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In Kesko’s investor blogs and podcasts, Kesko’s management discusses topical issues relevant to investors and shareholders.
Kesko offers a wealth of sustainability information for investors
Sustainability is a crucial aspect for investors and other stakeholders, and sustainability reporting reflects a company's commitment to transparency and responsible business practices. Kesko has a decades long history in providing information on its sustainability work, its objectives, and its results. The new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive enhances the consistency and comparability of sustainability reporting among large European listed companies such as Kesko. Beyond regulated reporting, Kesko also offers a wide range of additional sustainability information for investors.
Those interested in Kesko’s sustainability efforts should definitely visit the dedicated sustainability section on our website, which offers information on, for example, our sustainability strategy and its four focus areas, as presented below:
The focus areas for Kesko’s sustainability strategy, last updated in autumn 2024, are climate and nature, value chain, people, and good governance
Each strategic focus area has its own subsite that digs deeper into the theme. For example, on the climate and nature subsite, you can read more about Kesko’s emissions targets and efforts towards biodiversity, while the value chain subsite provides information on sustainable selections and the policies guiding Kesko’s sourcing.
Our sustainability pages also provide information on the international sustainability indices and assessments Kesko is included in, which indicate that Kesko has proven it can meet an extensive and varied range of sustainability criteria.
Throughout the year, we also provide information on current sustainability themes in our news and releases. Last year, for example, we published news items on ways to reduce energy consumption in our stores by updating refrigerating systems and shared our plans for increasing the number of electric vehicles used in our logistics. You can subscribe to our sustainability-themed news to be sent directly to your email. We also post sustainability-related updates on our social media channels.
From voluntary to a common EU-regulated sustainability reporting
Kesko published its first sustainability statement in line with the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in spring 2025, as part of the Report by the Board of Directors in the 2024 financial statements. The sustainability statement can be found in Kesko’s 2024 Annual Report.
Kesko published its first sustainability statement in compliance with the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in spring 2025
The new regulations aim to standardise sustainability reporting by large European listed companies such as Kesko, making the data reported by the companies more comparable. Our sustainability statement offers information on, for example, Kesko’s double materiality assessment and the risks and opportunities related to sustainability.
Even before the introduction of new regulations, Kesko’s history in voluntary sustainability reporting goes back decades: our first Corporate Responsibility report was published in 2000, and from 2002 onwards data in the report was assured by an independent body. All past corporate responsibility and sustainability reports can be found on our annual report page.
