Moving towards a cleaner, more sustainable future

Sustainability is rooted in our business strategy and thereby integrated across all our activities. By developing innovative, more sustainable cleaning solutions for our customers, we create meaningful impact that adds value for all our stakeholders.

From commitment to action

Nilfisk's sustainability commitments are anchored in our integrated business strategy and value proposition. We continuously align our sustainability commitments with our annual Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), ensuring that our targets remain dynamic and responsive to evolving sustainability challenges.

Nilfisk Annual Report 2024 Sustainability Commitnemts

How we operate to create value

Nilfisk is a global manufacturing company dedicated to supporting our customers worldwide in their cleaning efforts. Serving a diverse range of customer segments, our impact spans the entire value chain. For a full list of sustainability-related Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities (IRO's) associated with our operating model, please visit our integrated Annual Report 2024.

Nilfisk Annual Report 2024 Value Chain

We proudly disclose our ratings within internationally recognized frameworks

EcoVadis
EcoVadis

Nilfisk has received EcoVadis Gold for three consecutive years. EcoVadis is considered the world's largest provider of business sustainability ratings. From 2023 to 2024, Nilfisk improved its EcoVadis score from 71 to 80 points, advancing from 95th to 98th percentile of all companies reporting into the platform.

Science Based Targets Initiative
Science Based Targets Initiative

Nilfisk has set targets to reduce Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Science-based targets provide a clearly defined pathway to reduce GHG emissions.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Nilfisk discloses its climate actions and achievements via CDP, a nonprofit environmental disclosure system. In 2024, we received an 'A-' score for the fifth consecutive year. 

UN Global Compact
UN Global Compact

Nilfisk committed to UN Global Compact in 2010 and has since then been disclosing our company’s performance on the 10 Guiding Principles.

ESG Transparency Partner
ESG Transparency Partner

Nilfisk reports into Nasdaq’s ESG reporting platform and has been a certified Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner since 2022.

Sedex
Sedex

Nilfisk reports into Sedex, a global organization dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains.

ISS ESG
ISS ESG

In 2024, Nilfisk achieved ISS's ESG score of C+ which marks us as an 'industry prime' company and thereby a sustainability leader in our industry.

Documentation

Reports, details, and performance

At Nilfisk, we aim to keep our customers and stakeholders informed about our sustainability efforts to ensure safe and compliant products. To achieve this, we utilize management systems throughout our operations and value chain. Read more below.

Sustainability reports
Sustainability reports

Nilfisk has reported on sustainability since 2016. Our sustainability reports and integrated reports are available here.

Policies, Codes of Conduct, and declarations
Policies, Codes of Conduct, and declarations

As a global actor, we transparently disclose our position and policies on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG).

ESG Performance
ESG Performance

We publish an annual ESG fact book along with relevant documentation, providing detailed metrics on our ESG performance.

ISO management systems
ISO management systems

Nilfisk has an ISO-certified quality and environmental management system and provides details on sites with ISO certifications and documentation.

EU and US sanctions
EU and US sanctions

Nilfisk complies with applicable trade and economic sanctions imposed by, e.g. the United States and the European Union. We also require that our vendors and dealers comply with any sanctions that impact their business with Nilfisk.

Contact Nilfisk Sustainability
Contact Nilfisk Sustainability

We are happy to engage with customers and other stakeholders on our sustainability efforts. 

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