Our environmental goals

To optimise the effort we put into continuous improvement and reducing negative environmental impact, senior management annually draws up overall environmental goals. Said goals set out the focus areas in which detailed goals are to be developed. The detailed goals are what is worked towards by various departments and operations in the company.

For 2020, the overall goals were as set out below.

Goal

Examples of activities linked to detailed goals and carried out, for example, at our factories

Reduce energy consumption (focus on ventilation, lighting and compressed air).

  • Introduced procedures to check for leaks of compressed air.
  • Switched to LED light fittings.

Reduce number of chemicals.

  • Switched lubricating oil supplier, thereby optimising the number of oils. Work with this goal is also to continue into 2021.
  • Cleared out old chemicals.

Reduce use of fossil fuels for heating.

  • Switched from heating oil to wood pellets at our Edsvära and Åstorp factories.

Reduce emissions to air from transport.

  • Increased the percentage of internal transport by train.