Philosophy Statement

Environmental stewardship is the responsibility to take care of natural resources and ensure that they are sustainably managed for current and future generations. We believe that responsibility begins with our own behavior as we design, manufacture and distribute our products. 
Nilfisk-Advance is committed to:  

· Minimizing our company’s impact on the planet’s environment

· Furthering healthy environments

· Designing our products to ensure the lowest possible environmental impact for our customers, both during use and after the products’ useful lives

· Practice environmentally responsible purchasing for the materials used in our products and in our operations

· Produce our products using lowest-environmental-impact production processes

· Operate our facilities using sustainable methods and practices

· Educate our customers, our suppliers and the industry about sustainable cleaning practices  

Green highlights · We subscribe to United Nations Global Compact · We participate in the global Carbon Disclosure Project · We have a goal to reduce Green House Gas emissions by 5% each year · We focus on the development of technologies that reduces our machines impact on its surroundings by reducing the use of water, detergent, energy etc. · All our factories in Europe and Asia are ISO 9001 certified · All our factories in Europe and Asia will be ISO 14001 certified by the end of 2010