Sustainability at Scania
Driving customer profitability through sustainable solutions and pursuing responsible business are complementary long-term perspectives for continuing being a profitable company. While the core of our contribution to society is delivering sustainable transport solutions, it does not mean that our responsibility ends there.
Sustainable transport
Sustainable transport is all about moving people and goods while contributing to economic and social development without jeopardising human health and safety or endangering the environment. It is about “Doing the right things”.
There is no single solution for transforming the transport system into a sustainable one. Rather, a holistic approach is called for, considering the specific transport assignment and the maturity of the transport and logistics infrastructure in different parts of the world. Our approach is based on three pillars:
Energy efficiency, Renewable fuels and electrification and Smart and safe transport.
Complementary sustainability is about how we operate our business, our manufacturing and about our employees. Change have to start at home. To drive the shift in the wider transport industry, we need to make sure are conducting our own business responsibly, in line with our core values and international standards. We simply call this “Doing things right”.
We have identified six business responsibility areas: Environmental footprint , Diversity and inclusion, Health and safety, Human and labour rights, Business ethics and Community engagement.
Pursuing high standards in our operations and in our value chain will strengthen our ability to change the game of transport by generating experience, knowledge and capabilities that can be translated into product and service development as well as giving us the credibility needed on the market.
For Scania, working sustainably is rooted in our ways of being and operating. Our efforts builds on our heritage and our strengths such as the core values, our management system inspired by the Lean philosophy, the modular system and our leadership principles.
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Committed to strong principles
From core values to global management systems and the way business is conducted, Scania is committed to upholding the ten principles of the UN Global Compact (UNGC), which has now been complemented, by Agenda 2030 and its sustainability goals (SDG’s). -
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Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent, network-based organisation that has developed the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework. Its voluntary framework sets out principles and indicators for measuring and reporting economic, environmental and social performance. -
20 Apr 2020
Mapping what matters
In recognition of our changing business environment, as well as our commitments to sustainability and responsibility, Scania conducts an annual materiality analysis to understand what the most important areas are for our stakeholders, and to improve how we do business in the future. -
20 Apr 2020
Our impact
For Scania, our core values and abiding commitment to continuous improvement are central to how we operate. We strive to make our business responsible and sustainable in every part of our operations. -
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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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Sustainability ambitions and targets
To be able to continuously improve, Scania measure and follow up on our performance. To facilitate tracking 18 sustainability KPI’s have been developed, all aligned with our sustainability ambitions and targets. -
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.
News
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06 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. -
15 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. -
27 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. -
27 Apr 2020
Biogas gives Finnish operator an edge
When Kuopio Municipality in Finland tendered refuse collection, Urbaser’s Finnish subsidiary was in pole position for the contract. Urbaser had the advantage of offering its services using six Scania’s biogas trucks, which was decisive. -
30 Mar 2020
Scania Ecolution for optimal uptime and fuel consumption
K.C. Kwang & Sons delivers fresh produce in a high-pressure delivery environment. Reliability and economy are two key factors for the company. -
05 Feb 2020
Scania helps to monitor pollutants and stop forest fires
Air pollution is a major problem in Chile, and in recent years, the country has also suffered some major forest fires, which only make the air quality even worse. -
22 Jan 2020
Sustainable deliveries to McDonald’s in Finland
HAVI is using Scania biogas trucks for deliveries to McDonald’s in Finland.