KONE 2013 | CORPOR ATE RESPONSIBILIT Y REPORT
REPORTING SCOPE
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Reporting scope
KONE has chosen to report using the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines
in order to facilitate easier comparison of
our performance with other companies
and to streamline our own corporate
responsibility reporting efforts. KONE
has published a Corporate Responsibility
Report annually since 2008. The previous
report was published in June 2013.
The reports follow GRI (G3) reporting
guidelines as far as they are applicable.
The report for 2013 covers economic,
social, and environmental responsibility.
A table detailing how this report complies
with the GRI guidelines is shown on pages
48–49. We have self-declared our reporting
to be Application Level B of the GRI G3
Guidelines. PricewaterhouseCoopers
Oy has checked our reporting and has
confirmed it to be Application Level B.
The reporting period corresponds with the
calendar year and with KONE’s financial
year of January 1–December 31, 2013.
When developing the report content and
choosing indicators, the driver has been
the materiality to KONE’s operations. The
materiality analysis questionnaire was
conducted for external stakeholders and
different organizational units within KONE.
The purpose of the analysis was to identify
and prioritize the key aspects of KONE’s
corporate responsibility. The results are
described on p. 14 - 15. KONE’s approach
to corporate responsibility has also been
described in the CEO’s and Chairman of
the Board’s reviews on pages 4 - 5, and
in the strategy description on page 8. All
major local and regional organizations and
all production units are included in the
reporting scope.
All financial data and a significant
proportion of the employee-related data
has been collected through KONE’s
enterprise resource management and
financial reporting systems. All financial
figures presented in this report are based
on KONE Corporation’s consolidated and
audited financial statements for 2012 and
2013.
The personnel data is provided by our HR
organization and – with the exception of
the data relating to gender distribution
in management – covers the entire KONE
Group.
The environmental data has been collected
from KONE’s 11 manufacturing units
worldwide and from 31 major country
organizations with sales, installation,
and service operations in Asia-Pacific,
EMEA, and North America. The collected
environmental data covers 84% (2012:
85%) of all KONE’s employees and
100% of the employees working at our
manufacturing units. The facilities related
data collected from the reporting country
organizations has been extrapolated for
the entire KONE organization. The goal
is to gradually extend our environmental
reporting to cover all of KONE.
Data on business air travel has been
collected from 27 countries, covering
approximately 75% of all business travel
by KONE employees, and data on KONE’s
vehicle fleet fuel consumption has been
collected from 20 countries, covering
over 97% of the total fleet. Data related
to product and spare parts logistics has
been collected centrally by the corporate
organization. The logistics data covers the
transportation of products from KONE’s
manufacturing units to customers and
the transportation of modules that are
delivered straight from our suppliers to our
delivery centers and onward to customers.
Inbound logistics of materials to KONE’s
manufacturing sites is excluded from
the reporting scope because of its minor
impact (KONE prefers material suppliers
located close to our manufacturing units,
and a large part of the modules are
delivered directly from suppliers to KONE
distribution centers).
KONE has used an environmental
performance software system since
2011. The environmental data has been
collected from branch offices using a
customized data collection spreadsheet
consolidated on the country level. The
country-level data has been entered into
the environmental performance system.
The data has further been consolidated
globally in a combined effort with KONE’s
global carbon footprint assessment.
The environmental performance has
been reported in accordance with the
Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO 14064
guidelines. KONE’s greenhouse gas
emissions for scopes 1 and 2 (direct and
indirect energy consumption) and scope 3
(logistics and business air travel) have been
assured by Ecobio Oy.
We welcome any feedback on this report
or our overall corporate responsibility
performance. If you have any comments
or suggestions, please contact corporate
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