Our engagement
Partnerships for change
Making transport sustainable is a team effort. That is why we are working with others across our industry and beyond to drive the transition forward.
Shifting to sustainable transport involves widespread change across the entire ecosystem of transport, from infrastructure and energy systems to policy frameworks and financing models.
By forging partnerships with other key actors throughout the transport value chain and remaining close to our customers, we help drive the changes that no company can achieve on its own, accelerating progress toward a climate-neutral transport system and circular business models.
We create opportunities for all stakeholders in our ecosystem to have their voices heard. Since the first Scania Sustainable Transport Forum in 2016, we have hosted three further global editions and several regional, each bringing together decision-makers and stakeholders for collaborative dialogue on the transition to sustainable transport.
We are part of several cross-sector collaborations pushing for policy changes to accelerate the adoption of sustainable transport solutions. Partnerships of this kind serve as important enablers for engagement and activation at global forums, such as the annual UN COP meetings.
Through our Pilot Partner programme, we test new technologies with customers and infrastructure providers. Collaboration across the supply chain targets emissions from key materials. Meanwhile we work as part of industry associations to strengthen collective action.
We work with others to co-create technologies and solutions and to accelerate systemic change necessary for sustainable transport. Through partnerships like these, we are exploring 5G capabilities for autonomous transport, building a public, high-capacity charging network and developing zero-emission freight corridors for heavy transportation, to give a few recent examples.
We collaborate with global universities to explore new technologies, business models and systemlevel transformation. These partnerships support research focusing on areas such as autonomous and electrified transport, software-defined vehicles and circular economy.
At COP30 in Brazil November 2025, Scania made the case that viable solutions for fossil‑free heavy transport already exist, and that what is needed to scale them are enabling conditions such as grid upgrades, charging infrastructure and fair policy frameworks. We called for national roadmaps to support the transition to electrification and decarbonisation of heavy-duty road transport.
Although COP30 did not deliver a strong fossil‑fuel phase‑out signal, countries must now turn climate goals into actionable plans. We continue to push ourselves and help customers transition through electrification, renewable fuels and circular solutions, stressing that strong partnerships with policymakers, energy providers and customers are essential.
At the Swedish pavilion at COP30, Scania shone a spotlight on the importance of cross-sector collaboration in the transition to a sustainable transport system. Our contributions at COP30 were part of our broader call for national roadmaps for the decarbonisation of heavy transport.
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