Eco Portfolio

Kalmar’s Eco Portfolio supports our commitment to be a 1.5°C company by highlighting the equipment, services and software that improve our customers’ sustainability and drive the transition to a low-carbon world. Increasing the sales of Kalmar's Eco Portfolio contributes to reaching the company's climate target. In 2024, Kalmar’s Eco Portfolio sales totalled EUR 698 million, representing 41 percent (35%: 2023) of total sales. Kalmar’s target for 2025 is to increase the share of Eco Portfolio sales of total sales.

Kalmar’s Eco Portfolio has been defined to include equipment and services that are aligned with the EU Taxonomy or are expected to be aligned within a year. The EU Taxonomy enables companies to share a common definition of economic activities that can be considered environmentally sustainable. Kalmar has the potential to substantially contribute to the EU Taxonomy’s objectives on climate change mitigation and the transition to a circular economy, and consequently, the Eco Portfolio consists of two categories: climate solutions and circular solutions. Kalmar’s climate solutions are compatible with the greenhouse gas emission reductions needed in the 1.5°C scenario of the Paris Agreement, whereas the circular solutions contribute to the transition to a circular economy by promoting resource efficiency throughout the value chain.

However, some differences occur between Kalmar’s Eco Portfolio reporting and its taxonomy-aligned reporting. For example, regarding the climate solutions, equipment needs to have a life-cycle assessment (LCA) done and verified by a third party for it to be taxonomy-aligned. This also applies to Kalmar’s Eco Portfolio equipment. However, as new solutions are added to the Eco Portfolio, it is possible that their LCA’s are not yet finalised but will be in the near future. Therefore, some differences might occur between Kalmar’s taxonomy-aligned reporting and its Eco Portfolio climate solutions, as the Eco Portfolio may also include equipment that are anticipated to be taxonomy-aligned once their life-cycle assessments (LCA) are finalised. The Eco Portfolio is Kalmar’s own KPI that is reported externally on a quarterly basis.

Read more in our summary of the updated Eco Portfolio criteria.