Sustainability performance

As a part of our handprint we measure the amount of CO₂ emissions avoided by using Metso Outotec technologies compared to industry baselines or alternative technology. Emissions of seventeen of our technologies are measured annually. In 2020, Metso Outotec’s CO₂ handprint was 8.2 million tonnes less of CO₂ equivalents in the seventeen technology areas (2019: 7.2 million tonnes of CO₂), which represent an increase of 14%.

We make a difference also through our own operations. At Metso Outotec, we have calculated our scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions in line with the GHG protocol methodology.

• Direct fuel use and the use of electricity and heating in our operations accounted for our CO₂ emissions were reduced by 60% compared to 2019 emissions.
• 53 Metso Outotec locations in 19 different countries are under the environmental reporting scope. Nearly all locations are now operating with renewable energy sources. All these locations have been granted Renewable Energy certificates or GOs.
• Our upstream and downstream logistics emissions reduced by 29%.
• In 2020 91% of Metso Outotec’s R&D projects set sustainability targets.

We also annually offset Metso Outotec’s emissions from business flights. 

In 2020, our Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) was 1.6. LTIF of our own employees decreased to 1.5 since 2019, however the total LTIF of employees and contractors increased. Risk observations and safety conversations are part of our employees’ personal targets, and Covid-19 forced us to look for alternative ways to carry on with practices that usually require a physical presence. The number of reported risk observations increased to approximately 89,000.

One way to ensure supplier compliance and continuous improvement is to conduct supplier audits. Our annual auditing program identifies the suppliers to be audited based on a supplier sustainability risk assessment. In 2020,

• we conducted 142 supplier sustainability audits. Due to the Covid-19 travel restrictions, many supplier sustainability audits were conducted as remote audits that included a virtual factory tour. 60 percent of the corrective actions from 2020 had been implemented.

In 2020 we started to engage with our biggest and most energy-intensive suppliers to review their CO2 targets. In the first pilot project, we engaged with suppliers in energy-intensive sectors.

• We have set a target that 30% of suppliers in terms of spend set science-based emissions targets by 2025. In 2020 2.2% of the suppliers by spend to have a SBT CO2 emission target.