Sustainability
Building safer infrastructure
KEMPPI DRIVES SUSTAINABILITY IN THE WELDING INDUSTRY
Today, responsible, sustainable, and humane actions are more important than ever. Our purpose is to enable the building of safe infrastructure around the world. We recognize our social responsibility in all our operations: developing premium quality products with long service life, assessing environmental impact and energy-efficiency, and promoting health, safety, and ergonomics in work environments.
Learn more about Kemppi's corporate social responsibility policy
SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
We want to drive sustainability in our industry by innovating solutions for greener and more equal world. We do this
by committing to high quality and circularity to save natural resources and act on climate change,
by aspiring to become the most attractive employer in our industry to get a diverse mix of the best people on board, and
by respecting the highest ethical standards in our own operations and our value chain.
We at Kemppi are inspired to become better every day by working towards high environmental, social and governance standards.
As part of our commitment to society, our people and the environment, Kemppi Oy (Group) completes a thorough assessment of its business sustainability practices every year through EcoVadis, the global standard for business sustainability ratings.
The EcoVadis assessment includes 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.
In our latest rating, which was completed 7 Sep 2023, we earned a Silver Medal and scored a 62/100, which places Kemppi Oy in the top 81% globally.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO UN’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)
The UN has defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim of ensuring a sustainable future, eradicating poverty and hunger, and promoting peace and social justice while keeping everyone on board.
Companies are able to have a significant impact on how people and the environment are treated and how wealth is distributed in society. Companies therefore have an important role to play in achieving the SDGs.
In 2022, we looked at which of the sustainable development goals Kemppi can promote in its own business. On the basis of this review, we have identified three United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that best connect to our operations and that we see we can contribute to. We strive to increase the positive impact of our operations and to reduce the negative effects and thus contribute to the achievement of selected goals.
On the basis of this review, we highlighted the following objectives:
8 Decent work and economic growth,
9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure and
12 Responsible consumption and production
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
We increase productivity through innovation
We do not accept forced and child labour, modern slavery or human trafficking
We protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers
We avail youth employment
We develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure to support economic development and human wellbeing
We aim for resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes
We encourage innovation and substantially increase R&D
We aim for efficient use of natural resources
We significantly reduce chemicals throughout their life cycle and release to air, water and soil
We substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
