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).
UNGC is an initiative for companies to align their operations with universally accepted principles of doing business in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment, and anti-corruption. Scania’s commitment is one way we express the support for practices that reduce negative impacts on the environment and people and enhance positive ones. It applies just as much to how Scania is managed, as it does to production and supply chain and other relationships along the value chain.
”Practising what we preach, we are continuing with our commitment to align our operations with UN Global Compact’s principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.”
- Henrik Henriksson, President and CEO
On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development officially came into force. For Scania the Development Goals (SDGs), have reinforced the sense of urgency when it comes to continuing to incorporate sustainability into our business plan.
Scania also supports the initiative Fossil free Sweden which was initiated by the Swedish government ahead of the climate change conference in Paris 2015.
On the social side, Scania have endorsed the Global Deal declaration, which promotes social dialogue, effective industrial relations and decent working conditions around the world.
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The three pillars
Scania’s customers do not have to wait to adapt their businesses to the new transport system – commercially viable solutions for our customers are available here and now. -
21 Apr 2020
People sustainability
Scania works to manage impact and support people throughout our value chain, from our own employees to our suppliers, customers and communities.
News
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19 Feb 2021
Concrete action for sustainability with Scania biofuel trucks
From the marina filled with luxury yachts to the surrounding hills lined with buildings, Monaco is a dense principality with narrow and winding roads. In this intense traffic one of Ecotrans’ Scania P 410 concrete mixers deftly manoeuvres. -
12 Feb 2021
Scania liquefied gas truck with hybrid temperature control system cuts emissions
Finnish haulier Transport Harri Mikkola’s new truck and trailer combination features the latest technology to minimise carbon emissions while ensuring reliable food deliveries. In addition to switching to a liquefied biogas powered Scania G 410. Transport Harri Mikkola has installed a hybrid temperature control system in the tractor unit. -
04 Feb 2021
Scania joins forces with other transport giants to make Scandinavia’s largest port fossil-free
To speed up the transition to fossil-free fuels in the transport sector, Scania joins forces with Volvo Group, Stena Line, and the Port of Gothenburg. The collaboration will ensure a reduction in carbon emissions by 70 per cent by 2030 linked to the largest port in Scandinavia. -
28 Jan 2021
Biogas transport operations – the self-evident choice
The choice of fuel is often determined by the customer’s environmental engagement. For Swedish haulier Skänninge Godstransporter the choice was simple since its primary customer, Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Sweden, has switched to biogas in its production. -
19 Jan 2021
Scania’s commitment to battery electric vehicles
Scania’s aim is to be the leader in the shift towards a sustainable transport system. Battery electric vehicles will be the main tool to drive this shift and to enable decarbonised transport solutions with better transport economy to customers. -
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.