Our sustainability journey
Already in 2008, we started to place high value on sustainable development in our business and published our first Sustainability Report according to GRI guidelines. Today, we continue to push boundaries with new innovations, partnerships, and ambitious targets. With our approach and solutions, we are already making a meaningful impact.
2020–2025
2015–2019
2008–2012
With our approach and solutions, we are already making a meaningful impact
Our sustainability progress
With our approach and solutions, we are already making a meaningful impact
Following our progress with key performance indicators for sustainability
We have defined key performance indicators (KPIs) for each sustainability focus area to follow our progress. Selected indicators support the UN Sustainable Development goals, and these indicators are reviewed regularly by our Board of Directors.
| Key Performance indicator | Target | Result 2025 | Result 2024 | Result 2023 | ||
| Environmental matters | Greenhouse gas emissions from own operations | Long-term target (2030) | 50% reduction in absolute emissions from 2018, carbon neutral operations | 30% reduction compared to 2018. (2025: 154,700 tCO2e) | 29% reduction compared to 2018.(2024: 110,000 tCO2e) | 25% reduction compared to 2018. (2023: 116,500 tCO2e) |
| By the end of 2024 | Carbon neutral manufacturing units | Carbon neutral manufacturing units achieved 18 months ahead of schedule in the end of June 2023. | ||||
Product-related greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3) (1) | Long-term target (2030) | 40% reduction in product-related Scope 3 emissions relative to ordered products | 22.6% reduction compared to 2018. (2025: 71.4 tCO2e/ order) | 12.8% reduction compared to 2018. (2024: 62.2 tCO2e/order) | 5.1% reduction compared to 2018. (2023: 68.2 tCO2e/order) | |
| Share of renewable electricity used in our facilities, % | Long-term target (2030) | 100% | 99.8% | 99% | 97% | |
| Number of products covered by Environmental Product Declarations | By 2023 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 21 | |
| Personnel and social matters | Industrial Injury Frequency Rate (IIFR), employees (2) | Long-term target (2030) | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Total rolling 12-month turnover rate, % (3) | 12.2% | 11.5% | 13.1% | |||
| Share of women in director level positions, % | Long-term target (2030) | 35% of director level positions occupied by women | 27.6% | 27.4% | 25.2% | |
| Business conduct | % of total employees who have completed annual Code of Conduct training during the year(or at least one ethics & compliance training) | 97% by 2025 | 97% | 96% | 85% (4) | |
| % of KONE’s total spend with regular trade suppliers and installation subcontractors that is covered by KONE Supplier Code of Conduct or equivalent accepted by KONE | 90% by 2030 | 89% | 87% | 86% | ||
| % of distributors who have signed the Distributor Code of Conduct | During 2025 | 100% by 2025 | 100% | 97% | 92% |
1) The greenhouse gas emissions from our own operations and value chain have been calculated in accordance with ISO 14064 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard and Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard. The Scope 2 emissions have been calculated according to the dual reporting principles of the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance (market- and location-based method).
2) Number of severe and moderate work-related employee incidents divided by the number of total employee theoretical hours worked, multiplied by 1,000,000.
3) Total turnover (11,5%) = Permanent employees + Expatriate leavers (7,315) divided by average headcount in last 12 Months (63,873). Fixed term and Trainee employees (478 leavers) are not counted in the turnover.
4) KONE’s 2021 Code of Conduct e-learning was refreshed and re-issued to all KONE employees globally in 2024.