Konecranes’ sustainability work rewarded with first Gold rating from EcoVadis

Konecranes has received a Gold rating from EcoVadis for its ambitious sustainability work, its highest-ever placing. The company’s actions, policies and reporting put it in the top 4% of all rated companies globally, and it is in the top 1% of its general-purpose machinery peers.

Limiting global warming requires the decarbonization of all industry sectors. By committing to science-based targets, Konecranes is stepping up efforts to reduce its climate impact. The company is already charting the full carbon footprint from its own operations and supply chain as well as from the solutions it provides for its customers.

Konecranes’ rating improved from 2020 thanks to the implementation of additional policies, increased transparency and additional certifications, business sustainability rating provider EcoVadis said, declaring the company’s overall sustainability performance to be on an advanced level in activities related to the environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

Since the 2020 survey, Konecranes has committed to set science-based climate targets, its digital services received information security certification (ISO 27001), it started third-party supplier sustainability audits and it reported on its human rights risks and ways to mitigate them. Please see Konecranes’ 2020 Sustainability Report for an overview of its activities.

Konecranes President and CEO Rob Smith said, “Sustainability is at the core of our business. We strive to make a positive impact on society and the environment, and are making excellent progress on a number of fronts: EcoVadis Gold follows the CDP climate change performance leadership rating we received last year, and we plan to publish our science-based carbon reduction targets by end of the 2021. We will not stop in our drive to improve our performance even further.”

Konecranes has five sustainability cornerstones: Climate action and resource efficiency; eco-optimized offering and circularity; a safe workplace and products; a diverse, inclusive and engaging workplace; and responsible business conduct. 

Together with its customers and business partners, Konecranes makes lifting and material flows more productive and sustainable. Our culture is rooted on uncompromised safety, high ethics and diversity and inclusion. We work for a decarbonized and circular world for customers and society.

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Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting BusinessesTM, serving a broad range of customers. We are truly a global company: in 2020, we had 16,900 employees in 50 countries. As a leading manufacturer of lifting equipment, Konecranes offers a vast range of advanced lifting solutions and services to different industries worldwide. The solutions provided by our three Business Areas – Service, Industrial Equipment and Port Solutions – complement each other and enable our customers to meet their lifting and material handling needs through one supplier. In addition to offering a wide range of lifting solutions, we provide specialized maintenance services and spare parts for all types and makes of industrial cranes, hoists and port equipment – from single pieces of equipment to entire operations.

Our customers operate in various fields, including the automotive sector, waste to energy and biomass, general manufacturing, mining, nuclear energy, petroleum and gas, paper and forest, container handling, shipyards, power and metals production. We are a part of our customers’ processes, as they do not only invest in equipment and services but look for solutions they can rely on. We constantly strive to improve our performance in product design, service solutions, safety and sustainability to stay ahead of our customers’ needs.

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