KONE Indonesia: Platinum-Level Proof That Green Vertical Transportation Isn't Just a Buzzword
KONE Indonesia just became the first elevator and escalator company in the country to earn the Green Product Council Indonesia's Platinum Green Label — its highest tier, awarded for circular-economy practices like recycled materials and responsible end-of-life product management. It's a good marker of where the industry conversation is heading: building owners are increasingly evaluating vertical transportation not just on ride quality and uptime, but on lifecycle carbon and material circularity. For engineering teams, that turns recyclability, energy-efficient drives, and maintenance strategies that extend equipment life into R&D priorities, not marketing lines. As modernization overtakes new-equipment growth in many markets, I'd expect "certifiable sustainability" to become a standard RFP requirement within a few years — the way seismic and accessibility codes already are.