AAK reports strong progress within sustainability


AAK has today released its Sustainability report for 2013/2014, in which the
company outlines its sustainability commitments, activities and achievements in
five focus areas based on the company’s model for Responsible growth –
Marketplace, Supply chain, Environment, Workplace and Community.

“Despite shifting our product portfolio to more advanced products that, in
general, require more resources per produced unit, we have managed to achieve
very significant improvements for many key resource efficiency parameters,” says
Arne Frank, President and CEO, AAK Group. “Energy and water consumption, water
discharge and CO₂ emissions have been reduced with between 10 and 18 percent per
produced unit.”

AAK also reports significant progress on its palm oil commitments, both in
regard to the progress on traceability and the continued development of the
company’s palm oil policy. Furthermore, AAK reports on the successful women’s
groups project in West Africa. The objective of locally engaging at least 30,000
women in 2013 was exceeded by more than 20 percent.

Throughout the report, AAK colleagues tell about local sustainability
initiatives and managers share their thoughts and insights in their specific
areas of responsibility. The report also includes external testimonials to
highlight AAK’s work from an outside perspective.

To access a digital version of the report, please visit www.aak.com. To obtain a
printed copy, please contact Corporate Communications at comm@aak.com.

For further information, please contact:
Anne Mette Olesen
Chief Marketing Officer
Phone: +46 40 627 83 14
Mobile: +46 708 39 93 14

The information is that which AAK AB (publ) is obliged to publish under the
provisions of the Stock Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Trading
in Financial Instruments Act. The information was released to the media for
publication on October 14, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. CET.

AAK is one of the world’s leading producers of high value-added speciality
vegetable oils and fats solutions. These oils and fats solutions are
characterized by a high level of technological content and innovation. AAK’s
solutions are used as substitute for butter-fat and cocoa butter, trans-free and
low saturated solutions but also addressing other needs of our customers. AAK
has production facilities in Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, the
Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. Further AAK has also
toll manufacturing operations in Russia and Malaysia. The company is organized
in three Business Areas; Food Ingredients, Chocolate & Confectionery Fats and
Technical Products & Feed. AAK’s shares are traded on the NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm,
within the Large Cap segment. Further information on AAK can be found on the
company’s website www.aak.com

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