Transports
More than 90 percent of Trelleborg’s raw materials and finished products are transported by truck. The Group engages transport companies that can take care of the freight in an effective and safe manner. The most significant environmental impact of the transports is the emission of carbon dioxide due to the use of fossil fuels.
Starting in Sweden, Trelleborg is participating through Trelleborg Industri AB in the cooperative project Forum for Sustainable Transports, in which the players work to establish transports on the company’s sustainability agenda. The objective is to provide buyers of heavy road transports with a tool for more sustainable transports based on five grounds for assessment: finance, transport requirements, the environment, safety and degree of effectiveness. The basic idea behind the tool is that purchases of heavy transports must be viewed as a part of corporate responsibility. The project is cross-industry and was launched in 2006 by the Swedish Road Administration, Trelleborg Industri AB, Perstorp AB, Stena Gotthard and Strålfors. Preem Petroleum AB and Södra Skogsägarna have joined since.
An initial version of the tool is to be launched in 2008.