Scania Annual Report 2011

48 SCANIA’S SUSTAINABILITY WORK
Safety, health and the environment in the value chain
A focus on safety, health and the environment
permeates Scania’s relationships and its work
throughout the value chain – from suppliers to
development and production units to sales and
service points to end-of-life treatment for a
product.
Most of a vehicle’s environmental impact occurs during its service life. This is why
Scania puts great emphasis on supporting the environmental work of its customers.
The driver is of crucial importance to operating economy, road safety and environmental
impact.
Scania thus continually develops new products and services that help drivers
save fuel and improve road safety. In its own operations, Scania is constantly working
to achieve more efficient resource utilisation and offer safe, healthy workplaces.
A focus on reducing the use of energy, materials and chemicals enables the company
to minimise environmental impact in a resource-efficient, cost-effective way.
Suppliers
Purchased materials and components
account for an increasing
share of production costs,
comprising some 70 percent for
a chassis. Scania’s values are
reflected in the requirements it
issues to the Group’s suppliers.
Their health and safety and
environmental work is evaluated
by Scania.
Scania’s procurement
standards include strict rules
requiring that suppliers adopt
the ISO 14001 environmental
management system.
Scania actively works to
develop certain key suppliers,
which implies that these
suppliers work with continuous
improvements in all areas,
especially the environment.
Research and development
Scania spends more than half its R&D
budget on environmental improvements.
R&D work optimises all elements of vehicle
technology – from more efficient fuels to
better aerodynamics and hybrid solutions.
By putting customers first and understanding
their operations, Scania continuously
develops new products and services
that help reduce environmental impact
while boosting customer profitability.
Another important aspect is to understand
new legal requirements at an early
stage and ensure that development work
takes these into account. As early as 2011,
successful development work enabled
Scania customers to order trucks with
engines that meet the strict new Euro 6
emission norm, which goes into effect at
the end of 2013.
Production
Scania is constantly reducing its emissions into
the air and discharges into waterways in relation
to production volume. The company endeavours
to use closed production processes in order to
avoid resource-intensive clean-up measures. By
changing its painting processes, optimising test
runs and replacing fossil fuels, Scania reduces its
atmospheric emissions.
The company is also working actively to
replace environmentally hazardous substances
and to avoid the use of such substances in its
products, product development, production and
service network. This also improves the working
environment for employees.
Continuous improvement in the working environment
is a priority at Scania’s production units.
Report of the directors Scania 2011