Risk and risk management

Like all businesses, Axfood is exposed to risks. By risks is meant defective handling or events or decisions outside of the Company's control that could lead to business interruption, damage or loss with substantial impact for the entire Group. How risks are managed is of fundamental significance for the Company's success.

To prevent risk or mitigate their effects and loss, processes are continuously implemented to identify and manage risks in all parts of the Group. In this work, operational as well as strategic and financial risks are assessed from likelihood and consequence perspectives. New store establishment and acquisitions are preceded by very thorough market analyses of the competition as well as demographics, where every investment calculation stretches over several years. In addition, issues in the external environment are analyzed from ethical, social and environmental aspects, among other things.