Sustainability strategy
Quintus Technologies’ Sustainability Strategy is grounded in our Business Development Strategy for 2025 to 2027 and the DMA conducted in 2024. It translates long-term ambitions into clear, actionable priorities that strengthen market position, operational resilience, and compliance readiness. The strategy ensures that we focus our sustainability efforts where they create the most value for the company, our customers, and society.
The Business Development Strategy outlines a clear goal of reaching a profit level of 15 percent by 2027. The strategy is built on operational excellence, cost control, accountability, and customer value. Sustainability is not a separate track but a driver of competitiveness, innovation, and profitability. Key priorities include energy and material efficiency, lifecycle thinking, workforce development, digital integration, and certifications such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
The DMA identifies the sustainability topics most relevant to both our business success and our external impacts. On the environmental side, this includes Scope 3 emissions from product use, with energy efficiency and circularity emerging as key focuses. On the social side, the assessment highlights workplace health and safety, equal opportunities, and human rights due diligence in the value chain. Governance topics such as corporate culture, supplier transparency, anti-corruption, and whistleblower protection are also defined as material. ESG data systems and reporting readiness are highlighted as key enablers for compliance and stakeholder expectations.
Both the DMA and Business Development Strategy include product efficiency, durability, employee well-being, and responsible supplier relationships as common priorities. The materiality assessment highlights regulatory and reputational risks such as carbon pricing, Scope 3 transparency, and governance expectations. The business strategy adds practical dimensions such as aftermarket optimization, customer experience, IT security, and brand development.
These insights have been consolidated into five strategic pillars that define Quintus Technologies’ approach to sustainable development.
Five strategic and prioritized pillars
To translate Quintus Technologies’ Business Development Strategy and DMA into a Sustainability Strategy focused on action, development, and value creation, five strategic pillars have been defined. Each pillar targets a critical area where sustainability contributes to competitiveness, reduces risk, and supports long-term resilience. Together, they provide a clear and practical structure for integrating sustainability into product development, operations, governance, and growth.
1. Strengthen climate positioning and improve cost efficiency
Reduce emissions and operating costs through smarter design and energy efficiency. Strengthen position with customers, regulators and other stakeholders by aligning with climate-related expectations.
Includes: Scope 3 emissions from product use, financial risks such as carbon pricing and CBAM, and structured certifications like ISO 14001.
2. Attract and retain the right competence
Create an attractive workplace by promoting equal treatment, continuous development, and long-term career opportunities. Strengthen innovation, reduce turnover, and support future growth.
Includes: Health and safety improvements aligned with ISO 45001, and structured competence development to meet future business needs.
3. Ensure governance and build trust
Work proactively with clear processes and responsibilities. Prevent misconduct, strengthen accountability, and build trust with customers, partners and other stakeholders.
Includes: Anti-corruption, bribery prevention, whistleblower protection, and board-level responsibility for ethics and compliance.
4. Drive competitiveness through circular product development
Reduce material and waste costs by designing for durability, reparability, and extended lifetime. Improve readiness for future regulation and customer demands.
Includes: Quintus care and lifecycle service focus.
5. Secure supply chain performance and reduce risk
Reduce legal, operational, and reputational risks through improved transparency and supplier relationships. Ensure compliance with human rights and due diligence expectations.
Includes: Governance of supplier practices, compliance with OECD due diligence guidelines, and integration of ESG requirements in procurement processes.
Goals, actions and KPIs
1. Strengthen climate positioning and improve cost efficiency
Strategic goal: Strengthen Quintus’ competitiveness and resilience by reducing climate-related risks, costs, and emissions across the value chain, from product design to use-phase efficiency.
Quintus aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2045, consistent with a 1.5 °C pathway. The company recognizes that achieving full decarbonization of use-phase emissions depends on system-wide transitions to renewable energy, which are beyond our direct control.
Key actions
To support this strategic goal and ensure long-term progress, the following key actions define Quintus’ strategic direction. They serve as a foundation for strengthening customer value and lifecycle performance, while demonstrating the company’s commitment to science-based climate action and regulatory alignment.
Annual priorities are set through the operational planning process, ensuring that actions are sequenced and resourced based on impact, feasibility and business needs.
- Annually calculate and report GHG emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3 in accordance with the GHG Protocol.
- Develop a climate transition plan aligned with the Paris Agreement and the CSRD/ESRS E1 standard, including medium- and long-term reduction targets.
- Improve energy efficiency and emission performance of Quintus’ machines, primarily focused on the use-phase to support Scope 3 reduction. Also explore design-level improvements and digital optimization to reduce energy needs during production, operation, and maintenance.
- Embed carbon impact into sourcing decisions and supplier evaluations. Train procurement personnel on carbon-aware sourcing.
KPIs
KPI | Status |
|---|---|
By 2026, perform a climate transition plan to define reduction targets. | Preparations ongoing. |
This KPI is tracked as part of Quintus’ operational planning and performance monitoring and may be adjusted as actions are implemented and refined over time.
2. Attract and retain the right competence
Strategic goal: Attract, develop, and retain the right competence by fostering a safe, inclusive, and engaging workplace, where all employees are respected, continuously developed, and empowered to contribute to Quintus’ long-term success.
Key actions
To support this strategic goal and ensure long-term progress, the following key actions define Quintus’ strategic direction. They serve as a foundation for strengthening internal engagement and external communication, while demonstrating the company’s commitment to a safe, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.
Annual priorities are set through the operational planning process, ensuring that actions are sequenced and resourced based on impact, feasibility, and business needs.
- Continuously prioritize occupational health and safety in alignment with ISO 45001, including improved reporting, root-cause analysis, and targeted safety training.
- Strengthen employee wellbeing and engagement by continuing programs that support mental health and integration and run annual engagement surveys followed by team-level action plans.
- Further embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into recruitment and promotion processes. Standardize inclusive hiring practices and provide training on unconscious bias for all employees involved in hiring processes.
- Define critical future competencies, ensure structured performance and development dialogues, and strengthen internal learning across all employee levels. Expand talent pipelines through targeted trainee programs and early-career pathways.
- Promote cross-functional collaboration and increase operational efficiency. Establish regular knowledge-sharing forums where functions intersect.
KPIs
KPI | Results/Status |
|---|---|
By 2026, achieve ISO 45001 certification for Sweden. | Preparations ongoing. |
At least 84 % response rate Employee Survey. | FY 2024: 88 % FY 2025: 88 % |
At least 80 Employee Survey Performance Index score. | FY 2024: 81 FY 2025: 81 |
Annual recordable work-related accident rate 0. | FY 2024: 2.35 FY 2025: 4.62 |
Annual sick leave rate below 3 %. | FY 2024: 2.7 % FY 2025: 2.7 % |
By 2027, 100 % participation in annual health and safety training | Preparations ongoing. |
By 2027, 100 % of managers completed DEI training. | Preparations ongoing. |
These KPIs are tracked as part of Quintus’ operational planning and performance monitoring and may be adjusted as actions are implemented and refined over time.
3. Ensure governance and build trust
Strategic goal: Promote responsible business conduct and build stakeholder trust by strengthening governance, ethical standards, and compliance systems. Ensuring transparency, accountability, and resilience across all levels of the organization.
Key actions
To support this strategic goal and ensure long-term progress, the following key actions define Quintus’ strategic direction. They serve as a foundation for strengthening communication and supplier and customer dialogue, while demonstrating the company’s commitment to responsible business conduct and strong governance.
Annual priorities are set through the operational planning process, ensuring that actions are sequenced and resourced based on impact, feasibility, and business needs.
- Implement a robust, scalable ESG data infrastructure with digital reporting tools, clear data ownership, cross-functional competence, strong internal controls, and annual ESG reporting aligned with Quintus’ communication principles and stakeholder expectations, to enable transparent, compliant sustainability reporting, strengthen Quintus’ credibility, and support data-driven decisions.
- Ensure Code of Conduct training for all employees and implement anti-corruption and bribery training for high-risk functions. Integrate ethical expectations into onboarding, performance management, and leadership development.
- Maintain secure and accessible whistleblower channels with clear procedures for follow-up, investigation, and protection of anonymity.
- Strengthen data protection and cybersecurity governance in line with legal, regulatory, and customer requirements, including incident response capabilities.
- Improve the corporate risk management framework, ensuring board-level oversight of ethics, compliance, and sustainability risks, and integrating material ESG risks into enterprise-wide risk assessments.
KPIs
KPI | Results/Status |
|---|---|
By 2026, 100 % of responsible functions assigned ESG data ownership. | Achieved in March 2026. |
By 2026, 100 % of ESG data points managed through digital systems with traceable data sources. | Achieved in March 2026. |
By 2026, 100 % of employees in reporting roles have completed ESG reporting training. | Achieved in March 2026. |
Annual Sustainability Report published in parallel with financial statement. | FY 2025: Achieved. |
Yearly, 100 % of employees complete Code of Conduct training. | FY 2025: Achieved. |
Yearly, 100 % completion rate of anti-corruption training for high-risk functions. | To be reported from FY 2026. |
By 2027, 100 % of employees complete data protection training. | To be reported from FY 2027. |
Zero substantiated cases of corruption or bribery. | FY 2024: 0 FY 2025: 0 |
Management team review of ESG compliance risks and sustainability report conducted annually. | FY 2025: Achieved. |
These KPIs are tracked as part of Quintus’ operational planning and performance monitoring and may be adjusted as actions are implemented and refined over time.
4. Drive competitiveness through circular product development
Strategic goal: Increase the customer value and lifecycle performance of Quintus’ product offering by enhancing resource efficiency and integrating circular economy principles into product design, service models, and material sourcing.
Key actions
To support this strategic goal and ensure long-term progress, the following key actions define Quintus’ strategic direction. They serve as a foundation for strengthening customer value and lifecycle performance, while demonstrating the company’s commitment to resource efficiency and circular economy integration across product design, service models, and material sourcing.
Annual priorities are set through the operational planning process, ensuring that actions are sequenced and resourced based on impact, feasibility and business needs.
- Design for sustainability and longevity by applying principles to reduce material use, energy demand, and transport needs, while ensuring reparability, upgradeability, and ease of maintenance in line with upcoming EU regulations. Support lifetime extension through relocation support and availability of spare parts. Include clear guidance for safe disposal and material recovery with each sold product.
- Map and manage the installed base to enable lifecycle services, resale strategies and sustainability tracking. Use machine data to improve lifecycle performance by leveraging insights from connected machines to support predictive maintenance, energy efficiency and upgrades.
KPIs
KPI | Results/Status |
|---|---|
Annually increased revenue from Quintus Care Program. | FY 2023–2024: -15 % FY 2024–2025: +28 % |
Annually increased revenue from Upgrades and Modernizations. | FY 2023–2024: +19 % FY 2024–2025: +16 % |
These KPIs are tracked as part of Quintus’ operational planning and performance monitoring and may be adjusted as actions are implemented and refined over time.
5. Secure supply chain performance and reduce risk
Strategic goal: Secure resilient supply chain performance by strengthening transparency, ESG integration, and human rights due diligence, with a focus on traceability and responsible sourcing of key materials and components.
Key actions
To support this strategic goal and ensure long-term progress, the following key actions define Quintus’ strategic direction. They serve as a foundation for strengthening customer value and supply chain resilience, while demonstrating the company’s commitment to responsible sourcing, transparency, and effective risk management.
Annual priorities are set through the operational planning process, ensuring that actions are sequenced and resourced based on impact, feasibility, and business needs.
- Embed ESG criteria in procurement and supplier management, including requirements related to human rights, working conditions, environmental performance, and business conduct.
- Implement risk-based due diligence processes in line with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, with a focus on identifying, preventing, and mitigating risks in the value chain.
- Improve traceability of critical materials and components, with a focus on conflict minerals, recycled content, and battery compliance where relevant.
KPIs
KPI | Results |
|---|---|
100% of Tier 1 key suppliers sign the Supplier Code of Conduct. | FY 2025: 97 % |
By 2027, 100% of procurement staff trained on ESG criteria. | Preparations ongoing. |
By 2027, include ESG criteria questions in supplier audits of key suppliers. | Preparations ongoing. |
By 2027, risk-based due diligence process formally established. | Preparations ongoing. |
These KPIs are tracked as part of Quintus’ operational planning and performance monitoring and may be adjusted as actions are implemented and refined over time.
This sustainability report, our first aligned with the VSME standard, is an important part of our ongoing strategic goal to promote responsible business conduct and build stakeholder trust through strong governance, ethical standards, and transparent, accountable practices. The next chapters detail our environmental, social, and governance disclosures.