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did you know?
T
he United Nations 2015
report says the world
population is expected to
reach 9.7 billion by 2050 and
66% of this population will
live in urban environments. And in order
to build sustainable cities it is crucial to
take into account all the elements that
make a difference. KONE, for instance, is
not only designing eco-efficient solutions
for buildings, it is also improving its
operations to reduce environmental
impact, since sustainability is embedded
in everything KONE does.
Let’s look at KONE’s Sustainability
Report 2015 for details. It says KONE’s
operational environmental work focuses
on reducing carbon footprint and
improving energy and material efficiency,
lowering water consumption and waste
amounts, and minimizing the use of
hazardous substances.
According to KONE’s Life Cycle
Assessment data and products ordered
in 2015, 90% of the materials used for
manufacturing and packaging KONE
elevators and escalators comprise metals
that can be recycled. KONE’s equipment
contains neither harmful substances
– like asbestos, paints containing lead
or cadmium pigments – nor chemicals
that deplete the ozone layer, such as
chlorinated solvents or CFCs.
In terms of water usage and wastage,
the report notes, KONE’s manufacturing
units (excluding GiantKONE) in 2015
released 17 tonnes of wastewater effluents
into the municipal waste water systems
compared with 20 tonnes in 2014.
The share of green electricity increased
to 22% in 2015 from 20% in 2014. Here’s
why. 100% of the electricity consumed
by KONE’s corporate head offices and
the whole manufacturing and R&D site
in Finland is produced by wind power.
While 5% of the electricity consumed by
KONE’s manufacturing unit in Slimpa,
Italy, is produced by a solar energy
system, 30% of the electricity consumed
by KONE US Operations Center in
Moline, Illinois, comes from more than
1,300 solar panels.
Over and above the usage of
renewables, KONE is using fuel-efficient
vehicles, introducing electric vehicles,
rightsizing them and monitoring driver
performance to reduce the carbon
footprint of KONE’s vehicle fleet. Even
in the area of logistics, KONE optimizes
transportation networks, improves space
utilization ratio in loading, and minimizes
the use of air freight by increasing railway
and waterway transportation usage.
In order to reduce the need for travel
for KONE employees, it encourages
personnel to use virtual meeting tools
such as video conferencing equipment.
That’s perhaps why its greenhouse gas
emissions related to air travel decreased
by 4.5% in 2015 from 2014.
For other such insights, go to kone.
com/sustainability. /
A TYPICAL WORKING DAY
FOR KONE:
400,000
customers served
400–500
orders booked
~
1.1 million
units in service
50,000
maintenance visits
~
10,000
packages through our
distribution centers
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SustainabilityReport2015
HELPING CITIES GROW
SUSTAINABLY
T
hanks to KONE’s new
Mobile App, facility
managers and building
owners will receive
equipment service
updates for the entire maintenance
process on their smartphones. The
new digital service for maintenance
customers provides transparency and
allows customers to receive real-time
notification on the arrival of a service
technician and completion of work.
Information fed into the Field
Mobility App by service technicians
will be made available to customers via
this KONE Mobile App. The new app
also complements the Internet-based
KONE Care® Online service, which
gives customers the historical data
on service response and equipment
performance. With the use of KONE
Mobile App, customers can now check
maintenance data and schedules,
review equipment performance,
identify equipment that may benefit
from modernization, and use critical
data for future budgeting.
Designed for two-way
communication, this app will let
customers make a service request
and contact a KONE representative
with a single tap. KONE Mobile app is
available for customers with Apple® and
Android™ smartphone devices in 21
countries in Europe and North America
as well as Australia and New Zealand. /
Sustainability at its best
Mobile App
– a force to
reckon with