They are the world’s first forest and garden company to have their targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative.
The Science Based Target Initiative works with companies to set ambitious emission reduction targets, to keep global temperature increases well below 2°C, one of the key goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The initiative is a collaboration of The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), UN Global Compact, CDP and World Resources Institute (WRI). The Husqvarna Group has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 10 percent across the company’s value chain by 2020 from a base year of 2015. The absolute greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 33 percent by 2035, also from a base year of 2015. Husqvarna’s greenhouse gas reduction targets are now measurable and independently approved. Other companies that have set targets have seen benefits including increased innovation, reduced regulatory uncertainty, strengthened investor confidence and improved profitability and competitiveness.
The Husqvarna Group will reduce greenhouse gases across the value chain through:
- Product use
- Shift from petrol to battery products
- Innovative solutions for efficiency improvement of petrol driven products
- Transportation
- Production close to the customer and direct distribution
- Efficient transportation through optimised packaging
- Manufacturing
- Waste reduction through a lean operating system
- Utilising renewable electricity and/or own generated energy by solar panels
- Sourcing
- Embedding the TOP 150 suppliers into the Group´s CO2 program to ensure full value chain impact
Source: Husqvarna group