Scania annual report 2002

The highest decision-making level when it comes to
environmental issues is the Scania Executive Board,
which makes strategic environmental decisions as well
as establishing and following up overall environmental
matters.
Certified environmental management
system
All of Scanias production facilities are certified according
to ISO 14001 international standards. This certification
includes development resources, production
units and corporate marketing staff units. An updated
audit will be implemented during 2003.
The task of integrating the sales and service organisation
in the environmental management system is
continuing. At the end of 2002, 12 local sales and
service companies in various European countries were
certified.
Environment and economics
During 2002, Scania’s costs for raw materials, chemicals,
energy and water totalled SEK 1,500 m., which
was equivalent to about 3 percent of Scania’s sales.
Transport expenses amounted to SEK 1,275 m., that is,
3 per cent of sales.
Emissions of carbon dioxide from Scania’s production
plants totalled 72.3 ktonnes. In relation to Scania’s sales,
this represented 1.6 g/SEK. Emissions per vehicle produced
rose compared to the year before. This was due to
the smaller number of vehicles produced, while the latest
environmentally related investments have not yet had
time to have an effect on the figures.
Efforts to decrease climate-affecting emissions are
made with the support of the principle of continuous
improvements and Scania’s position on the climate
issue,
Environmental investments
The conventional definition of an environmental investment
is an investment carried out only for environmental
reasons and aimed at reducing external environmental
impact. This definition follows, among other
things, the European Commission’s recommendations
on voluntary environmental reporting.
An investment is usually motivated by several different
reasons, of which environmental impact may be
one. Scania takes the environment into account when
making investments, instead of making corrections
afterwards with filters and separate cleaning equipment.
With the investment strategy that Scania has
chosen, the effect in terms of environmental improvement
per krona of spending is good. This means that
Scania does not regard large environmental investments
according to the conventional definition as
goals in themselves.
During 2002, Scania’s investments in property,
plant and equipment totalled SEK 2,396 m., of which
SEK 4.5 m. was classified as environmental investments.
A large investment that also is of major positive
importance to the environment is the new paintshop at
the cab factory in Oskarshamn, Sweden.
New topcoat paintshop for cabs
Since the beginning of 2002, all cabs for Scania’s
production units in Europe have been manufactured
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 for society. Proactive
environmental work is therefore of vital importance to
Scania.
Environmental work is an integrated element in Scania’s
operations. For this reason, environmental reporting is
being done in the Annual Report, instead of in a separate
Environmental Report. Read more about Scania’s environmental
work at: www.scania.com
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