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K Group making rapid progress in reducing food waste – 2025 interim target achieved early

K Group has achieved its 2025 food waste reduction target ahead of schedule. Accurate demand forecasting, discounted prices for products at risk of going to waste and placing such products on a waste shelf, and the popularity of red-label products all play a key role in reducing waste at K-food stores.

30.09.2025 09:30

Kesko signs a historically large set of IT service agreements

Kesko has chosen new strategic IT partners as part of the biggest IT services transformation in the company's history, with the objective of supporting Kesko’s growth strategy, accelerating business transformation, and strengthening Kesko’s digital competitiveness. Kesko will be concentrating its IT services to fewer strategically chosen partners. The main partners will include Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), CGI, Elisa, Futurice, Nitor and Fujitsu.

20.08.2025 09:00

Kesko updated its packaging policy

Kesko is improving the sustainability and recyclability of the materials used in the packaging of its own brands. Own brand products – such as Pirkka, Pirkka Parhaat and K-Menu, as well as Kespro’s Menu and the building and home improvement stores’ Cello – will increasingly have paperboard or corrugated cardboard packaging.

11.08.2025 08:53

Half-year financial report 2025: Steady profit development – turnaround in construction cycle slower than previously anticipated

22.07.2025 08:00

Europe’s 50 most sustainable companies listed for the first time – Kesko ranks best in ‘Grocery Stores’

Kesko ranks as the most sustainable company in Europe in the ‘Grocery Stores’ peer group on the first-ever ‘Europe 50 Most Sustainable Companies’ ranking. Finland is well-represented on the list, with Kone, Neste, Nokia and Outokumpu also included.

09.06.2025 11:57