Scania annual report 2003

ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
Integrated environmental work
Scania’s Environmental Policy
As a global manufacturer and distributor
of heavy commercial vehicles, engines
and related services, Scania is committed
to develop products that pollute less and
consume less energy, raw materials and
chemicals during their life-cycle.
In order to achieve this:
■ we strive to maintain a lead in
commercially applicable technologies
■ we work well within legal demands and
promote internationally harmonised,
effective environmental requirements
■ we prevent and continuously reduce
the environmental impact through
development of products, services and
production processes
■ we take the environmental aspects and
objectives into account in our daily
work
■ we have an open and regular communication
with our interest groups
regarding our environmental work
By this we contribute to economical and
ecological advantages for our customers
and society. Proactive environmental
work is therefore of vital importance to
Scania.
(Issued in 1999)
Scania has a network of employees
who coordinate its environmental
work. This network is found throughout
the Scania value chain. Environmental
work is entirely integrated into
line operations, along with quality,
training and economic issues. All
managers have environmental
responsibility for their operating area.
Operational decisions are made in
the line organisation.
The highest decision making body for environmental
issues is the Scania Executive
Board, which makes strategic decisions.
Day-to-day common environmental items
of business are prepared by the Scania
Environmental Committee, where environmental
coordinators from various operations
meet under the leadership of the
Quality and Environment department.
Local management teams are responsible
for targets and follow-up at the local level.
Scania’s guiding principle is to reduce
the environmental impact in all stages
of a product’s life cycle. The company’s
product concept and production system
are permeated with conservation and
efficiency principles. Scania’s Environmental
Policy and overall environmental
targets apply to all units of the company
and can be found at our webb site
(www.scania.com).
ISO 14001 environmental management
system
Environmental management procedures are
integrated into Scania’s management system.
All production units except for the recently
acquired plant in St. Petersburg,
Russia, are certified according to ISO
14001 international standards. Scania
plans to have the plant in St. Petersburg
certified during the autum 2004. In addition,
development resources and corporate staff
units are certified.
Supplier standards
Suppliers are part of Scania’s process.
It is thus important that their actions are
consistent with Scania’s environmental
approach and that they meet Scania
standards, regardless of where they are
located.
The environmental work of suppliers
is documented by requiring ISO 14001
certification and using an updated Environmental
Self Assessment.
This environmental documentation and
recurring follow-ups lead to continuous
improvements, while strengthening
Scania’s cooperation with its suppliers.
Scania thereby helps improve expertise
and enhance environmental awareness
among its suppliers.
Environmental work in sales operations
During 2003, the updated version of the
Scania Dealer Operating Standards (DOS)
called for reductions in the environmental
impact of the sales and service organisation.
The new standard goes into effect
during 2004 and will mean, among other
things, that the environmental work of the
service network will be assessed regularly.
The environmental standards include requiring
certified Scania workshops to have
a responsible person and requiring all employees
to undergo environmental training.
In addition, a local activity plan will be established,
including environmental targets
related to energy use and handling of
chemicals, for example. The introduction
of the updated standard will occur gradually,
and internal certification of the European
service network is expected to be
implemented during 2006.
Within the framework of DOS, Scania
recommends third-party certification
according to the ISO 14001 environmental
management system or the equivalent. At
year-end 2003, 14 local sales distributors
had taken the final step and introduced
ISO-certified environmental management
systems.
Environmental permits
The operations at Scania’s production facilities
around the world have permits that
comply with national legislation. The environmental
impact from these facilities consists
mainly of emissions to air, discharges
to water, waste products and noise. A set
of tables on environmental performance
broken down by production unit can be
found on Scania’s web site. In addition to
legal requirements and the conditions included
in permits, there are also internal
requirements and rules for these
operations.
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