The CSR and Sustainability Report outlines how the Volvo Group takes economic, social and environmental responsibility to contribute to sustainable development. The report describes how we address CSR and sustainability issues and the results achieved.
Volvo Construction Equipment and Volvo Buses have joined the Volvo Group’s cooperation with WWF Climate Savers. The cooperation is based on the Volvo Group’s commitment to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 million tons from construction equipment, buses and trucks manufactured through 2014. Volvo’s joint-venture company, SDLG, which manufactures construction equipment in China, will also become the first-ever Chinese company to be a member of Climate Savers.
Volvo has now sold a total of 100 buses powered by hybrid technology in the Nordic countries. The latest order to be received by Volvo Buses is for 25 hybrid buses for Göteborgs Spårvägar (Gothenburg Tramways), which operates public transport services on behalf of Västtrafik.
Professor John Schellnhuber has been awarded the 2011 Volvo Environment Prize.
The Volvo Group has qualified yet again for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI).
Read the blog by Edward Jobson, Volvo Buses Environmental Director.
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