Danfoss has been engaged with the SDGs since their adoption in 2015. With our focus on electrification and energy efficiency, we prioritize the Global Goals where our products and solutions can make the greatest impact.
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Our impact, however, is not limited to these four goals. Our decarbonization targets, “Safety First” approach in the workplace, our devotion to human rights, and our effort to foster equal opportunities allowed us to expand the list of goals that we consider in our actions.
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Fresh, clean water is a basic element of life - it is vital for agriculture and important for industries. At Danfoss, we provide solutions with optimized energy consumption for water and wastewater handling, and desalination, which is important in water-scarce areas. Our technology helps to reduce water loss in city pipe networks and secure more efficient water use within food production.
Optimizing energy use and minimizing water loss
At Danfoss, we engineer technologies for an energy-neutral water sector, by optimizing energy use and minimizing water loss in water-treatment applications and irrigation networks. With the use of sensors and variable speed drives coupled with advanced process control, we can reduce both water leakage and energy consumption by at least 25%.
Our solutions enable decarbonization across industries, accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. The transition requires energy-efficient technology and renewables to be implemented together and on a large scale. We must not only turn our energy supply green but also decouple economic growth from energy demand. An enabler for the energy transition is electrification. Danfoss engineers solutions for an electrified mobility sector on land and sea.
Navigate without carbon emissions
At Danfoss, we engineer electric solutions for maritime transport to reduce CO2 emissions and improve energy efficiency. Ellen is a first-of-its-kind electric ferry powered by Danfoss’ motors, and she navigates without carbon emissions.
This holds great potential. That’s why we joined the Global Maritime Forum’s multi-stakeholder initiative “Getting to Zero Coalition”, aiming at zero-emission vessels by 2030.
To ensure our future, cities must scale up urban efficiency and transform their energy systems. At Danfoss, we provide energy-efficient solutions for sustainable buildings, heating and cooling, district energy systems, and electric transport to develop carbon-neutral cities as the world’s first responders to the climate emergency.
District energy
At Danfoss, we engineer energy-efficient solutions for district energy systems, solutions for sustainable buildings, and electric transport. Our Leanheat solution uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and The Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to adjust indoor climate and reduce both energy consumption and cost.
With a growing population, consumers are demanding more, safer, and healthier food. This means that the need for efficient and effective food supply and cold-chain management has never been more important. We offer technologies that enable the reduction of post-harvest food losses and ensure reliable conditions from farm to fork.
Cold chain technologies
At Danfoss, we provide technology for every step of the food supply chain. In the state of Tamil Nadu, in India, farmers reduced post-harvest food losses by 20% by implementing cold-chain technologies, while farmers’ income increased by 200%.
We have joined the UN’s Cool Coalition to share the knowledge and, together with others, to help governments develop cooling action plans and increase their farmers’ income and productivity.
We strive to create a safe working environment and continuously improve the health and well-being of our colleagues across our global organization. Every year, we set ambitious safety targets, and it is our vision to be a workplace without work-related accidents.
Through our Safety First approach, we promote safe behaviors — whether on-site, traveling, or working with partners — through continuous awareness-raising and training. Driven by a continuous improvement approach, a strong safety culture, and proactive risk management, combined with the dedication of our teams worldwide, we achieved a record-low LTIF in 2025 of 1.0 and a 41% reduction over the last five years.
At Danfoss, we believe that inclusion and equal opportunities fuel engagement and empower teams to perform at their best. Our goal is to build a workplace where every team member can thrive and create meaningful impact for our customers and partners.
At Danfoss, we believe that equal pay for work of equal value, regardless of gender, is essential for inclusion and for building high-performing, engaged teams. We are committed to fair and competitive compensation and benefits, ensuring that all employees receive a living wage.
At Danfoss, we believe that providing a decent total compensation through a living wage is an important aspect of respecting human rights. We are therefore committed to paying our employees a living wage.
We also believe in the principle of equal pay for work of equal value. The basic principles of fairness, equity, and transparency are embedded in our company values and behaviors and as such Danfoss is committed to competitive and fair compensation and benefits.
Our solutions enable decarbonization across industries, accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.
We are committed to achieving our decarbonization targets, including fully decarbonizing our own operations. All our products and solutions are designed to do more with less—helping industries save energy and costs while reducing emissions and accelerating the transition to a low-carbon future.
Through our portfolio of efficient, low-emission solutions, we help industries reduce their carbon footprint. By capturing the downstream impact of low-carbon technologies, our products support substantial emissions reductions—especially in sectors where electrification, energy efficiency, and smarter energy use can make the biggest difference.
At Danfoss, we are deeply committed to fulfilling our responsibility to respect human rights across our value chain. Our commitments and approach to upholding human and labor rights are grounded in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the International Bill of Human Rights, and the ILO Core Conventions on Labor Standards.
These principles are outlined in our Human Rights Policy and further anchored in the Danfoss Supplier Code of Conduct and our Danfoss Ethics Handbook.
