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The sustainability report refers to the 2015/2016 financial year, with comparative data from the 2014/2015 financial year. Unless otherwise indicated, the report encompasses the operations of the Group as a whole.

During the 2015/2016 financial year Addtech’s shareholdings in AddLife were distributed through an IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm. As a consequence, all data in this report refer to continuing operations, with retroactivity for the 2014/2015 financial year.

The following sections provide an account of Addtech’s sustainability work from different stakeholder perspectives, with results for the Group being presented in the form of relevant indicators and key ratios. Unless otherwise indicated, the figures are accumulated values for 2015/2016 from the Group’s more than 120 companies. Ten acquisitions were implemented during the year, affecting the outcomes for the environmental and work environment indicator data reported, compared to the preceding year. Acquisitions constitute a central part of Addtech’s growth strategy and are therefore expected to continue to affect several areas in the sustainability report in the years ahead. The measured values presented have not been adjusted to compensate for the increased number of companies; instead they constitute the actual figures for the Group.

Addtech’s corporate structure and operations, with more than 120 operating companies, is a challenge when it comes to achieving rapid results in sustainability work, and many units will introduce completely or partly new processes. This work paves the way for adding further value, for example through more attractive offers to customers, larger cost cuts, and improved work on quality and HR. The measurement data presented in this sustainability report are based as far as possible on actual measured values from the Group’s companies, or from the Group’s suppliers. In cases where the Group’s companies or suppliers have been unable to obtain actual figures, reasonable estimates based on available calculation tools and models were made.

One of Addtech’s goals for its sustainability work is to continually improve the accuracy of the measurement data obtained from the Group’s companies, and from our suppliers.