The purpose of this first Sustainability Report is to document that there is action behind the words when we talk about a sustainable development. The report should be seen as a natural development of the annual Environmental Report, which Grundfos introduced in 1997, and which is now in figures and facts supplemented by social and ethical responsibility.

Grundfos has always worked against corruption wherever we meet it, and these efforts were strengthened in 2005. The Group’s Code of Conduct, which all company managers have to sign once a year, has been strengthened and sharpened further, and the Group’s controller function is focusing even more on this topic in all Grundfos companies.