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 2025, Kalmar’s eco portfolio sales totalled EUR 763 million, representing 44 (2024: 41) percent of total sales. Kalmar is targeting to increase the share of its eco portfolio on a yearly basis. 

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 increasing the lifespan of Kalmar’s products and 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. 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.

At Kalmar, we offer Carbon Footprint Declarations (CFDs) of our products as a streamlined and concise version of a product’s comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), offering a clear overview of its environmental impact across its lifecycle.

For a closer look at the carbon footprint behind our products  access the CFDs here

Read more in our summary of Kalmar eco portfolio criteria.