How we manage sustainability
Sustainability is an integral part of Nokian Tyres' Scandinavian values and heritage. We want to be a sustainability benchmark in the industry – creating added value for people, the economy, and the environment.
Through sustainable business practices Nokian Tyres can offer safety and security to its stakeholders, such as employees, customers, local communities, shareholders, suppliers, and end users.
Sustainability goals guide our work
Our everyday improvement of sustainability is guided by the Group’s sustainability goals and the road map plan that we update yearly.
The Board of Directors is the highest body overseeing sustainability, including the impacts, risks and opportunities. The Board of Directors approves the key targets as well as the company’s policies guiding our operations and internal control. The Board of Directors’ People and Sustainability Committee (PSC), among other things, prepares sustainability topics for the Board of Directors and monitors developments in the operating environment and regulation relating to sustainability.
Nokian Tyres’ sustainability work is led by the Senior Vice President, Operations, who is a member of the Management Team. The Sustainability Steering Group supervises and monitors the sustainability work within the group and comprises of senior representatives from Operations, Products &
Innovations, Legal & Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, and Communications functions. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Steering Group supervises and monitors the progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions within the group. The GHG Steering Group comprises of senior representatives from Operations, Production, Products & Innovations, Production Technology, and Procurement. The duties of all supervisors include day-to-day leadership of sustainability.
Sustainability working group
Sustainability working group comprises finance, purchasing, communication, environment, quality, consumer, customer service, and HR experts. The working group’s main task is to design and promote measures for improving sustainability. Each unit’s management team is responsible for implementing the measures according to their unit strategy.
Safety management working group
The Safety management working group, which comprises safety experts and management representatives, works on and tracks the safety aspects.
Environmental working group
Environmental representatives focus on improving the everyday environmental and sustainability work.
Energy Efficiency working group
The Energy efficiency working group promotes the means for improving energy efficiency throughout the group.
Sustainable purchasing working group
Sustainable purchasing working group develops and guides the supply chain sustainability.
Safety and health are an integrated part of department and team meeting practices. Globally safety and health related KPI’s and actions are followed by the Global Safety team and HR. HR, Communication, and the Risk Management support the work for improving the safety culture and implementing changes in the group. Each Nokian Tyres’ employee is responsible for working and acting ethically.