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Volvo Sustainability Profile

What do our labels mean?

2024 Transformation Award Finalist Logo

2024 Transformation Award Finalist

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Green Stamp

ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System Logo

ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System

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ISO 9001 – Quality Management System

The road to climate neutral

We want to be climate neutral by 2040 – it’s the biggest challenge we’ve ever faced. We’re part of the problem. So it’s our responsibility to change what we do and how we do it. Let’s all be part of the solution. We want to provide you with the freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way. To help protect the world we share, we must do more than merely electrify our cars. We’re committed to rethinking sustainability in our operations, in our cars and in society. While all care has been taken to ensure the information is correct, please note this information was last updated November, 2022.

About Volvo

  • Status
  • Employees
  • 500+
  • Industry
  • Automotive
  • Founded
  • 1927

Volvo Sustainability Actions

Circular Economy

The world’s natural resources are limited. So we’ve committed to become a circular business by 2040 – maximising resource efficiency across vehicles, components and materials. We’re focussed on eliminating waste, making greater use of recycled material, and remanufacturing and reusing parts. Design for circularity: Most companies (and people) still participate in a linear economy – you take raw material, make a product, use it, and in the end, throw it out as waste. A circular economy maximises resources by designing products for durability, reuse and recycling. From the start, we’re considering a vehicle’s entire life cycle and how to maximise the value delivered throughout that time. When that’s over, the dissasembly and recycling process can provide high quality and quantity raw materials. More remanufacturing: Compared to producing new parts, remanufactured parts use around 85 per cent less raw material and 80 per cent less energy. We currently remanufacture 36 different component groups, including engines, gearboxes, turbo compressors and clutches. In 2021 we saved over 4,000 tonnes of CO2 by remanufacturing over 37,000 parts. Less production waste: In 2021, 96 per cent of our global production waste was recycled – so we avoided creating additional carbon emissions and were able to keep valuable material in circulation. This also reduced the amount of virgin material needed. Recycling: Our largest waste stream is metal from car production, which amounted to 209,000 tonnes in 2021 and is entirely recycled.

The Family Bond by Volvo Cars - Equal global parental leave for all

The Family Bond by Volvo Cars is our all-gender global paid parental leave policy – with this, we give all Volvo Cars employees with at least one year's service 24 weeks of parental leave at 80 per cent of their base pay by default. This global policy applies to either parent and is suited for a diverse variety of family types, as it includes adoptive, foster care and surrogate parents, as well as non-birth parents in same-sex couples. Learn more about The Family Bond at https://www.volvocars.com/au/about/family-bond/

Ethical sourcing

We're serious about wanting to reduce our impact on the planet and we know our responsibility extends beyond our own walls. The what, how and where from of our sourcing activities all must be accounted for when we calculate our impacts. We aim for transparency and traceability throughout our entire sourcing process. For example, we use Blockchain technology as part of our commitment to the responsible sourcing of batteries. Ethical batteries: We're committed to responsible sourcing of our batteries. As part of that commitment, we're the first car manufacturer to use blockchain technology throughout our entire cobalt supply chain, allowing us to monitor and trace the cobalt used in our batteries. Responsible cobalt sourcing: Cobalt is a vital component in the production of electric car batteries. In some cases, the extraction of cobalt can have human rights impacts. We use blockchain technology to increase transparency and traceability of our cobalt supply chain, ensuring the information about the material’s origin cannot be changed undetected. We use several other processes, in conjunction with our suppliers, including mine site inspections and GPS tracking to help ensure that the cobalt within our batteries is responsibly sourced.

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Volvo Sustainability Commitments

2018

Living Seawall Initiative

Over the last 200 years, more than half of the vibrant marine habitats in Sydney Harbour has been replaced with flat man-made seawalls, which support lower biodiversity and drives creatures from their natural habitats. The "Living Seawall" initiative saw Volvo partner with the Sydney Institute of Marine Science to create one of the world's largest Living Seawalls, which saw the return of 91 distinct species and has transformed the previously bare seawalls into a flourishing habitat that will help clean our oceans for decades to come.

2019

Globally, all models available in an electrified version

2021

The end of diesel for Volvo in Australia

As part of an ongoing ambition towards being fully electric by 2026 in Australia, we decided that diesel engines have no place in our future as a sustainable company.

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What do our labels mean?

2024 Transformation Award Finalist Logo

2024 Transformation Award Finalist

Green Stamp Logo

Green Stamp

ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System Logo

ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System

ISO 9001 – Quality Management System Logo

ISO 9001 – Quality Management System

About Volvo

  • Status
  • Employees
  • 500+
  • Industry
  • Automotive
  • Founded
  • 1927

Sustainable Development Goals

Volvo is committed to advancing these Global Goals to promote prosperity for people & planet.

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Volvo Sustainability News

Volvo Cars declares the end of diesel at Climate Week NYC

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The shipping news: Volvo Cars parts transported via CO2-saving biodiesel

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Volvo Cars invests into home energy systems – the shape of things to come?

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