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72 ELECTROLUX ANNUAL REPORT 2000
The Group’s environmental activities
MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
The Group exercises a high degree of
caution in both production and product
development, which has been confirmed
by external organizations. Environmental
issues are integrated in the product devel-
opment process, and all personnel are
offered environmental training.
In connection with acquisition of
companies and plants, an assessment is
made of potential environmental risks and
the investment that might be required to
adapt production, and when necessary an
analysis is performed to determine pos-
sible contamination of soil and ground
water.This assessment is integrated in the
acquisition process and is performed
according to standardized routines.This
process is regulated by law in many
regions, particularly in North America.
EXTERNAL RECOGNITION
In recent years a number of products fea-
turing high environmental performance
have been launched and received good
market acceptance. In 2000, two Electro-
lux refrigerators were chosen for the
Energy+ procurement program, which
comprises some of the most energy-
efficient products in Europe.
Electrolux is the first company in the
world to receive ISO TR 14025 certifi-
cation for environmental declarations for
complex products.These declarations
refer to eight refrigerators and freezers
that are produced in Mariestad, Sweden
under the Electrolux brand.
Electrolux shares have been chosen by
a number of environmental investment
funds, and in 2000 were listed for the
second consecutive year in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index.A study of environ-
mental work in multinational companies
that was performed by the German-based
Oekom Institute gave top rankings to
Electrolux and Ricoh of Japan.The
Group’s environmental information for
2000 was named the best in Swedish
industry by the Swedish business weekly
Affärsvärlden together with the Swedish
Institute of Business Administration
(Företagsekonomiska institutet).
Additional information about
Electrolux environmental work is avail-
able at www.electrolux.com/ environment
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Energy costs as % of added value