Clas Ohlson’s employees on a field trip to China

Last week six excited Clas Ohlson employees participated in Clas Ohlson's field
trip to China to learn more about the company's sustainability efforts.
– At Clas Ohlson we have had our own operations in China for several years, and
we are working with local purchasing and local auditors. As a step to further
increase awareness of our sustainability work internally, we have created this
opportunity for employees to learn more about how we work to develop our supply
chain and contribute to the local community, says Åsa Portnoff Sundström, Head
of sustainability at Clas Ohlson.

During the field trip, the employees visited Clas Ohlson's purchasing office,
met with their Chinese colleagues and visited two of the company’s manufacturers
in Shanghai and Zhejiang to participate in quality control and in inspection of
working conditions.

The group also visited one of the two Save the Children projects Clas Ohlson
supports in the industrial zones Zhuhai and Nanjing. The projects aim to provide
the migrant workers who live there, and their children, with the opportunity to
an education, leisure activities, access to care and integration assistance.

– This has been an incredibly exciting experience and also very educational to
see how Clas Ohlson operates to ensure good working conditions in the factories
that manufacture our products, and to experience the improvement efforts and
training we perform onsite in China, says Niklas Östberg, store manager Clas
Ohlson Haninge, Sweden.

The field trip provides a unique opportunity to be part of how Clas Ohlson works
with environmental and social issues in the region, and the application to
participate is open to all employees at Clas Ohlson.

– This year we have had an incredible amount of applicants, which shows a great
commitment from our employees. We are very pleased indeed to see such interest
in learning more about how our products are manufactured and how we control
working conditions and quality, says Åsa Portnoff Sundström.

The field trip was led by Anna Wastring, Sustainability Program Manager at Clas
Ohlson, and the participants were Karoline Gustafsson (co-worker at goods
receiving at the Distribution Centre in Insjön, Sweden), Roger Carlström (Sales
assistant in the store in Östersund, Sweden), Susanna Panula (Communications
Manager at the head office in Finland), Niklas Östberg (Store manager in
Haninge, Sweden), Matthew Collard (Team leader logistics in the store in
Reading, UK) and James Griffiths (Team leader sales support in the store in
Storo, Norway).

More on Clas Ohlson’s field trip and Clas Ohlson’s sustainability agenda, From
here to Sustainability, is available at about.clasohlson.com/ourjourney.
For more information, please contact:
Sara Kraft Westrell, Director of Information and Investor Relations, phone +46
247 649 13
Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business based in Insjön,
Sweden. Today, the company offers products and services for the small everyday
practical problems, in five countries via its over 200 stores and online. Clas
Ohlson offers a wide range of affordable products in five product areas:
Hardware, Electrical, Home, Multimedia and Leisure. The company is listed on
Nasdaq Stockholm, has sales of over 7.5 billion SEK and more than 4,700
employees. Visit Clas Ohlson at www.clasohlson.com