Case Study: Sandvik achieves large-scale employee-driven sustainability innovation with Wazoku's Ideas Hub

How Sandvik, a global leader in engineering and materials technology, is driving sustainability with Wazoku

Sandvik, a global engineering and metal‑cutting leader with bold 2030 sustainability targets, wanted to scale its sustainability strategy by tapping the expertise of its workforce. The challenge was to democratize innovation across a large, multilingual organization and collect 100,000 sustainability ideas by 2030 to drive measurable climate, circularity and operational goals.

Partnering with Wazoku, Sandvik launched the Ideas Hub — a social, app‑accessible platform with challenges, gamification and rewards — to capture, refine and commercialize employee ideas. The Hub quickly drove strong engagement (43,000 idea contributors and 78% regular activity), produced immediate wins (local recycling stations, a commercialized tungsten drill‑bit recycling loop), 25 ideas moved to development and numerous pilots exceeded expectations, linking grassroots innovation to tangible business and sustainability outcomes.

Sandvik

Mats W. Lundberg

Head of Sustainability