Sustainability management
At Scania, there is no separate strategy for sustainability. Instead, sustainability is at the core of our business strategy aiming to align our targets and activities with sustainable development.
Scania’s overarching purpose is to drive the shift towards a sustainable transport system. To achieve this goal, Scania must both do the right things in terms of solutions for sustainable transport but also do things in the right way and act as a responsible business – environmentally, socially and ethically. Expectations and requirements within the area of sustainability are constantly developing, and Scania’s understanding and ambitions needs to evolve in tandem with society.
A transformative approach requires leadership
To successfully reach Scania’s high ambitions in the sustainability area, Scania must have a transformative approach to sustainability. Transformation means fundamental changes to products and services, to the business model and to how the company is operated. This transformative approach requires leadership from the highest level of the company, and is manifested through the Corporate Strategy.
Our strategic work is dependent on understanding our impact, including the risks and opportunities along the life cycle, with the ambition of linking targets and actions with science. We have together with our stakeholders identified three key sustainability areas that need to permeate all parts of our business: people sustainability, circular business and decarbonisation. Each of these areas are connected and dependent upon each other.
While responsibility to embed sustainability to normal processes rests with management within each function at Scania, success in this area rests on our ability to work cross-functionally.
Scania sustainability board
Established in 2016, Scania Sustainability Board is Scania’s forum for cross-functional coordination of sustainability, bringing together all parts of the company. It plays a key role to track progress, follow up and act on deviations as part of the business strategy through four identified roadmaps: internal and supply chain decarbonisation, sustainable transport, people sustainability and circular business.
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Decarbonisation
To manage our climate impact and mitigate risk, we are committed to reducing emissions throughout our entire value chain and across all relevant scopes. -
Circular business
Being a sustainable business depends on adopting a more circular economic model, where the use of existing resources is maximised and waste is minimised all along the value chain.
Sustainability news
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02 Apr 2024
The silent 70-tonne Scania timber truck
SCA’s first electric timber truck is a Scania with a technical capability of up to 70 tonnes total weight. -
11 Mar 2024
Wind turbine triumph - Chi Deh’s unwavering trust in Scania trucks
In Taiwan's wind energy sector, Chi Deh relies on Scania trucks for intricate wind turbine projects. For decades, Scania trucks have provided robust power and reliability, serving a pivotal role for precision in engineering operations. -
20 Feb 2024
What life is like at Scania - meet David and Christine
To work at a big, global company – what’s that really like? Meet David and Christine, Scania employees developing the system in the electric vehicle that communicates with the charger. They tell you about their world, and there may be a lot more fun in their everyday challenges than you think. -
05 Feb 2024
Electric Scania truck in action at LKAB mine in northern Sweden
The heavy tipper is the reason why long-term LKAB employee Stig Hoffner still hasn’t retired. It is too much fun driving an electric vehicle every day. -
22 Jan 2024
DHL operates Scania’s pantograph-equipped truck on e-roads
Less noise, less disruption, less emission. That is what electrified roads have for the heavy transport industry, as DHL joins the potential of e-roads and takes delivery of a pantograph-equipped truck. -
08 Jan 2024
From combustion engines to electricity – David made a smooth transition
Battery development expert and chemist David Raymand embarked on a transformation journey that mirrors Scania's evolution. Once a senior in combustion engine development, David now stands as a prominent figure in battery technology. -
13 Dec 2023
Scania awarded for its sustainable electric trucks
Scania has been awarded the “European Transport Award” in the category ”Electrified trucks” based on their sustainability aspects. According to the organiser, Huss-Verlag in Munich and the magazine “Transport”, Scania’s trucks excelled in environmental protection in combination with economic success and social responsibility. The jury consisted of five prominent members representing media, academia and federal authorities. -
04 Dec 2023
Scania gas trucks for Italian CST Logistica Trasporti
CST Logistica Trasporti deals with freight transport, in northern and central Italy, with food at room temperature and controlled temperature as a specialty. The constant renewal of their fleet gives greater efficiency and lower environmental impact, the latest addition being Scania gas trucks. -
29 Nov 2023
Scania to push for sustainable value chains at COP28
The shift towards a sustainable transport system requires that the value chain working together in one joint direction. At COP28, targeting a swift lockstep transition, Scania will call on transport buyers to drive change by using their spending power and policymakers to introduce effective incentives. -
26 Oct 2023
Scania Chassis Assembly ready for boom of electric trucks
The year 2023 will go down in Scania's history as the year that electrification truly happened. A new battery cell co-developed with Northvolt that will last the truck’s lifetime, tests of Megawatt Charging System with ABB, and the Battery Assembly was set up adjacent to the Chassis Assembly. The latter had its greatest redesign since it was built in the 1960s, both the actual building and the people working there.