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”
Kährs Sustainability Strategy
Ever since Kährs was founded, the company has been guided by a firm commitment to sustainability - from the selection of the best raw material to a clean and low-emission production process.
Kährs Planet Positive Journey is our vision and ambition to create possibilities for more sustainable flooring solutions within the limits of our planet, while growing our business in a responsible and profitable way. This journey serves as our Sustainability Strategy, and an important step on this journey is setting ambitious goals of achieving net zero (carbon neutrality) by 2040 and setting Science Based Targets (SBTs) that contribute 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.
Our 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, as well as inspire business partners and consumers towards more sustainable consumption.
On this journey towards achieving our goals and commitments, it is important that we are unified in achieving continuous improvements in a collaborative way across all functions.
By transitioning 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 finding 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 productand 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 have set clear targets to achieve our goals.