Elevators and escalators are not luxurious, they are now a necessity

21 Dec 2021 CW Team

Take a pause and now imagine a world where businesses don’t benefit society and its stakeholders, or they don’t help solve problems existing in the community. Imagine a world where an organisation exists without catering to the community and its values. It is quite unimaginable, isn’t it?

Businesses have always existed for society and insociety. Leading change and building solutions is what businesses are responsible to do. For companies anywhere in the world, building value is of utmost importance because it is the only way to sustain the business in the long term and more importantly because it is the right thing to do.

KONE India strongly believes in building value. For us, building value is ensuring sustainable success with our customers, developing solutions that give the best possible people flow experience that are also environment-friendly, enabling our employees shine in their brightest light, and anything and everything else that fosters development in the community and helps all of us grow together, writes Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevator India,

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