Kone moves forward with sustainability in all operations

Kone provides its customers with industry-leading elevators, escalators and innovative modernisation and maintenance solutions and is a global leader in its industry.

Kone’s strategy phase 2021–2024 is called Sustainable success with customers. They focus on increasing the value they create for their customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of their operations.

The big shift Kone drives with the new strategy are-

• Sustainability in everything Kone does. They think about sustainability in a broad sense, covering their offering, operations and culture, encompassing the environmental aspect but also diversity and inclusion, safety, quality and ethics and compliance;
• Expanding the scope of business with customers through value-added solutions, creating significant revenue streams for Kone and supporting customer differentiation.

Environment impact area- helping customers to achieve their green building targets.

Environmental sustainability and the well-being of citizens are at the centre of green urbanism. Kone aims to be the best partner for climate-resilient and sustainable buildings throughout their life cycle.

The demand for more sustainable communities can be addressed, in part, through green and smart buildings. Circular material flows and net zero emissions play a key role in transforming the built environment.

Their offering includes Kone People Flow® Planning and Consulting services and solutions, best-in-class energy-efficient solutions, and sustainable materials. Energy-efficient features lay the foundation for low-carbon building operations.

They use healthy and durable materials that contribute to good indoor air quality. Up to 90% of the materials in their solutions can be recovered. Supported by relevant documentation, the new and innovative interior materials of, for example, the KONE DX Class elevators meet the green building certification requirements for LEED, BREEAM, WELL, Ecolabel, Nordic Swan, and other local green building labels.

The long lifetime of their products can be extended even further with their maintenance and modernization services. With customizable maintenance services, including intelligent KONE 24/7 Connected Services, Kone can predict issues and take action before problems occur.

In 2021, Kone launched KONE Care^TM DX carbon-neutral maintenance, followed by carbon-neutral KONE DX Class elevators in 2022.