Transport
More than 90 percent of our raw materials and finished products are transported by truck. The remainder is transported via sea, air and rail. Trelleborg does not handle any transports itself, but engages the services of competent transport companies that can transport its raw materials and products in an efficient and safe manner. The most significant environmental impact from transports relates to emissions of CO2 as a result of the consumption of fossil fuels.
There are currently no Group-wide environmental requirements regarding transports. At a local level, several plants require that transport companies have an environmental management system and that their transport fleet complies with all requirements concerning type of vehicle, maintenance and inspection. In Sweden, Trelleborg Industri AB, together with Stena Gotthard AB, Södra, Strålfors AB, Perstorp AB, Preem Petroleum AB and the Swedish National Roads Administration, participates in a forum to develop a tool that will help those purchasing transports to place demands on the transport supplier, with the aim of securing safer road transports in the future and to reduce the environmental impact. The tool is expected to be ready in 2008.