For KONE, eco-efficiency has two important dimensions. By improving the eco-efficiency of our products, particularly by reducing energy consumption, we can decrease the lifetime cost of ownership of elevators and escalators for our customers, and contribute towards sustainable management of buildings. Eco-efficiency has been integrated into all our technology roadmaps. We aim to develop innovative energy-saving solutions and sustainable designs that take eco-efficiency into account over the entire life cycle of our solutions.
By improving the eco-efficiency of our operations, we not only reduce our environmental impact but also contribute to the bottom line of our business performance.
KONE’s car fleet is an example of the global initiatives to increase the eco-efficiency of our operations. Better fuel efficiency is improved through a combination of many actions: more eco-efficient driving, optimizing routes, reducing the number of service calls through advance planning and remote care, and in the longer term, renewing the car fleet by adopting a policy of selecting more efficient car models when buying new cars. These measures reduce KONE’s carbon footprint and increase productivity at the same time.
In addition to global initiatives, we can all contribute through better “housekeeping” in our daily work – for example, by saving energy and reducing waste. We save resources by doing things right the first time, which also reflects our quality thinking.
Eco-efficiency is increasingly important in the current business environment, since it enables both a gain in immediate savings and a decrease in lifetime expenses, while at the same time reducing the environmental impacts of the products and business operations.