Corporate Social Responsibility

Sustainability is rooted in our business strategy – and thereby integrated across all our activities. We strive towards four sustainability priorities based on material topics, salient human rights, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Read our Sustainability report 2023

EcoVadis

Nilfisk has received an EcoVadis gold rating for the third consecutive year, this time obtaining the highest points ever. From 2023 to 2024, Nilfisk improved its EcoVadis score from 71 to 80 points, advancing from 95th to 98th percentile of all companies reporting into EcoVadis.

Science Based Targets Initiative

Having science-based targets provide Nilfisk with a clearly defined path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions limiting global warming in line with the Paris Agreement goals.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

Nilfisk discloses its climate actions and achievements via CDP, an international non-profit organization.

In 2023, for the fourth consecutive year Nilfisk kept an A- score, keeping Nilfisk in the leadership category.

UN Global Compact

Nilfisk committed to UN Global Compact in 2010 and has since then been disclosing our company’s performance on the 10 Guiding Principles.

ESG Transparency Partner

As part of our ESG transparency efforts, Nilfisk reports into Nasdaq's ESG reporting platform and is certified Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner 2023.

Sedex

Nilfisk reports within Sedex, a global organization dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains.

At Nilfisk, we want to bring transparency to our customers concerning our efforts at ensuring that products are safe and compliant. Nilfisk’s policy is to comply with all applicable standards, as well as any regulatory or legal requirements directed at Nilfisk or our products. In this section, we have provided Nilfisk’s Business Code of Conduct, Nilfisk’s Statement on Modern Slavery Act, and our ISO and Product Compliance Declarations.

Sustainability Report 2023

Our latest Sustainability report covers the financial year 2023. We have set new ambitious targets for sustainability and plan to be leading the way on environmental, social, and governance-related matters.

Nilfisk Human Rights Policy

We consider respect for the internationally recognized human rights a backbone of our sustainability work and we want to ensure the full and irrevocable application of human rights by assessing this on a broad corporate level, but also on a country and site basis.

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Nilfisk awarded with EcoVadis Gold Medal

EcoVadis Gold places Nilfisk among the 98th percentile of all global companies rated by EcoVadis. We achieve a score of 80, indicating an advanced sustainability performance, in all categories: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

Nilfisk’s Business Code of Conduct

Our Business Code of Conduct expresses our commitment to promoting behavioral standards and accountability throughout the company. It describes the fundamental rules governing the way we act internally and externally.

Supplier Code of Conduct

We set high standards and Nilfisk’ s Supplier Code of Conduct outlines the expectations for the behavior and actions of our global product or service suppliers in your dealings with us.

Quality and Environmental Management

Nilfisk has an ISO-certified quality- and environmental-management system that provides us with focus and structure. ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 are worldwide standards administered by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). You can find the certificates right below.

ISO 9001:2015 ISO 14001:2015

Product Compliance Declarations

At Nilfisk, we want to bring transparency to our customers regarding our work in ensuring safe and compliant products. Nilfisk’s policy is to comply with all applicable standards, regulatory & legal requirements that are directed at Nilfisk and our products, such as REACH, RoHS, WEEE and Conflict Minerals.

Nilfisk’s Statement on Modern Slavery Act

At Nilfisk, we believe that this initiative is an important step towards increased transparency for companies operating in the UK, with a focus on preventing serious violations that occur in global supply chains. The initiative is aimed at slavery, forced labor, human trafficking, and more.

ESG Factbook 2023-24

Nilfisk’s ESG Factbook provides a comprehensive overview of Nilfisk performance on key ESG indicators. The factbook includes Nilfisk ESG performance and strategy, approach to the EU Taxonomy, and performance on prioritized external ESG ratings and benchmarks. This Factbook supplements the Nilfisk Sustainability Report 2023 providing additional metrics and data points.