TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE At Vikan our purpose is to “Help keep food production and other hygiene sensitive environments cleaner and safer”. Our company purpose also holds sustainability as one of our top priorities for the future. We are inspired by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and have currently established sustainable projects within three specific SDG targets where we can contribute: 7.2 Increase the share of renewable energy mix 9.4 Resource-use efficiency and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes 12.5 Reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse When it comes to sustainability, we believe it is important to engage the whole organisation. To make a difference it must be top-of-mind for all of our employees on all levels in the organisation in their daily work. To facilitate this, we have established the “Vikan Green Team”. It is a cross-functional team that is responsible for collecting ideas, securing sustain- ability focus in the daily work, and implementing prioritised initiatives. For more information about the Vikan Green Team, see our website. Our sustainability journey has just started. In this, the annual Sustainability Progress Report 2021, you can read more about the results of some of the work done during 2021. We are well aware that it requires much more to become a leading force within the area of sustainability, though. Therefore, we have decided in 2022 to strengthen our efforts by getting external help and by adding resources, as well as refocusing our effort in the Vikan Green Team. So far, our environmental focus has primarily been within activities under our direct influence. We will of course continue this focus. Since the majority of our CO 2 emission originates from supplier activities outside our control, we need to prioritise this area in the coming years as well. We have already started the discussion with our main suppliers, and sustainability is also high on their agenda. But to make significant impact we need to make sure that vital initiatives are implemented across the whole supply chain. I hope you will find this Annual Progress Report 2021 interesting and see this as a beginning of a sustainability journey for Vikan. We commit to implementing sustainability initiatives with impact that covers Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 1-3 on an ongoing basis, and our long-term ambition is to live up to the highest standards within sustainability. Lars Aaen, Group Supply Chain Director 2
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