Kährs Planet Positive Journey
What does sustainability mean for Kährs?
“Science-based targets provide a clearly defined pathway for companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, helping prevent the worst impacts of climate change and future-proof business growth”
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Kährs Sustainability Strategy
Kährs Planet Positive Journey is our vision and ambition of how to create possibilities for more sustainable flooring solutions within the limits of our planet, while growing our business in a responsible and profitable way. It is our Sustainability Strategy and an important step on this journey is to set ambitious goals of achieving net zero (carbon neutrality) by 2040 and setting Science Based Targets (SBTs) contributing to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C.
“Science-based targets provide a clearly defined pathway for companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, helping prevent the worst impacts of climate change and future-proof business growth”
The Sustainability Strategy describes the sustainability agenda for Kährs entire value chain. Our sustainability focus areas and ambitions are set for 2025 and in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The strategy also outlines the sustainability agenda and ambition for everyone within Kährs value chain, from supply and production to marketing and sales. The purpose of the strategy is to inspire, activate and lead us in decision making and goal setting, so we together can make changes and find opportunities within the area of sustainable business development and inspire business partners and consumers towards more sustainable consumption.
On this journey in achieving our goals and commitment it is important that we are unified in achieving continuous improvements in a collaborative way across all functions.
By converting to renewable energy, reducing production waste, developing products with health and the environment in mind, and ensuring that raw materials are sustainably and responsibly sourced, Kährs is continuously trying to find ways to make the production process more environmentally friendly. The overall sustainability strategy of Kährs, ‘A Planet Positive Journey’ includes three focus areas:
This holistic strategy incorporates the complete life cycle of Kährs floors: From designing new products, sourcing raw materials, to production, transport, installation, and product usage – as all aspects are equally important. To support these three focus areas, we at Kährs has set clear targets to achieve our goals.
