Our sustainability journey

• In June, we became the first in the industry to achieve carbon neutral manufacturing units globally in our all 10 units. This achievement showcases KONE's dedication to its climate pledge and ensuring best-in-class supply chain operations globally.

• We were the first in the industry to launch a carbon-neutral service offering, the KONE Care DX.
• We published a pledge to systematically increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). For example, we pledged to make a step-change in the share of women at the director level to 35% by 2030.*
• Our annual Safety Week was celebrated for the 10th time, and we introduced the KONE Core safety principles.
• A global Year-end Safety campaign was celebrated for the first time, and every year ever since, to support full year focus on safety.

*Where allowed by applicable law.

• We were the first in the industry to set ambitious, science-based climate targets. By 2030, we are committed to cut emissions from our own operations by 50% and to reduce emissions of our products’ materials and lifetime energy consumption by 40% per product ordered, compared to a 2018 baseline. We also pledged to achieve carbon-neutral operations.
• We launched a supplier sustainability assessment which measures our 200 key suppliers’ performance in terms of their environmental and social responsibility. We continuously encourage our suppliers to set ambitions, science-based climate targets.

• KONE signed the European Round Table of Industrialists' Diversity and Inclusion Pledge.
• We published our first Health Product Declaration (HPD) for KONE MonoSpace® 700. Through the HPDs, we are transparently communicating about the material content of the product and the associated human and environmental health information.
• We released a new Global Trade Compliance Policy. KONE is committed to full compliance with all applicable national and international trade compliance laws including trade sanction, export control and customs laws, rules and regulations.
• We implemented a global safety management system (SMS), a consistent safety management framework that harmonizes the safety management practices across KONE.
• Our global safety reporting platform, KONE Safety Solution, was rolled out, providing all employees an opportunity to report safety incidents and near misses.

• We published our first externally verified Environmental Product Declaration (EDP). EDPs describe lifecycle environmental impacts of our products, and our customers can use these to obtain green building certifications and calculate the carbon footprint of the building.
• KONE was confirmed as a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index. FTSE4Good is a global sustainability index measuring the performance of companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social, and governance practices.

• KONE signed the Paris Pledge for Action climate initiative for non-state actors, showing climate leadership and commitment to limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement.

• KONE was the first company in its industry to achieve the best A-class energy efficiency classification for as many as eight volume elevator installations, according to the international standard ISO 25745 Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks.
• KONE signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and is committed to principles related to human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

• The iconic machine room-less KONE MonoSpace® elevator was completely upgraded in 2012, resetting the industry benchmark with leading energy efficient performance, premium ride comfort, and award-winning design.

• At the beginning of 2011, we set ourselves five new development programs to support us in achieving our strategic goals. One of the development programs was Employee Engagement, with a focus on further improving our leadership capabilities, providing growth and development opportunities for all KONE employees, and ensuring their well-being at work.

• We reached a milestone of 50 percent reduction in the energy consumption of new elevators – an ambitious target we set for ourselves in 2008. This reduction applied to the clear majority of KONE elevators delivered globally, thanks to new technologies developed in cooperation with our suppliers.

• We launched a new version of KONE JumpLift™, where the elevator is already in operation as the building is under construction, enabling a more efficient flow of workers, delivering improved safety and productivity to the job site.