With the investment strategy that Scania has chosen, there is a highly beneficial effect in terms of environmental improvement per krona spent. This means that Scania does not regard large environmental investments according to the conventional definition as goals in themselves. An investment is usually motivated by several different reasons, of which environmental impact may be one.

The conventional definition of an environmental investment is an investment carried out only for environmental reasons and aimed at reducing external environmental impact. This definition follows the European Commission’s recommendations on voluntary environmental reporting.

During 2004, Scania’s investments in property, plant and equipment totalled MSEK 2,372, of which MSEK 14.4 was classified as environmental investments.