KONE 2013 | CORPOR ATE RESPONSIBILIT Y REPORT
ENVIRONMENT
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KONE’s environmental strategy is to provide
safe, environmentally efficient and responsible
high performance solutions and services. We
strive for continuous improvement in all of
our business activities by complying with or
exceeding applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Furthermore, we work with our suppliers
and customers to prevent or reduce business
operations-related emissions and waste.
KONE’s long-term environmental objectives
are to further improve the eco-efficiency of
our solutions, modernize existing elevators,
escalators, and automatic building doors to
make them more energy efficient, and to
further reduce the adverse environmental
impact of our operations, particularly with
regard to our operational carbon footprint as
well as energy, material, and water efficiency.
Developing eco-efficient solutions for
future buildings
Buildings account for
about
40%
of the world’s energy
consumption*, and
elevators and escalators
can represent from 2 to
10% of energy use in an
individual building.
Green transformation
Leader in sustainability has been defined as
one of KONE’s strategic targets. To support this
target, we have updated our Environmental
Excellence program’s key initiatives and targets
(read more on p. 31). The program supports
the ongoing transformation of the built
environment into smart eco-cities, low-carbon
communities, and net zero energy buildings.
Transformation is not only applicable to newly
constructed buildings, but also relates to
the renovation of old buildings and the built
environment as a whole. Green transformation
occurs throughout the life cycle of buildings,
from design and construction to maintenance
and modernization.
Up to
70%
energy savings
by modernizing
6.9%
relative reduction of
vehicle fleet emissions
1. Supporting green
building design
Calculating our products’
energy use and enabling green
building construction. We publish
the environmental impact of
KONE products and contribute
to developing global energy
management standards.
3. Efficient maintenance processes
Using smart technologies and a green
vehicle fleet to minimize emissions and
maximize efficiency. Remote monitoring
solutions reduce unnecessary technician
callouts. By carrying spare part stocks in
our vehicles we reduce warehouse visits,
further decreasing emissions.
4. Eco-efficiency through
modernization
Applying a range of solutions to
make the most difference for the least
impact. Our modernization solutions
range from retrofitting LED lights to a
completely new elevator with energy-
regeneration technology.
2. Eco-efficient installation
Considering the environment
when installing new equipment.
Our well planned and efficient
installation processes minimize the
adverse environmental impacts of
installation work, and our systems
ensure we reduce our chemical use
and handle waste efficiently on site.
Enabling eco-efficiency in every phase of a building’s life cycle
We provide services that help our customers
achieve their eco-efficiency goals in every phase
of the building’s life cycle – from designing and
constructing the building to maintaining and
modernizing it.
We pay careful attention to the way our
services are produced and delivered to ensure
that they create as little environmental impact
as possible.
*Source: UNEP
Governments in different parts of
the world are taking action in quest
of green building. The European
Energy Performance of Buildings
Directive requires that by the end of
2020 all new buildings constructed
are nearly zero energy buildings*.
The government in China recently
published an ambitious target for 50%
of new buildings to be constructed
according to green building standards
in 2020**.
*A nearly zero energy building is
defined as “a building that has a very
high energy performance”.
**Source: Mizuho Securities Asia
Limited
