Materiality assessment of Kesko's corporate responsibility
The materiality assessment of Kesko’s corporate responsibility was updated in late 2010.
The purpose of the assessment is to identify Kesko’s and its stakeholders’ key responsibility aspects.
The updating of the materiality assessment was conducted in two stages: an analysis of the operating environment and an assessment of responsibility aspects. Defining the objectives, programmes and indicators based on the materiality assessment can be seen as the third stage.
The materiality assessment has a significant impact on updating Kesko’s responsibility programme to be commenced in 2011. Some aspects which emerged as material in the assessment were chosen as the themes for Kesko's 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report.
Kesko's material corporate responsibility aspects are presented in the adjoining matrix. The vertical
axis shows the level of concern for the stakeholder groups and the horizontal axis the current or
potential impact on Kesko. The level of concern for stakeholders has been assessed as a whole, which
is why the weightings of aspects by separate stakeholder groups are not manifest in the matrix. The
aspects can be divided into four categories: economic responsibility, environmental responsibility,
human resources responsibility, and responsible purchasing and sales. The trends impacting responsibility
are listed on the left of the matrix.
