Volvo 2015 Annual Report Download - page 55

SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORT
Rethinking the future
SHARED VALUE
Moving society and our
business forward
RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR
Increasing trust, growing stronger
A GLOBAL GROUP BUSINESS MODEL SUSTAINABILITY CONTEXT
Protect the planet
Take urgent action to combat
climate change and its impacts.
Innovation and infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure,
promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster
innovation.
Sustainable cities and
communities
Make cities and human
settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable.
17 SUST-
AINABLE
DEVELOP-
MENT
GOALS
Adopted by United
Nations General
Assembly in
September 2015.
Good health and wellbeing
Halve the number of global deaths
and injuries from road traffic
accidents by 2020.
Shared value
The Volvo Group moves our business forward by meeting the
needs of customers in selected segments of the commercial vehi-
cles and the construction equipment industry, and supporting
their value creation. Working with cultural values and investing in
skills development, safety programs and environmental sustaina-
bility, we help to move society forward today, while securing busi-
ness opportunities for the future.
Responsible behavior
Conducting business in a responsible manner across our opera-
tions and value chain is essential for maintaining and enhancing
the Volvo Group’s reputation as a trustworthy global company.
Responsibility and sustainability are embedded in our corporate
culture, values, Code of Conduct, policies and training. Every
employee is expected to adhere to this.
Global perspective
As well as reflecting the Volvo Group’s business priorities and
value chain, our CSR and sustainability approach aims to address
issues in our external, global environment.
Following analysis of the latest global megatrends and industry
challenges, on page 18 and 19, we updated our list of key areas
for the Volvo Group in 2015, on page 54.
We also linked these to the United Nations’ Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals (SDGs) and targets that were agreed in 2015.
Our response to the SDGs
The Volvo Group has chosen to focus on the SDGs most relevant
for our business and where we can contribute the most. That way
we can get the highest leverage for us as a business and for the
world around us. The Volvo Group will try to contribute to all SDGs
in our activities, but our focus will be on:
• Goal 3 – Good health and well-being and the target to halve
the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic acci-
dents by 2020.
• Goal 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure with particular
emphasis on the targets to develop qualitative, reliable, sustain-
able and resilient infrastructure.
• Goal 11 – Sustainable cities and communities and the target
to provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustaina-
ble transport systems for all, by 2020, notably by expanding
public transport.
• Goal 13 – Climate action by taking urgent action to combat
climate change and its impacts.
Innovation, technology and enhanced modern logistics services
will be important for progressing on all goals and the Volvo Group
competencies will contribute to this. On the next page we present
some of the Volvo Group solutions to contribute to the SDGs and
address the challenges.
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