Sustainable development at Knightec

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In our customer projects, sustainability is an increasingly important factor. In several projects today, we drive the development towards more sustainable products or processes. Up to 80% of a product's climate impact can be determined already in the design phase, which gives us a great opportunity to influence.

Our ambition is to integrate sustainable development as a prominent part of our services by changing business models and using different technologies. We have run several great projects that have led to reduced resource use, increased efficiency, longer service life, less downtime, reduced waste, and optimized energy use, to name a few effects.

Our work in social sustainability continues, where our school collaborations are an essential part. Giving young people role models and knowledge that strengthens their chances of entering working life benefits Knightec and society as a whole. We have many good examples of how inclusion and differences create better solutions. Gender equality is also an important social aspect. We have worked focused on recruitment, and currently, our board consists of 50% women, the management team 44%, and in total at Knightec we are 31% women, of which 39% are managers.

In our internal sustainability journey, we have changed offices in several locations in recent years and moved to climate-neutral and environmentally certified properties. We have signed agreements for green electricity in more than half of our offices. Before the end of the year, all our offices will use electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, water or biofuel.

Of course, intelligent choices about travel, consumption, and food are important. We encourage online meetings and environmentally sustainable food. We have changed our way of working during the pandemic and shown that we do not have to travel to the same extent as before, which has significantly reduced our CO2 footprint. In 2020, we helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 734 kg CO2 through the re-use of IT products in collaboration with Inrego, who offers a circular solution. We have also decided that we will no longer provide giveaways and instead focus even more on sharing our knowledge. Feel free to read our sustainability report to take part of various key performance indicators.

Knightec Sustainability Report_2020 (in Swedish)

We will continue to focus on the areas we can change to make a real difference in the longer perspective, and increase our knowledge in sustainable development. Together we make a difference!

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