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KONE 2016 | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
ENVIRONMENT - SOLUTIONS
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Reducing the carbon
footprint of our products
KONE’s environmental responsibility covers
the full life-cycle of its products from
design and manufacturing to installation,
maintenance, modernization, and end-of-life
treatment. KONE’s life-cycle assessments,
carried out in accordance with the ISO
14040 standard, show that our biggest
environmental impact stems from the
Carbon footprint of KONE’s elevators, escalators and
building doors tCO
2
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2014
2015
2016
Production of materials for products (calculated)*
2,295,000 2,320,000 2,364,000
Lifetime energy consumption of products ordered
from KONE during the reporting year (calculated)
4,554,000 5,017,000 5,034,000
*2014 restated
Materials used, tonnes
Materials
2014
2015
2016
Manufacturing (calculated)
Metals (steel,
aluminum, copper)
586,700 622,900 604,100
Electronics
28,800
29,500
29,400
Miscellaneous
3,600
3,200
2,900
Plastics
4,000
4,100
3,900
Glass
4,100
4,800
5,500
Rubber
600
700
700
Packaging (calculated)
Wood
37,900
38,000
37,100
Plywood
14,200
16,000
14,800
Plastics
1,100
1,200
1,100
Cartonboard
900
800
700
Miscellaneous
500
500
400
Office consumables (actual data)
Paper
700
800
600
Total*
683,100 722,500 701,200
*Building doors added to the scope in 2016.
Calculations are based on Life-cycle Assessment data and ordered from KONE (2014: 154,000; 2015: 161,000, 2016:
159,000)
energy consumed by our elevators and
escalators during their operational lifetime.
By reducing energy consumption we reduce
the environmental impact of KONE solutions
during their operational lifetime. KONE is an
active member of the European Lift Association
(ELA) working group that in 2015 published
a set of new Product Category Rules (PCR)
for use in Environmental Product Declarations
(EPD) of elevators.
**Institut Bauen und Umwelt (IBU) is
the program operator for building door
EPDs.
90%
OF THE MATERIALS
USED IN ELEVATORS AND
ESCALATORS ARE METALS
According to KONE’s Life-cycle
Assessment data and products
ordered in 2016, almost 90% of the
materials used for manufacturing and
packaging KONE elevators, escalators
and building doors consist of metals
that can be recycled at the end of
the product life-cycle. During 2016,
we managed to improve the material
efficiency relative to orders received by
1.8% compared to 2015.
In 2016, KONE created externally
verified Environmental Product
Declarations for all KONE’s 11 building
door models, published on
www.
ibu-epd.com**.