Sustainability report 2020

During 2015-2020, the ASSA ABLOY Group completed our sustainability program and exceeded most of the targets for health and safety, energy, water, and materials efficiency while reducing waste generated.

Highlights 2020

• The Group had a positive development across a majority of the reporting areas.
  
• Our continued focus on Health and Safety is working, keeping employees and stakeholders safer. The Injury rate was reduced by 16%.
• The Water intensity has decreased by 8% during the year.
• The Energy intensity has decreased by 10% during the year.
• The Group’s total greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 16%, as a result of increased energy efficiency and productivity, as well as new technology upgrades.
• By the end of 2019, the Group had 325 Environmental Product Declarations verified and published.
• The Group carried out 1,175 sustainability audits of direct material suppliers in low-cost countries.

A new ambitious sustainability program has been set for 2025. The new program builds on the momentum and progress from the Group’s successive five-year sustainability programs. The new program has raised ambition level across all indicators and complements ASSA ABLOY’s long-term climate commitment to halve emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. 

Download the 2020 Sustainability report.