Commitments and awards

In 2010, Nolato endorsed the UN initiative for responsible business conduct, the Global Compact. Through the Global Compact, Nolato endorses ten basic principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. In 2016, Nolato linked its Group targets to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

About United Nations Global Compact
UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals.
The Sustainable Development Goals presented by the UN in 2015 are now also connected to the Global Compact. 

Nolato supports the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and the Group’s climate targets are validated and approved by SBTi as being in line with what science requires to limit global warming in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

About the Science Based Targets initiative
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The SBTi enables businesses to set ambitious emissions reductions targets in line with the latest climate science. It is focused on accelerating companies across the world to halve emissions before 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions before 2050.

In 2022, Nolato decided to pursue a group-level assessment of Nolato AB group. As all Nolato companies at minimum follow the group guidelines they are covered by the group assessment. The first assessment on group level, 2022, resulted in a Bronze Medal and the assessment 2023 resulted in an improved rating to Silver Medal. 2024, only two years after our first assessment, Nolato was awarded a Gold rating and the Gold Medal was maintained during 2025.

About EcoVadis
EcoVadis are one of the world’s largest and most trusted providers of business sustainability ratings.

Nolato has been reporting according to CDP since 2015. In 2024 Climate Change score, we were pleased to see improvements in several key areas and a overall score of B. This reflects our ongoing efforts to enhance climate-related strategies, risk management, and emissions reductions. Nolato holds the ranking C in Water Security.

About the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
CDP is an independent sustainability index that analyses environmental impacts from over 18 000 companies each year. The companies that report their sustainability work to CDP are assessed on disclosure, awareness and management of risks and opportunities.

In 2025, Nolato AB received a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the MSCI ESG Ratings assessment.

About MSCI
MSCI ESG Ratings aim to measure a company’s management of financially relevant ESG risks and opportunities. They use a rules-based methodology to identify industry leaders and laggards according to their exposure to ESG risks and how well they manage those risks relative to peers. 

Nolato, listed at Nasdaq Stockholm, has transparently been reporting ESG metrics and results on Nasdaq ESG Database Portal and therefore been certified as a ‘Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner’.

The certificate is given to companies with a high level of transparency to their present and future investors when it comes to Environmental, Social and Governance issues (ESG).

In the overall 2024 ranking following the “Sustainable companies”, conducted by Lunds University, Nolato was awarded an honorable 3:rd place among 130 companies at Nasdaq Stockholm. The companies are categorized into sectors, with "Capital Goods," including Nolato, representing the largest sector. In this sector, we proudly secured 1st place. Read the full report (Swedish only). 


About the report
In collaboration with Dagens industri and Aktuell Hållbarhet, Lund University in Sweden conducts a comprehensive review of sustainability efforts across 130 listed companies. The aim with the report is to review the companies' ambitions, achievements, and priorities. The findings, insights, and conclusions of this report have been documented, with this year's emphasis placed particularly on CSRD and biodiversity as well as climate change mitigation.

Nolato is included in the Financial Times in partnership with Statista´s list over Europe´s Climate Leader for the second year in a row and appreciate that our commitment to combat climate change is recognized.

The list focuses primarily on businesses that have achieved the greatest reduction in their Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity over a five-year period (2018-23 for this edition).  Other factors are considered, too, such as companies’ transparency on Scope 3 emissions, which arise elsewhere in their value chains, and their collaboration with sustainability assessors, such as CDP and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Europe’s Climate Leaders 2025: interactive listing