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Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) this week announced another major advancement in its sustainability journey, with three additional facilities achieving landfill-free status. Ongoing efforts mean there is also less than 1 percent landfill waste across all other sites.
This achievement underscores Volvo CE’s unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable business practices.
The sites in Belley, France, and Shanghai and Jinan in China are diverting all waste from landfill – through waste reduction, reuse and recycling.
Volvo CE aims for all its sites to achieve landfill-free status by the end of 2025 by addressing the final 0.23 percent* of waste currently sent to landfill.
Environmental care is a core value at Volvo CE, with a focus on reducing impact and conserving planetary resources. Volvo CE’s sites in Shanghai and Belley, which produce crawler excavators and compact excavators respectively, and the Jinan Technology Center join facilities in Changwon in Korea, Pederneiras in Brazil, Shippensburg, Pa., in the United States; and Hallsberg and Braås in Sweden, in reaching this important milestone.
Certification has been awarded following a comprehensive audit by the Volvo Group Environmental Coordination Group. The certificate not only demands that no waste ends up in landfill, but it also requires full management of all material waste streams and emphasizes ongoing improvements in line with the waste hierarchy principles. Achieving zero waste to landfill is a critical step towards the company meeting its goal of net zero value chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 as part of its Science Based Targets initiative.
“Across our sites, we are continuing to improve and transform our operations making them more efficient and sustainable and reducing our carbon footprint,” said Niklas Nillroth. “Our target is to ensure all sites achieve landfill-free status by the end of 2025, addressing the final 0.23 percent of waste still sent to landfill. This milestone exemplifies our dedication to lead by example. We share our progress to inspire others to join us and cultivate innovative solutions for a more sustainable future.”
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