Climate and the environment
We commit to environmental responsibility and to creating healthy and safe work conditions.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Our factory in Romania is the first full-scale zero-CO2-emissions (Scope 1 & 2) factory in the tire industry. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from our production, we’re also reducing them from tire raw materials, logistics, and tire use. Our ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.
Drivers and their tire choices have an important role when it comes to emissions from traffic: the lower the tires’ rolling resistance is, the less fuel or electricity the vehicle consumes, and thus the emissions will be lower as well.
Our Climate Transition Plan was published in 2026, and it is available here. We have also defined Nokian Tyres’ climate-related business risks and opportunities.
Advancing circular economy
As part of our commitment to responsible resource use, we’re increasing the share of recycled and renewable materials in our tires. In 2025, the share was 28.3 percent. We have also actively increased the waste utilization rate, and 2022 was the first complete year when 100 percent of our tire production waste was sent for utilization and there was zero waste to landfill from production. All our products are recyclable, and our tire recycling rate was 94 percent of the tires sold in 2025.
Taking care of biodiversity
While the direct effects of our normal operations on biodiversity are minor, the biggest biodiversity impacts take place in the value chain, as there are biodiversity risks caused by deforestation and land use change that are mainly caused by cultivation of natural rubber.