Scania annual report 2004

Attacking environmental
impact at the source
Scania’s guiding principle is to reduce the environmental impact in all stages of a
product’s life cycle. Clean technology is the key to good environmental performance,
both for the company’s products and at its production and service facilities.
New Environmental Policy
Scania’s Environmental Policy and overall
environmental objectives state the positions
that are shared by the entire company.
During 2004, the Environmental Policy
was revised to better support Scania’s
operations. The new Environmental Policy
makes it clear that the environment is an
integral part of Scania’s business priorities.
The relationship between environmental
work and the principle of precaution has
been clarified, which is a natural consequence
of Scania’s support of the OECD
Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
According to the principle of precaution,
precautionary measures shall be undertaken
when there is reason to assume that
an action may harm human health or the
environment.
A shared concern
Environmental work is integrated into
Scania’s operations. A survey conducted
during 2004 shows that most Scania
employees feel they are involved in this
environmental work.
The highest decision-making body for
environmental issues is the Scania Executive
Board, which makes strategic decisions.
Common day-to-day environmental items
of business are prepared by the Scania
Environmental Committee, where environmental
coordinators from various fields of
operations meet under the leadership of
the Quality and Environment department.
Operational decisions are made in the
line organisation, where all managers have
environmental responsibility for their respective
areas. Local management teams
are responsible for targets and follow-up
at the local level.
The environmental management system
All production units are certified according
to the ISO 14001 environmental management
system.
Corporate departments, such as Group
Management, procurement and product
development units, are certified. Environmental
management procedures are
integrated into Scania’s management
system.
Emission allowances
Now that the Kyoto Protocol has entered
into force, the EU countries must jointly
reduce carbon dioxide emissions by eight
percent during the period 2008 to 2012,
with 1990 as the base year. Trading in
emission allowances, which begins in
2005, is one means of achieving this
reduction. Transport services are not
included in the scheme.
Scania’s energy supply units in Oskarshamn
and Södertälje, Sweden are included
in the trading scheme. One effect of the
recently completed expansion of operations
in Oskarshamn is that Scania needs
to buy emission allowances, estimated at
4,000, beginning in 2005.
Environmental adaptation of products
Taking environmental aspects into account
at an early stage of product development
makes it possible to minimise the environmental
impact of a product throughout its
life cycle. Scania attaches great importance
to designing a vehicle to reduce the environmental
load that arises while the vehicle
is in use. Aside from Scania’s internal
development targets, future legal requirements
weigh heavily in development work.
Among strategic fields for the environmental
performance of a product are
emissions of fossil carbon dioxide and
other exhaust gas components, chemical
content and the end-of-life treatment of
worn-out vehicles.
Scania as a customer
Scania buys materials and components
from suppliers. It is important that the
actions of suppliers are consistent with
Scania’s environmental approach.
Regardless of where a supplier is
located, Scania requires ISO 14001 certification.
Scania surveys suppliers’ environmental
work by using an Environmental
Self Assessment and recurring follow-ups.
Collaboration on environmental issues
leads to continuous improvements and
helps improve expertise and enhance
environmental awareness among suppliers.
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