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KONE 2015 | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
ENVIRONMENT - SOLUTIONS
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KONE aims to be a leader in sustainability.
We have ambitious environmental targets for
2014–2016 that focus on further improving
the eco-efficiency of our solutions and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions from our own
operations. Our Environmental Excellence
program supports the ongoing green
transformation of the built environment into
smart eco-cities, low-carbon communities, and
net zero energy buildings. It is estimated that the
market for smart cities will reach a phenomenal
value of US$ 1.6 trillion globally by 2020*.
In 2015, the United Nations launched its new
Sustainable Development agenda, addressing
the social, economic, and environmental
dimensions of sustainability. As a signatory
company of the UN Global Compact, KONE
supports the new agenda and its goals. KONE
solutions help to address the challenges created
by urbanization, climate change, demographic
change, and increased safety demands
– all covered in the new UN Sustainable
Development Goals.
In 2015, KONE also 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’s environmental strategy is to provide
safe, environmentally efficient, and responsible
high-performance products and services. We
strive for continuous improvement in all of our
business activities. In addition to complying
with or exceeding applicable laws, rules,
and regulations, we work with our suppliers
and customers to prevent or reduce business
operations-related emissions and waste.
DEVELOPINg
SUSTAINABLE SMART
CITIES AND LOW-
CARBON COMMUNITIES
*Source: Benefits of Carbon Neutrality in a Rapidly
Changing Business Environment. Frost & Sullivan and
SITRA, 2015. Smart cities use the latest intelligent and green
initiatives to reduce energy and resource consumption and
improve efficiencies in all facets of human life.
g4 INDICATORS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT
g4 EN1: Materials used by weight or volume
g4 EN3: Energy consumption within the organization
g4-EN6: Reduction of energy consumption
g4-EN7: Reductions in energy requirements of products and services
g4-EN8: Total water withdrawal by source
g4-EN15: Direct gHg emissions
g4-EN16: Indirect gHg emissions
g4-EN17: Other indirect gHg emissions
g4-EN18: gHg emissions intensity
g4-EN19: Reduction of gHg emissions
g4-EN23: Total waste by type and disposal method
g4-EN27: Extent of impact mitigation of environmental impacts of
products and services
G4-EN29: Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-
monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and
regulations
g4-EN30: Significant environmental impacts of transport
ENVIRONMENT
Today’s cities take up about 2% of the world’s land mass, but account
for 75% of global energy consumption and 80% of manmade carbon
emissions. Reducing the impact urban areas make on the environment is
essential for a more sustainable future. This is a challenge that has driven
KONE to develop numerous eco-innovations over the past decades.