Recognising how important immediate climate action is, we at Husqvarna Group aim to reduce the absolute carbon footprint of our value chain by 35% by 2025 already, compared to 2015. This target is approved by the science-based targets initiative and supports the 1.5 °C global warming scenario.
This means:
absolute target: decrease our emissions by 35% regardless of company growth.
no carbon offsets: we do not account for carbon offsetting in reporting against the target. The target will be achieved by our own reduction activities in the value chain.
Husqvana Group has also committed itself to net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.
Our 2025 target reflects total CO2 emission reductions across the value chain, from suppliers and operations to transportation and product use. Hence, our target covers not only Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions but also Scope 3 emissions, as defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
Vehicles, machines, energy used in boilers/furnaces
Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions occuring from sources that are owned or controlled by the company.We measure emissions from our vehicles, machines, and energy used in boilers/furnaces.
Purchased electricity and district heating
Scope 2 emissions are emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heat, or cooling. Due to the nature of our operations, our Scope 2 emissions only cover purchased electricity and district heating.
Suppliers, transport and product use
Scope 3 emissions are emissions that a company does not control, but is indirectly responsible for, up and down its value chain, such as emissions from purchased goods and services, transportation, employee commuting etc. We measure emissions resulting from our suppliers, transport and product use.
According to the Group's carbon footprint, our greatest impact occurs during the use of our products.
For product use, CO2 emissions are calculated over the products’ projected lifetime.
For suppliers, their Scope 1 and 2 emissions data is drawn from CDP supply chain disclosures. In cases where suppliers do not report their CO2 emissions, emissions are extrapolated from CDP data.
In transport, we include all transport the Group pays for – through which we have the most significant CO2 impact – and where we have access to data. This spans all air and ocean freight and a share of road and rail transport.
Our target is validated by the Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi), a key standard for corporate CO2 management and is in line with society’s ambition to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 °C.
Husqvarna Group has again been recognized as a ‘Supplier Engagement Leader’ by the CDP in 2022, for our efforts to engage suppliers in our climate action.
Emissions are aggregated on Group level and progress is reported to Group management as well as externally every quarter. Since 2015, we have achieved a total reduction in CO2 emissions of 44%, significantly surpassing the target we initially set for 2025. This 44% reduction is the result of the combined emission reductions across all scopes we measure, as outlined below.
As emissões são agregadas no nível do Grupo e o progresso é reportado à administração, bem como externamente a cada trimestre.
O Grupo Husqvarna reduziu as emissões de CO2 das operações em 75% entre 2015 e 2022, apesar de ter aumentado as vendas em 49%.
As reduções de emissões são realizadas através de uma produção mais eficiente, da condução de veículos elétricos e da utilização de fontes de energia renováveis.
Abordar as emissões das nossas próprias operações não é suficiente. Nossa principal fonte de emissões é o uso de nossos produtos.
O Grupo Husqvarna quer liderar a indústria em soluções de baixo carbono e, portanto, está desenvolvendo um caminho sistemático para a eletrificação para atingir esse objetivo. As emissões de CO2 provenientes do uso do produto foram reduzidas em 31% entre 2015 e 2022.
Uma vez que as ações de nossos fornecedores estão além do nosso controle direto, é também a parte mais desafiadora de nossa meta a ser medida. Solicitamos aos fornecedores que meçam e reportem as emissões de CO2 ao CDP; identificar ações para redução de emissões; e estabelecer metas de redução. As emissões de CO2 dos fornecedores foram reduzidas em 34% entre 2015 e 2022.
As emissões de CO2 do transporte foram reduzidas em 10% entre 2015 e 2022. Estamos trabalhando para otimizar ainda mais nossa rede de transporte, introduzindo embalagens mais inteligentes para maior eficiência do volume de transporte, melhor planejamento de oferta e demanda.
A eliminação gradual de todas as ferramentas de combustíveis fósseis da GARDENA como uma decisão estratégica teve um grande impacto nas nossas reduções de emissões. A saída será totalmente concluída em 2023, permitindo que nos concentremos totalmente em ferramentas de jardinagem elétricas.