Environmental Care

Environment and Resources

Volvo Group’s care for the environment expresses the commitment to reduce any adverse impact on the environment from our products and operations.

Environmental impact from products and services

Environmental impact from products and services

We aim to reduce our environmental footprint by continuous improvements and disruptive innovation. Our priorities are based on lifecycle management. From the environmental life-cycle perspective, over 95% of the impact occurs when our customers use our products - this creates significant business opportunities as we innovate to stay ahead.  Read more about our solutions in the R&D and Innovations section.

The Ghent plant with it's three wind power plants on the site

Minimize footprint from operations

But we must also consider the environmental efficiency in our operations. In this work, we strive to minimize the environmental impact from our operations in the effective use of energy and water, by safe use of chemicals, by reducing air emissions, by increasing recycling and reducing or avoiding waste to landfill.

Continous improvements

Continuous improvements

Volvo Group works with continuous improvements supported by measuring and target-setting as well as considering the use of alternatives to minimize the above aspects’ environmental impacts. By taking a precautionary approach we can also avoid health aspects. Read more about our efforts in the

Volvo Group Environmental Policy (PDF, 9.4 mb)
Measurements WWF

Measurements

The Volvo Group has reported environmental data since 1991. The latest quantitative data is presented in the Volvo Group Annual and Sustainability Report 2019 (PDF, 10.7MB) and in the GRI (G4) Index (PDF, 0.3MB). Volvo Group was the first automotive manufacturer to be approved by the WWF Climate Savers program with purpose to take urgent actions to combat climate change. Read more about the commitment and the results on the WWF page.

Other initiatives within the environmental area

Volvo Environment Prize

Volvo Environment Prize

Environmental care has been a part of our core values for a long time. Because of our concern for the environment we instituted The Volvo Environment Prize 1988.The prize has become one of the world’s most prestigious environmental scientific prizes.

Volvo Environment Prize
Construction Climate Challenge

Construction Climate Challenge

The Construction Climate Challenge is hosted by Volvo CE to drive sustainability specifically in the construction industry value chain.

Construction Climate Challenge
Sustainability Targets

Sustainability Targets

For the Volvo Group, sustainability encompasses economic, environmental and social dimensions, and we are working towards solutions that take all these aspects into consideration. In 2001, the Volvo Group joined the United Nations’ Global Compact initiative on responsible business and committed to its ten principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

Sustainability Targets
Environmental Footprint Calculator

This calculator looks at the environmental footprint of the entire lifecycle of our trucks.

Environmental Footprint Calculator

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Safety Data Sheets

Info on Chemical Products and Dangerous Parts

Safety Data Sheets

Go to the Safety Data Sheets database