Scania's Science Based Targets

To manifest our commitment and be transparent on progress, we have set science based carbon reduction targets (SBT), that commits us to reduce emissions at the scale and pace science dictates necessary to limit global warming.

This commitment represents a radical leap in our carbon reduction aims, as the targets encompass not only emissions from our direct global operations, but also from our customers' vehicles when in use.

They are fully aligned with our corporate targets – and will impact on investment decisions across our business areas, from production and logistics to product development and sales priorities. But it does not stop there. To be able to reach the targets Scania’s customers will need to manage  their operations with less climate impact than their competitors and the industry at large.

When calculating the climate impact from Scania, the Green House Gas Protocol is used. The GHG Protocol is the most commonly used global standard to measure and manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from business operations, value chains and mitigation action.

Our Science Based Targets cover all our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions as well as the emissions from when our products are being used (Scope 3). The latter category alone stands for more than 96 percent of our total emissions.

At Scania we have also set carbon reduction targets covering our global land transports (Scope 3, Transport & Distribution). We will reduce CO2 per transported tonne with 50 percent between 2015 and 2025. Read more about our targets and progress to date on the links below.

Scania have also set ambitious targets for decarbonisation of our supply chain covering our most emitting materials and components. You can read more here.

Scania will reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions with 50 percent until 2025 with 2015 as the base year in absolute terms. Thus,  CO₂ emissions from these scopes will be cut in half regardless of how much we grow. Activities include energy efficiency measures, transition from fossil fuels to biofuels and fossil free energy contracts.

Our Fossil Free Electricity target for 2020 (2010) and Energy Efficiency Target of 25 percent/vehicle 2025 (2015) are building blocks to this target.

According to Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), a 50 percent reduction in Scope 1 & 2 during this ten-year period is very ambitious and in line with a 1.5 degree scenario – the most stringent decarbonisation scenario in SBT.

More than 96 percent of the carbon emissions from our business is generated when products are in use. Scania always measures the actual climate impact during the use of its products, Well-to-Wheel (WtW), also taking into account the emissions generated in the production of the fuel or electricity.

According to the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), this target is far-reaching and aligned with the most ambitious decarbonisation scenario that has been developed by them.

This is an intensity target measured in CO2 equivalents per kilometre. Scania will measure the climate impact from its products by using operational data from all its globally connected trucks and buses. The target means that the vehicles produced in 2025 shall have 20% lower CO2 emissions per kilometre compared to the vehicles produced in 2015. We will collect data from individual trucks and buses during one year and use it to analyse actual energy consumption and the amount of kilometres travelled. We will then add information about the type of energy that have been used to calculate the climate impact.