Kesko ranks sector-best globally in sustainability on the ‘Global 100’ list – also ranks highest of all four Finnish companies included

Corporate Knights publishes its ’Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ listing annually at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. On this year’s list, Kesko ranks 50th overall, and higher than any other Finnish company. Kesko is the only company in the ’Grocery Stores’ peer group, consisting of 172 companies globally, to make the list.

The ‘Global 100’ selection is based on a sustainability assessment of more than 8,000 listed companies, in which the companies were assessed against three overarching criteria: what proportion of their investments and revenues are sustainable, and how fast their sustainable revenues are growing.   

”I am proud of Kesko’s long-term sustainability efforts. Our success in the ’Global 100’ listing is concrete evidence that we are working towards the right goals. To maintain momentum, we must take decisive action in all focus areas of our sustainability strategy, namely climate and nature, value chain, our people, and good governance,” says Noomi Jägerhorn, Kesko’s Vice President of Sustainability.
 
Kesko engages in sustainability work extensively in all three business divisions. In grocery trade, Kesko has in recent years invested heavily in, for example, the electrification of the transport fleet, and also introduced more plant protein products in its grocery store selections. In building and technical trade, Kesko has adopted an innovative circular economy solution developed in Finland, in which discarded wooden packaging from Onninen’s central warehouse in Hyvinkää is recycled for raw material for chipboard. In car trade, Kesko hosts its own EV charging network K-Lataus, which provides thousands of charging points across Finland.    

The annual ‘Global 100’ listing was first published in 2005, and Kesko is the only company in the world to have made the list every year since.

Corporate Knights Inc. comprises the Corporate Knights magazine, which focuses on sustainable business themes, and a research division, which produces corporate sustainability rankings and ratings.

Further information:
Noomi Jägerhorn, Vice President, Sustainability, Kesko, tel. +358 105 323 392, noomi.jagerhorn@kesko.fi
Hanna Jaakkola, Vice President, Investor Relations, Kesko, tel. +358 105 323 540, hanna.jaakkola@kesko.fi
K Group media desk, tel. +358 105 350 200, viestinta@kesko.fi

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