Scania to hold Climate Day
Swedish manufacturer to halt operations to host sustainability training for its employees, ahead of UN Climate Action SummitScania has announced that on September 20 it will cease its usual operations for an hour in order to hold 'sustainability training' for its employees in Sweden and around the globe.
The move comes as the manufacturer ramps up its efforts to minimise its environmental impact and pave the way to a more sustainable transport network, with the day to be held ahead of the United Nations' Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23.
Scania's President and CEO, Henrik Henriksson, said educating people about sustainability and climate change was key to affecting change.
"We have worked purposefully with sustainability and it has a profound impact on our products, our production and the way we do business," he said.
"Now we are taking yet another step and we choose training as our course of action for our Climate Day since we believe that increasing knowledge about climate change is crucial to be able to deliver on the Paris agreement."
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On September 20, operations at Scania's head office in Sweden as well as at production sites and local Scania units across the world will stop for one hour. During this hour, employees will learn more about climate change and have an opportunity to put forward ideas on how the company can improve its sustainability practices even further.
"Business has an important part to play in fighting climate change," said Henriksson.
"We cannot stand idly by and wait for others to take action. I would like to challenge other companies to take action and hopefully we can generate great impact together."
Scania has gained a solid reputation in recent years for focussing on the shift to a sustainable transport system. The company has already publicly committed to cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 50 per cent from its land transport per transported tonne and from its operations by 50 per cent by 2025, and to switch to 100 per cent fossil-fuel-free electricity by 2020.
It has also committed to offering the broadest range of alternative, non-fossil-fuel products on the market.
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