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Huhtamäki
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Kemira
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reported on a monthly basis. Several other sustainability data
parameters are also used for Group-wide performance
management purposes.
Huhtamäki does not issue a separate GRI-based report. The
company has defined several sustainability performance
indicators which are collected Group-wide. The company has
set targets and identified key performance indicators which are
regularly reported to internal management for benchmarking
purposes. The company’s executive committee approved the
first Group-wide environmental reduction targets in 2007. The
group level indicators are further broken down into internal
analysis per technology and per region. Internally, evaluation is
carried out between the units to compare existing results
against best practices. Within the group safety performance is
reported on every month and consolidated at group level for
quarterly internal communication. Sustainability data is
disclosed in the annual report, but not externally assured.
Kemira started to publish an externally assured Group-wide
environmental report in 1993. The report is an integrated part
of Kemira’s annual report and is accepted by the Board of
Directors. Since 2006 Kemira has also included GRI-based
sustainability reporting in its annual report, even though direct
reference to the GRI guidelines is not provided. Kemira has not
established a Group-wide quantifiable sustainability
performance targets. The focus is on external reporting.
Kesko Kesko has issued a GRI-based responsibility report since 2000.
(Consumer Dis- Independent assurance promoted the continuous development
cretionary) of the processes behind corporate responsibility management
and improved the reliability of reported information and the
accuracy of individual indicators. Plus, an assurance has been
provided for Kesko’s Corporate Responsibility Report since
2002.
The report is very comprehensive and has been recognized
several times as a best practice report in Finland and in the
retail sector worldwide. Kesko has defined a wide set of key
performance indicators which are regularly collected and
reported. The most relevant indicators are collected on a
monthly basis and the company also utilizes this information
for internal performance management and benchmarking
purposes. Group-wide objectives for corporate responsibility
performance were approved by the Corporate Management
Board in January 2007 for the first time. Kesko and its Finnish
division parent companies adopted an online system for
collecting and reporting on corporate responsibility in 2005.
The system collects and combines responsibility data from
various organizational levels and from specified source systems
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