Shea - Sustainability Partner Program

Sustainability Partner Program

Making Beauty Matter

Our AAK Sustainability Partner Program enables our customers to engage with their supply chains and invest in targeted impact projects with the women’s groups enrolled in our Kolo Nafaso direct sourcing program in West Africa. It offers an opportunity to increase the social value of brands and strengthen consumer messaging around sustainability.

Supported by the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), the shared aim is to empower women shea collectors, improve livelihoods, and secure the future of shea by maximizing the impact of our economic, environmental, and quality training initiatives.

Get in touch if you would like details about participating.

Our Sustainability Partner Program in action

Our rocket stove training project is one of the most impactful ways for our customers to engage. Here we teach women to build safer, more energy-efficient alternatives to traditional three-stone cookers using locally available materials.

Studies show the rocket stoves are 2.5 times more thermally efficient than traditional three-stone cookers. They also save on wood and water consumption.

Watch the video to learn more.

How we create a better impact

Our partnership with FairClimateFund

We are offsetting CO2 emissions in the shea supply chain with Fairtrade and Gold Standard carbon credits generated through energy-efficient cookstoves, which enable us to offer climate-neutral products.

Our partnership with Saha Global

This partnership enables our Kolo Nafaso women’s groups in Northern Ghana to start and sustain small water treatment units.

Kolo Nafaso mass balance

This allows our Personal Care customers to support the growth of our direct shea sourcing program without limiting supply chain requirements.

Better shea sourcing

Learn about our two supply chains and how our Kolo Nafaso program empowers women shea collectors through long-term direct trading partnerships.

Shea technology

The ability to use shea in high percentages across a wide range of cosmetic products drives demand and supports livelihoods in West Africa.

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