Sustainability

For more than 100 years, our principles and values have been at the heart of what we do. They guide, inspire and lead our teams to innovate, continuously improve, and deliver value for our customers through our products and solutions.

With this same focus, we created our Donaldson sustainability strategy, Filtration for a Thriving Future. Making progress on our priority ESG topics means understanding how we deliver value as a company and finding ways to use those competencies to drive positive outcomes. At the same time, this work makes Donaldson a stronger and more resilient company. Driving change in these areas through our products and practices will help improve how we do business, add value for our stakeholders, and make a more significant impact as we work toward creating a thriving future for people and the planet.

At Donaldson, we take an integrated approach to sustainability. Sustainability is not a standalone initiative or goal. It is built into what we do and why we exist as a company. Our sustainability strategy, Filtration for a Thriving Future, is grounded in our company's purpose – Advancing Filtration for a Cleaner World. This purpose is the foundation for why we exist and create our technologies, products, and solutions.

Donaldson’s Filtration for a Thriving Future sustainability strategy includes the following ambitions for our fiscal year 2030:

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions — Donaldson is committed to helping mitigate climate change. We are targeting an absolute reduction of our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 42% over a fiscal year 2021 baseline. This ambition, along with the execution roadmap, is science-based and aligns with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5°C global warming scenario.
   
   
2. Waste Reduction — We are pleased to announce a new 2030 Sustainability Ambition to reduce landfill waste from operations from a FY24 baseline and/or increase recycling, reuse, and material optimization, targeting a total impact of 3,200 metric tons (40% of FY24 landfill waste).
   
   
3. Employee Health and Safety — Donaldson is committed to providing safe and healthy workplaces. We aim to reduce life-changing events year over year and consistently achieve zero by fiscal year 2030. We define life-changing events as work-related fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, or vision loss due to serious injury or illness.
   
   
4. Community Engagement and Giving — Donaldson is committed to positively impacting our communities through education. Through the Donaldson Foundation, we aim to increase charitable donations to organizations serving educational needs within our communities, giving cumulatively at least $13.5 million over a fiscal year 2022 baseline.

External certification standards help us ensure we properly manage environmental and occupational health and safety risks at our facilities. These internationally accepted certifications provide sound, uniform standards for the following management systems.

Energy Management Certifications – ISO 50001

Environmental Management Certifications – ISO 14001

Health & Safety Certifications – ISO 45001

Quality is what our customers expect from Donaldson — and it is what we have delivered for over 100 years.

Quality Certifications – ISO 9001, IATF 16949 & AS 9100

Halal Certification

We offer a wide range of specialty products that are halal-certified for food and beverage manufacturing facilities. These products are designed for the development, production, and distribution of process filtration, used for the purification of compressed air, steam, gases, and liquids. View the Halal Certificate for certified products.