CEO Jaan Ivar Semlitsch is making changes to Orkla’s Group Executive Board and group structure. Orkla Consumer & Financial Investments will become a new business area within Orkla. A separate group function is to be given responsibility for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and strategy development.
Orkla House Care has completed an agreement to take over the remaining 50% of the shares in the joint venture company Anza Verimex Holding. Since 2018, Orkla House Care has owned 50% of the company which is market leader in the sale and distribution of painting tools in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Through a brand-new collaboration with clothing giant Zalando, Pierre Robert is expanding parts of its portfolio in Europe.
Pierre Robert is focusing on digital clothing sales, selling all its products on its own website, through the online shop Villoid, and now also Zalando.
“We have entered into a partnership with Zalando. This means that we will sell our products on its marketplace, and
Recycling more plastics is crucial to solving climate challenges. Orkla now supports a new European plastics declaration aimed at helping to achieve this goal.
Today, the joint European initiative, the Circular Plastics Alliance, launched its vision of increasing plastics recycling in Europe. Orkla is one of the companies that has pledged to contribute to this effort, along with several other i
Orkla has again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe, which ranks companies according to their performance on environmental issues and social responsibility.
“We see that Orkla’s sustainability efforts are becoming more and more important in creating growth and building trust. Being included in one of the world’s most highly regarded sustainability indices is a major ackno
Vegetarian pizza, climate-friendly meals, tempting chocolate flavours and detergents in environmentally friendly packaging are among this autumn’s many new products from Orkla.
The Governance Group consultancy and BI Norwegian Business School have reviewed and ranked the sustainability reporting of the hundred largest companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Orkla placed third in the ranking.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sonneveld Group B.V. ("Sonneveld") Orkla Food Ingredients has signed and completed an agreement to purchase the Dutch company Vamo produkten voor de Bakkerij B.V. ("Vamo").
On Saturday, 30 March 2019, at 8:30 PM, lights will be turned out once again in country after country, as Earth Hour sweeps across the planet through the different time zones. We at Orkla will be a part of this event.
For the third year in a row, we are featured in the FTSE4Good Index, which highlights companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.
Plant-based ice cream in tempting flavours, summertime crisps and environmentally-friendly dish-washing tablets are some of this season’s new products launched by Orkla companies.
On Saturday, 4 May, at a UN conference in Geneva, we shared the experience that Orkla has gained in its effects to reduce plastic waste.