One key challenge for Scania is climate change. The environmental impact of the transport sector is a major source of greenhouse gases and must decrease.

Scania is convinced that it is possible to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from commercial vehicles by 50 percent per tonne-kilometre by 2020. This is achievable through greater use of renewable fuels and continuous improvements in vehicles including hybrid technology, as well as by obtaining the approval of public authorities to operate longer vehicles that carry more cargo.

Sustainable Innovation AB was founded by a group of companies and with the support of the Swedish Energy Agency. It is given the task to muster the best Swedish competence within clean-tech development and energy efficiency.

Sustainable Innovation will initiate and lead projects together with the member companies. Projects can include both such ones which do not fit within individual companies R&D-operations as well as joint projects involving several companies and partners.

- Our participation is a further expression of Scania’s involvement and response to the climate change issue. For a long time we have worked to decrease the energy consumption in our production and in our products. By our participation in Sustainable Innovation we broaden our network and will have access to developments in this field also outside our industry, comments Hasse Johansson Group Vice President and Head of Research and Development.

For further information, please contact:
Ann Segerborg-Fick, Scania, phone +46 73 728 96 25