Scania works to manage impact and support people throughout our value chain, from our own employees to our suppliers, customers and communities. Scania is actively working to develop a clearer understanding of the human rights risks associated with our activities and to establish tools and processes to manage these risks.
Our people
Our people sustainability work starts with our own employees. During 2019, we carried out an assessment of labour condition standards across all Scania entities. Based on this we defined minimum standards for all employees globally, collectively known as the Scania People Perspective.
For Scania, meaningful social dialogue is central when it comes to being a successful and sustainable company as well as making the transition just in the shift towards a sustainable transport system. Scania continuously improves in this area, and is an active member in the multi-stakeholder partnership Global Deal.
Scania has an impact on a large number of people through our supply chain. We also recognise that important human rights risks are found in our raw material supply chains. In 2020 we will continue to develop our raw material due diligence system created with our partners in the Volkswagen Group and through our industry alliance Drive Sustainability.
Transparency and cooperation are key for promoting positive change throughout our supply chain and we expect our business partners to take responsibility together with us.
Customers and transport users
Sustainable transport solutions improve life for users and contributes to social development. We are helping our customers address challenges, such as cities and suburbs suffering from the effects of badly-planned transportation systems: air and noise pollution, congestion, road safety and unequal access to transport. We also engage in dialogue with stakeholders to ensure that the transport system evolves in a way that is socially sustainable. One example is our work on fair transport in our logistics network where we work in partnerships to improve working conditions for drivers.
Communities
Scania strives to ensure our business has a positive impact in communities around the world where we do business. We operate in countries where protection of human rights is weak, and we understand this requires more of our ability to manage human rights impact through our tools and processes.
Scania’s employees are passionate about making a contribution to society, and we support a number of initiatives in which our employees take part. This includes the Together programme, a mentorship initiative set up in partnership with international aid organisation War Child to support young refugees. Through the programme, Scania employees become mentors to newly arrived young people, helping them feel included in society and giving an introduction to working life.
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Responsible sourcing
A proactive approach in relationships with suppliers and collaboration in sector-wide initiatives are tools that drive positive development across the whole value chain and minimise risk of environmental and human rights issues. -
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Sustainable logistics
Scania aims to be the benchmark in sustainable logistics. With different demands and continuously improving the flows in our supply chain, we eliminate waste, become more energy-efficient while improving the logistic process. -
02 Sep 2020
Transport and the agenda 2030
The World has united around 17 sustainable development goals, for all people and all sectors of society. Scania’s contribution to the achievement of these goals is to translate them into sustainable business solutions. -
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Policies and documents
Transparency and openness are important for Scania. On this page you can find documents and policies related to sustainability. -
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Life at Scania
Scania offers employees an exciting future, with the opportunity to work together to develop more sustainable transport solutions all over the world.
News
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21 Dec 2020
Scania’s electric solutions – simplicity in a complex transition
In the future, every transport can be electric. And for a more sustainable world, most must. But replacing a diesel truck with an electrified is more than simply exchanging an old vehicle for a new. -
16 Dec 2020
Dairy giant switches to biogas
Arla Foods, the dairy cooperative in seven European countries, has the aim to reduce its carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030 towards a neutral climate impact by 2050. In Finland, Arla’s second largest climate impact is transports. With quote & fact box and image gallery -
14 Dec 2020
Scania’s European cab production fully fossil-free
Scania’s cab production plant in Oskarshamn, Sweden, enters 2021 as fully fossil free. It will thereby be the first of its major production plants around the world to successfully phase out carbon emitting production elements. -
02 Nov 2020
Östersund expands electric bus operations with ten new Scania Citywide
Scania will deliver more electric city buses to Vy Buss for their operations in Östersund, a city with a population of 64,000 in mid Sweden. The ten new-generation 12.3-metre Scania Citywide LF buses will join Vy’s fleet of electric Scania buses that have been in traffic there since 2017. -
08 Oct 2020
Truck trailers with solar panels can save fuel
In a research partnership, Scania will develop a solar cell clad trailer to power a plug-in hybrid truck. Initial tests indicate possible fuel savings of 5–10 percent in Sweden and twice that amount in sun-rich southern Spain. -
02 Oct 2020
European CEO Alliance emphasises cross-industry collaboration to fight climate change
Yesterday, Scania’s CEO and President, Henrik Henriksson and CEOs from 11 other European companies joined forces for a zero-carbon future and a more resilient Europe. The European Union is committed to net zero emissions by 2050, which is in line with the CEO Alliance companies’ own decarbonisation strategies. -
02 Oct 2020
Scania researches better batteries
With the rapid expansion of electric vehicles, optimising batteries is more important than ever. In an early research project, Scania and its partner universities are studying the prospects for managing each and every cell in battery packs. -
16 Sep 2020
Electric trucks – increasingly compelling option
Transport buyers, cities and consumers are having a strong pull effect on the shift of the heavy transport industry to sustainable transport solutions, particularly electrification. This is creating a good upside on revenues at the same time as technological advances make the cost of operations much more favourable. It all adds up to the fact that electrification is a solution whose time has come. -
15 Sep 2020
How electric vehicles fit into Scania’s sustainability journey
The launch of Scania’s fully electric truck is a milestone on the company and its customers’ journey to a fossil-free commercial transport system. It also underlines the central importance of electric vehicle technology to Scania’s sustainability commitment. -
18 Aug 2020
First German e-road trial now fully operational
Since early July, the first German electric road test track near Frankfurt with catenary overhead lines is fully operational with five Scania R 450 hybrid trucks equipped with pantographs. The last of the five trucks was recently delivered to the German building materials supplier company Knauf.