We are a Certified GREAT PLACE TO WORK

KONE India has been certified as ‘Great Place to Work’ by Great Place to Work® Institute. This recognition celebrates the best work places in the country that have provided a culture of high trust and high performance for its employees. Recognitions like these are a testimony that our People Strategy – “Attract, Develop & Engage” and related actions are in the right direction. Another key driver for this accomplishment is the commitment exhibited by our amazing team members to deliver our People Agenda. Great Place to Work® Certification is one of the most prestigious achievements for any organization across the globe.


At KONE, we foster a collaborative culture that encourages our people to try new things, push the limits, and break boundaries. Here people are respected and opinions are heard. Our personnel strategy aims to ensure the engagement, motivation, and continuous development of our employees. We strive to maintain a safe and healthy, as well as fun and empowering working environment, where people are motivated to develop their competencies and deliver the best results. We see diversity as a strength. We never get complacent or settle, we always look for ways to grow and improve, and make a difference in the cities we live in.

Awards and Accolades

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Forbes: Most Innovative organization

KONE has been ranked as one of the world's most innovative companies, by business magazine Forbes. We have received the award 7 times; In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2018. In 2018, KONE ranked 59th making it the 7th most innovative company in Europe. KONE is also the only elevator and escalator company featured on the list. The Forbes ranking is based on a metric called the “Innovation Premium”. This is a grade given to a company by Forbes based on the premium the stock market has placed on the value of the company. This premium is based on expectations of future innovative products, services, and new markets that will generate even larger income streams. As the Forbes ranking demonstrates, KONE has always been an innovation leader in our industry with a strong track record in research and development and we hold more than 3,000 patents across our businesses. Some of KONE's breakthrough innovations include KONE Ultrarope, KONE MonoSpace®, KONE JumpLift, KONE 24/7 Connected Services and more. Click here to read more about our innovations

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Avtar - Best company for women to work in India

In an effort to recognize our contributions towards building sustainable careers for women, AVTAR Group & Working Mother Media has listed KONE India as part of the 2018 - 100 Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI). Currently in its third edition, BCWI Study aims to recognize and bring into foray the sustained initiatives undertaken by companies to increase women’s workforce participation. We are awarded for our pioneering initiatives that help women build a successful career and offer them a well chalked out growth path. Some of the key initiatives introduced by KEI are:

> Implementation of Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Committee
> Holistic Wellness Programs through EAP Partner
> Forward looking Leave Benefits including Maternity, Paternity and leave donation, Flexi Working
> Hiring Women in Leadership roles

Our Employer Value Proposition

At KONE we are dedicated to

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Growing Together

Our people is our most important asset. We believe that employees’ career and personal growth are critical to the company’s success. We believe in improving performance through inspiring, engaging and developing our people. Personal growth is strongly supported and there are versatile opportunities for career development in different countries across the globe. A few examples of how we Grow Together.

> Successful learning model
> Investing in employees’ development
> Individual development planning
> Knowledge shared openly through easy and accessible platforms
> Access to all vacant positions within the country as well as around the globe
> Common career paths

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Winning Together

We build strong teams that are passionate about everything they do. Our aim is to exceed our customers’ expectations. We do this by working together as a diverse and efficient team of professionals across the globe. Together with our dedicated partners, we deliver on our promises to customers and consistently improve our reputation as the innovative industry leader. A few examples of how we Win Together.

> KONE values
> Employee engagement survey
> Total Reward – what we offer
> Recognizing high performance
> Health programs
> Employee Forum
> Over 100 years of success and growth

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Improving urban life

We share a common goal with our customers and partners: Improving the quality of urban life, one project at a time. At KONE, every employee plays a key role in fulfilling this goal. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we develop solutions that help people move around cities and the buildings in them safely, efficiently and smoothly. We strongly believe each and every KONE employee’s contribution helps to improve the quality of urban life. A few examples of how we Win Together.

> References
> Industry defining innovations e.g. KONE UltraRope™, KONE MonoSpace®
> Forbes rankings for innovation and Newsweek ranking for sustainability
> Urbanization as a key driver for KONE’s People Flow vision

This initiative focuses on providing guidance to women employees in 4 categories: Development | Well being | Engagement | Inspiration

We concentrate mainly on certain strategies that women employees wanted to know more and keep growing within the organization.

Focus on career progression: Women today expect more from their careers than any previous generation. Women just starting out in their careers said career advancement was the most attractive trait in an employer. The least attractive was lack of opportunities. Most of our experienced female professionals wanted us to establish formal career progression plans to keep them motivated and committed.

Mindset matters: A lot of women reported personal experience of gender discrimination when applying or interviewing for a job. We had conducted a workshop only for women employees where they could get a clear and systematic picture of the teams and the possible skill sets required to apply for the job within KONE.

Trainings: IWTC had come up with many training sessions that are specifically only for women employees, like financial planning, health talks, technical and soft skills training that are on pipeline.

Corporate Social Responsibility

KONE India CSR operates with a mission on betterment of the community through measures that will bring in sustainable development and growth of its inhabitants.

Our commitment to society is an integral part of our value system’. KONE India CSR initiatives involve various efforts in which we engage ourselves to give something back to the society. Our CSR initiatives commit to deliver the following values:

- Excellence: Promote creative and critical thinking among students within a culture of inspiration, high expectations, accountability, and quality service.
- Social and Ethical Responsibility: Increase access to opportunity and promote social justice.
- Accountability: Demonstrate personal accountability for student learning.
- Innovation: Challenging ourselves to create unique ideas and innovative solutions with the use of digital technology.
- Service: Dedicating ourselves to delivering excellent service.

KONE India CSR, currently operates in rural villages around Sriperumbudur and Tiruvallur districts in Tamil Nadu giving primacy to the most marginalised. Our interventions were designed in close consultation with the communities after an extensive needs assessment of the target groups. Our scope of the CSR initiatives covers the following areas

Education: Our vision towards education is to bring smiles to lesser privileged children by providing a quality learning environment. Currently, we work in 20 villages around Sriperumbudur and Tiruvallur districts for an “After School Education” program partnering with Single Teacher Schools – A Unit of Swami Vivekananda Rural Developmet Society.that benefits 610 students. Students are provided after school coaching to enable them to cope with the demands of the syllabus at school. Also, students who have dropped out are prepared to join a specific grade level based on their age. Each school is run by a single teacher who takes classes between 5 - 8 PM every day. The focus is on English, Maths, Environmental Science & Tamil and the Students are also taught yoga. This project is being implemented by Swami Vivekananda Rural Development Society. Nearly 610 children were provided with free basic primary education. 20 village women were provided with employment opportunities through this project. In a yet another initiative, KONE India has a tie up with Sevalaya – (a registered charitable Trust with activities in villages around Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram district.) through which we plan to provide educational support to underprivileged children and operational support to orphanage homes.

Skill learning: KONE India offers a full time diploma program in Vertical Transportation along with Chitkara University. This partnership powered by CSR is aimed at leveraging the academic and industry experience to undertake Curriculum Development & Talent Management in Mechanical Engineering requisite to the Vertical Transportation Industry.

Health Care: We conduct health awareness camps in our Single Teacher School project villages periodically. Our future focus is to expand our reach to more villages with health check-ups and camps.

Volunteer Engagement Activities: KONE India CSR encourages its employees to actively take part & volunteer in many CSR initiatives such as; like Joy of Giving, Audiobook recording, Podcast recording, Conducting sports meets, etc.,

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