Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Innovating for a sustainable future

Industrial ideas drive development and improve the quality of life for people everywhere. Join us on our journey toward a better tomorrow.
Sun setting over the forest surrounding one of many Swedish lakes.

Our annual Industrial Ideas magazine

features stories about how we innovate for a sustainable future and push technology and society forward together with our customers.
Atlas Copco's Industrial Ideas magazine

Our annual Industrial Ideas magazine

features stories about how we innovate for a sustainable future and push technology and society forward together with our customers.
Atlas Copco's Industrial Ideas magazine

Our annual Industrial Ideas magazine

features stories about how we innovate for a sustainable future and push technology and society forward together with our customers.
Atlas Copco's Industrial Ideas magazine

Our annual Industrial Ideas magazine

features stories about how we innovate for a sustainable future and push technology and society forward together with our customers.
Atlas Copco's Industrial Ideas magazine

Our annual Industrial Ideas magazine

features stories about how we innovate for a sustainable future and push technology and society forward together with our customers.
Atlas Copco's Industrial Ideas magazine

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Enabling the transformation to a low-carbon society

Fully committed to being part of the solution for a better tomorrow, we have set science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Thumbnail image for a video introducing our science-based targets

Are you up for a challenge?

Join us on an interactive journey to learn more about our culture.
Atlas Copco colleagues in discussion.

Are you up for a challenge?

Join us on an interactive journey to learn more about our culture.
Atlas Copco colleagues in discussion.

Are you up for a challenge?

Join us on an interactive journey to learn more about our culture.
Atlas Copco colleagues in discussion.

Are you up for a challenge?

Join us on an interactive journey to learn more about our culture.
Atlas Copco colleagues in discussion.

Are you up for a challenge?

Join us on an interactive journey to learn more about our culture.
Atlas Copco colleagues in discussion.

Are you up for a challenge?

Join us on an interactive journey to learn more about our culture.
Atlas Copco colleagues in discussion.

Innovation stories

Do you want to learn about our innovations? How operators benefit from our ergonomic equipment or how we secure a minimal impact on the environment?
Corporate people observing parts of products in the field, cover image, ideas, backlight, touch screen

Innovation stories

Do you want to learn about our innovations? How operators benefit from our ergonomic equipment or how we secure a minimal impact on the environment?
Corporate people observing parts of products in the field, cover image, ideas, backlight, touch screen

Innovation stories

Do you want to learn about our innovations? How operators benefit from our ergonomic equipment or how we secure a minimal impact on the environment?
Corporate people observing parts of products in the field, cover image, ideas, backlight, touch screen

Innovation stories

Do you want to learn about our innovations? How operators benefit from our ergonomic equipment or how we secure a minimal impact on the environment?
Corporate people observing parts of products in the field, cover image, ideas, backlight, touch screen

Innovation stories

Do you want to learn about our innovations? How operators benefit from our ergonomic equipment or how we secure a minimal impact on the environment?
Corporate people observing parts of products in the field, cover image, ideas, backlight, touch screen
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Safety and well-being

At Atlas Copco, we work continuously to reinforce our culture of safety and well-being. Our high standards and targets reinforce these efforts. 

Our safety and well-being targets

We are committed to ensuring that our employees and others affected by our operations work in a way that contributes to their safety and wellbeing. Transparent reporting is encouraged and helps build awareness of risks and safe behavior preventing injuries in the workforce.

Safety and well-being are core priorities at Atlas Copco. We pursue this by engaging everyone in eliminating hazards, reducing occupational health and safety risks and promoting the immediate reporting of near-misses, incidents, and risk observations

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SAFETY & WELLBEING 2022 2021 2020 Target
Employees agree that the company takes a genuine interest in their well-being 1) _

73 _

Continuous increase

Balanced safety pyramid = more reports of risk observations than near misses, more reports of near misses than minor injuries, and more or equal reports of minor injuries relative to recordable injuries 2) 

 

Read more about the safety pyramid

Yes Yes Yes A balanced safety pyramid

Following up our progress

Interest in employees' well-being

Progress is measured by continuous safety reporting and follow-up, and in the employee engagement survey every two years. The target is that an increasing part of employees should agree that Atlas Copco takes a genuine interest in their well-being. The results from the 2021 employee survey confirm this.

The safety pyramid

To further strengthen the safety work Atlas Copco measures progress by using a safety pyramid, with the target that the pyramid should be balanced. This means that more reports of risk observations than near misses, more near misses than minor injuries, and more or equal reports of minor injuries relative to recordable injuries are reported. The approach supports transparent reporting, risk awareness and encourages safe behavior to decrease risks and ultimately prevent workforce injuries. In 2022, the result was in line with this target. 

 

SAFETY & WELLBEING 2020 2021 2022
Recordable injuries total workforce, number 385 387 403
Recordable injuries per million working hours total workforce 4.8  4.5 4.2
Minor injuries total workforce, number 922 1 148 1 261 
Minor injuries per million working hours total workforce  11.6 13.4 13.2
Fatalities, number 0 0 0
Fatalities per million working hours total workforce 0 0 0
Sick leave due to diseases and recordable injuries, %
2.1 2.2 2.5
Degree to which employees agree that Atlas Copco takes a genuine interest in their wellbeing (score) 5) _ 73 _
A balanced safety pyramid (yes/no) Yes Yes Yes

How our targets relate to the UN Global Goals

Global Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

SDG icons - decent work and economic growth

We focus on ethics, safety and well-being for our employees and business partners. Atlas Copco requires all business partners to comply with the Code of Conduct. Child labor or forced labor is not tolerated and compliance is assessed and audited. Atlas Copco ensures the right to collective bargaining and expects the same of our business partners. We aim for a balanced safety pyramid, meaning a reporting of more near misses than minor injuries and more minor injuries than recordable (major) injuries. 

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Safety and well-being

The safety and well-being of our employees is vital to us, which is why we set ambitious standards for workplace safety.

Learn about our approach to safety

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