Sustainability Report 2025
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Targets and Key Figures

Overview of Sustainability Key Performance Indicators

All KPIs and data can be found in the respective chapters.

Targets and Key Performance Indicators – Environment & Employees

 

 

2025

 

2024

 

2023

Environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISO 14001 certification rate1

 

95%

 

92%

 

91%

Energy use

 

657,827 GJ

 

673,072 GJ

 

704,729 GJ

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2)2

 

33,952 t CO2eq

 

36,210 t CO2eq

 

38,298 t CO2eq

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3.3)2

 

10,228 t CO2eq

 

10,609 t CO2eq

 

10,405 t CO2eq

Water withdrawal

 

78,910 m3

 

118,314 m3

 

121,130 m3

Waste produced

 

26,922 t

 

27,532 t

 

26,074 t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of female employees

 

15%

 

15%

 

14%

ISO 45001 certification rate1

 

95%

 

92%

 

91%

LTI (lost time injuries)3

 

122

 

140

 

141

Accident frequency rate4

 

8.3

 

9.0

 

9.6

1

Or equivalent standards, based on all locations

2

Scope 1 and 2 market-based, Scope 3.3 location-based

3

Number of reported accidents in the workplace with lost time of one full working day or more

4

Accident frequency rate corresponds to the number of accidents in the workplace among the active workforce with lost time (≥ 1 working day) in relation to the actual hours worked; in each case in the reporting period and standardized to one million hours worked

Key Targets

The sustainability targets of STILL align with the key targets set out in the KION sustainability strategy and include both Group-wide actions and individual measures within specific organizational units.

Targets and Status of the KION Sustainability Strategy

Dimension

 

Action field

 

Targets and indicators

 

Target year

 

Status 2025

 

Status 2024

People

 

Occupational health and safety

 

Reduction of accident frequency rate1 by at least 5% per annum (based on the annual upper limit; long-term: no occupational accidents)

 

annually

 

4.2
target
achieved

 

4.4
target
achieved

 

 

100% ISO 450012 certification rate
(all sites, with at least 12 months of company service)

 

2025

 

99%

 

99%

 

 

KION HSE Assessment: 100% average fulfilment score of the KION HSE standard (all sites, with at least 12 months of company service)

 

2027

 

95.9%

 

95.8%

 

Talent

 

Increase in employee satisfaction to an engagement score3 of at least 75 and a participation rate3 of at least 80%, as measured by an annual, global employee survey

 

2026

 

Engagement
score: 75
Participation
rate: 81%

 

Engagement
score: 75
Participation
rate: 83%

 

 

No cases of non-compliance with KION minimum employment standards

 

ongoing

 

0 cases
target
achieved

 

0 cases
target
achieved

Products

 

Product and solution
sustainability

 

Strive for an electric-focused portfolio incl. battery and fuel cell-driven products by increasing the share of electric-powered vehicles sold annually4 to 92%

 

2027

 

92.6%

 

91.7%

 

 

Increase number of products with available lifecycle assessment

 

ongoing

 

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Increase number of products with Cradle to Cradle certification

 

ongoing

 

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Processes

 

Climate and energy

 

Absolute reduction in GHG emissions (Scope 1, 2, 3) in metric tons CO2eq5 compared with base year 2021:

 

Net-Zero
until 2050

 

 

 

 

 

 

Until 2030:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scope 1+2 by 42%
⇒ linear reduction by 4.7% p.a. (SBTi + ESRS)

 

 

 

−24.8%

 

−1.9%

 

 

Scope 3 by 25%
⇒ linear reduction by 2.8% p.a. (SBTi + ESRS)

 

 

 

−37.4%

 

−31.8%

 

 

Until 2050:
net-zero
Scope 1, 2, 3 by 100%

 

 

 


14.8 million tons

 


16.2 million tons

 

 

Increase share of renewable energy use by at least 35% in own operations

 

2030

 

29.2%

 

21.2%

 

 

Decrease energy intensity6 in own operations

 

ongoing

 

55.5 MWh
per million €

 

54.8 MWh
per million €

 

 

100% ISO 140012 certification rate
(all sites, with at least 12 months of company service)

 

2025

 

99%

 

99%

 

Circularity

 

Increase share of recovered waste in own operations
to ≥ 85%

 

2030

 

79.9%

 

77.8%

 

Supply chain

 

Increase the share of the annual spend related to Direct Tier-1 category A suppliers with low ESG risk by 80%7

 

2030

 

60.9%

 

60.5%

 

Sustainable
governance

 

EcoVadis platinum rating for the KION Group and selected assessed subsidiaries

 

2027

 

KION: Platinum

Subs.8:
2 platinum;
3 silver;
1 unrated

 

KION: Gold

Subs.8:
2 platinum;
2 gold;
1 bronze;
1 unrated

 

 

S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) score ≥ 70 points for the KION Group

 

2027

 

69

 

64

1

Accident frequency rate is calculated as actual number of lost-time injuries of the own workforce (≥ 1 working day) in relation to the total number of active working hours; in the reporting period and relative to one million hours worked

2

ISO 45001, ISO 14001 or equivalent standards. As initially defined in the target scope, the calculation excludes selected sites that were newly established or acquired during the previous 18 months, or based on other pre-defined criteria

3

Engagement score is based on the employee satisfaction and the satisfaction with the company (on a 100-point scale). The participation rate indicates how many employees took part in KION Group’s global survey

4

Proportion of electric-powered products in ITS segment in terms of units of trucks ordered (based on order intake). Data source: World Industrial Truck Statistics (WITS)/Fédération Européenne de la Manutention (FEM)

5

According to GHG protocol

6

In accordance with the GHG Protocol; includes energy consumption and revenue of the KION Group without limitation to activities in high climate impact sectors (differs from ESRS definition)

7

Low risk suppliers refers to industry, country, goods and individual supplier risk based on sustainability criteria

8

Status refers to the latest valid rating for selected assessed subsidiaries of the KION Group in the reporting year

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In process