Kesko selected for the new UN Global Compact 100 stock index

30 september 2013 KESKO CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 30.09.2013 AT 09.00 1(1) The UN Global Compact initiative has launched a new Global Compact 100 stock index composed of 100 companies selected on the basis of a global responsibility evaluation. The companies were selected for inclusion in the Global Compact 100 index from among the Global Compact signatories evaluated by Sustainalytics. The companies were analysed in terms of environmental responsibility, social responsibility and financial profitability. Global Compact is a worldwide sustainability initiative Kesko has been a participant in the UN Global Compact initiative since 2005. The Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti- corruption. With more than 8,000 corporate signatories in 145 countries, the Global Compact is the world's largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. Kesko's Corporate Responsibility Report describes Kesko's progress on the ten principles of the Global Compact initiative (Communication on Progress, COP). Kesko included in several significant sustainability indices Kesko has been included in the Dow Jones sustainability indices DJSI World and DJSI Europe for 11 years. Since 2009, Kesko has been included in the FTSE4Good index and since 2011, in the STOXX Global ESG Leaders index. In 2012, Kesko was featured in CDP's Nordic 'Climate Disclosure Leadership Index' for the second time. Further information: Investor Relations Manager Riikka Toivonen, Kesko Corporation, tel. +358 105 323 495 Corporate Responsibility Advisor Satu Kuoppamäki, Kesko Corporation, tel. +358 105 322 649 www.unglobalcompact.org Kesko (www.kesko.fi) is one of the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. We are a retail specialist whose chains have about 2,000 stores in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, and Belarus. Our stores offer quality to the daily lives of consumers. This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Kesko Oyj via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1732208]