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A GLOBAL GROUP 2014 OPERATING CONTEXT TRANSPORT NEEDS TODAY AND TOMORROW
Population growth, industrialization, urbanization and economic growth
place mounting demands on the use of the planet’s fi nite capital.
3Resource scarcity
Improved resource effi ciency and reuse of materials and energy in prod-
uct lifecycles is increasingly important for society and the industry.
Reducing waste and building sustainability into manufacturing
and products
The Volvo Group works consistently with lean methodologies with a
resource effi ciency focus. This means designing and manufacturing a
number of components and materials so that they can be recycled or
remanufactured. This also means using recycled materials in products
and production, reducing waste and reusing heat or implementing other
ways to use less energy.
Engines and components are reused through our remanufacturing
operations. For example, Volvo CE’s Reman operations allow customers
to buy remanufactured components such as engines, turbochargers,
transmissions, crankshafts and hydraulic pumps. The Group continues to
work with energy reduction in the plants, with a long-term goal of reach-
ing CO2 neutrality. We have already achieved CO2 neutrality in the plants
EXAMPLES OF OUR SOLUTIONS
in Ghent, Belgium and Braås and Vara, Sweden. The Volvo Group also
works to further assess its water footprint in the supply chain and imple-
ment technologies and methods to reduce water usage.
Underscoring our commitment to more sustainable transport solutions,
the Volvo Group uses more and more lightweight materials in product
design and continuously works to reduce or eliminate the use of poten-
tially harmful substances in our products. This means not only complying
with legal requirements, but also working proactively to assess where
risks may evolve in the future and devise ways to substitute materials.
Thenew Volvo FH cab, for instance, was designed to offer a healthier
atmosphere for the driver by minimizing volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from materials used in the interior as well reducing small
particles entering the cab through the climate system.
The Volvo Group is working towards carbon neutral production. Volvo’s plant in Ghent, Belgium was already in 2007 the world’s fi rst carbon neutral
automotive plant.
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