Konecranes Plc (KNCRY) Discusses Sustainability Strategy and Progress on Environmental and Social Commitments Transcript

Linda Hakkila
Chief Investor Relations Officer & VP of Investor Relations

Hello all, and welcome to follow Konecranes’ Sustainability Webcast. My name is Linda Hakkila. I’m the Head of Investor Relations here at Konecranes, and I’m today with our main speaker, Anniina Virta-Toikka, who is the VP of Sustainability.

Today, we will first start with our presentation, and after that, we are happy to answer your questions. Please note that you may provide or send your questions through the chat functions throughout the event. And please also note that the focus of this event is on sustainability.

Before we start with the presentation, I would like to remind you about the disclaimer as we might be making forward-looking statements, but now without any further comments, I would like to hand over to Anniina.

Anniina Virta-Toikka

Thank you, Linda. Warmly welcome from my behalf as well. So today, we will be focusing on how sustainability creates long-term value. The focus will be a lot on environmental issues, but we will cover the whole ESG agenda, of course.

Let’s start from the big picture. So sustainability has been and is still one of the key megatrends that are driving businesses the same thing for Konecranes as well. We have identified sustainability being one of the key enablers on doing our strategy, and it’s integrated heavily. We create value for our customers by supporting them with their environmental targets. We fulfill their supplier ESG-related requirements, and on the other hand, our strong investments to build inclusive culture to create fair employer practices is an engaging factor for our current people and for the future