commitment
Being a better neigbour
Ambition
Relevant community engagement programs at our sites
Key achievement 2021
Several relevant community engagement programs based on impact assessments, one of them leading to the donation of 7,361 trees
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Better Solutions
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Commitment
Co-developing with customers to do good for people and planet
Ambition
Ensure sustainability is fully embedded in the opportunity management process and strongly embedded in our customer co-development engagements
Key achievement 2021
Tools created and embedded in our customer co-development approach, enabling progress towards sustainable development
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Commitment
Increasing the demand for better solutions
Ambition
Identify and share best practices on selling sustainable solutions
Key achievement 2021
Development of consumer-driven sustainability value propositions, more specifically increasing the demand for RSPO*-certified volumes
*Check our progress on www.rspo.org. AAK's license number is RSPO-1106005
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Commitment
Enhancing sustainable development with our solutions
Ambition
50 percent of revenue contributing to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2025
Key achievement 2021
31 percent of revenue contributing to SDGs
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