Sustainability targets and outcomes 2025
All targets and outcomes are available in the latest Annual Report. Further down this page, you will find a multi-year overview showing results dating back to 2021.
Going forward, we continue to develop our activities along the entire value chain – from sustainable sourcing and efficient production to solutions that help to improve performance and reduce the environmental impact of our customers’ applications.
CEO Peter Nilsson – from the Annual Report 2025
"We have raised the bar again with new climate targets aiming to reduce carbon emissions from own operations by 75 percent by 2030 (base year 2021). This is an ambitious target as the final percentages are considerably harder to reach than the first. We have well-established processes within of our Energy Excellence program, where we are continuously striving to reduce energy consumption in all of our units. Combined with continued investment in renewable energy, I feel confident that we will reach this new target."
Environment 2025
Social 2025
Diversity
Focus and target: Increase the representation of female managers in accordance with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Directive: 30 percent female managers at management levels 1–5 in own operations by 2030.
Outcome 2025: The proportion of female managers at management levels 1 to 5 increased to 26 percent. A stronger local ownership combined with an increased focus in the operations, along with certain organizational changes, has driven a positive development.
Suppliers
Focus and target: Suppliers corresponding to >90 percent of the relevant purchasing spend must undergo self-assessment
Outcome 2025: 91 percent (90). A number of targeted initiatives were carried out during the year in the purchasing organization, as well as in newly acquired units, in order to ensure early compliance with Trelleborg’s regulations.
Governance 2025
Anti-corruption and competition law
Focus and target: Zero tolerance applies to all types of bribery, corruption, cartel activity and other criminal behavior.
Outcome 2025: No confirmed cases of violations of laws had occurred at the end of the year.
Whistleblower cases
Target: Trelleborg’s Whistleblower Policy describes how every employee in the Group has the right to alert, without fear of retaliation from anyone, the Group’s designated Compliance Officers of any suspected criminal activity or serious misconduct by another employee, including all supervisors, officers and managers in the Group. It also sets out the roles and responsibilities within management of whistleblower cases.
Outcome 2025: 62 cases were reported via the Whistleblower channels, concerning primarily areas such as health and safety and discrimination.
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ENVIRONMENT
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| Energy | |||||
| Energy consumption, electricity, GWh | 318 | 306 | 313 | 294 | 305 |
| Energy consumption, natural gas, GWh | 138 | 140 | 152 | 176 | 172 |
| Energy consumption, other, GWh 1 | 64 | 78 | 83 | 87 | 84 |
| Total energy consumption, GWh | 521 | 524 | 548 | 557 | 561 |
| Energy consumption, GWh per SEK M | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.016 | 0.019 | 0.024 |
| Proportion of renewable energy, % | 59 | 53 | 36 | 25 | 18 |
| Renewable and fossil-free electricity / total electricity, % |
94 | 89 | 62 | 46 | 33 |
| Climate | |||||
| Scope 1, tCO2e | 33,664 | 34,424 | 37,235 | 41,058 | 38,976 |
| Scope 2, market-based CO2 emissions, tCO2e | 15,562 | 29,567 | 65,601 | 79,863 | 104,479 |
| Scope 1 and 2, tCO2e | 49,226 | 63,991 | 102,836 | 120,921 | 143,455 |
| Scope 1 and 2, tCO2e/sek m | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Scope 3, category 1- Purchased goods and services, tCO2e | 698,294 | 800,000 | – | – | – |
| Pollution | |||||
| VOC emissions, metric tons 2 | 283 | 165 | 164 | 208 | 195 |
| VOC emissions, metric tons per SEK M 2 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.012 | 0.013 |
| Number of units certified under ISO 14001 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 63 | 61 |
| Number of material breaches of laws and permits resulting in fines or sanctions (environment) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Water | |||||
| Water use, m3 | 432,086 | 440,863 | 473,623 | 736,915 | 848,941 |
| Water use, m3 per SEK M | 12.6 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 24.5 | 35.7 |
| Biodiversity | |||||
| Number of units located adjacent to a protected area or area important to biodiversity | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
| Resource use and circularity | |||||
| Circular content, % | 17 | 14 | – | – | – |
| Hazardous waste, metric tons | 2,236 | 2,727 | 2,283 | 2,318 | 2,209 |
| Non-hazardous waste, metric tons | 25,578 | 27,228 | 26,659 | 26,252 | 29,152 |
| Total waste, metric tons | 30,814 | 29,955 | 28,942 | 28,570 | 31,361 |
| Waste, metric tons per SEK M | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.95 | 1.32 |
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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| Health and safety | |||||
| LWC | 103 | 112 | 118 | 142 | 155 |
| LWC per 100 employees | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Fatal accidents, number | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of units certified under ISO 45001 | 49 | 44 | 44 | 25 | 18 |
| Diversity | |||||
| Proportion of women on the Board, % | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| Proportion of women in Group Management, % | 29 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| Proportion of female managers (levels 1–5), % | 26 | 23 | 21 | – | – |
| Proportion of female employees (average number), % | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| Discrimination | |||||
| Number of reported cases via the Group’s whistleblower system | 32 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 11 |
| Child and forced labor | |||||
| Number of reported cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplier reviews | |||||
| Reviewed suppliers’ share of the relevant purchasing spend, % | 91 | 90 | 86 | 86 | 87 |
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| Compliance (general) | |||||
| Number of material breaches of laws and permits during the year | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anti-corruption (training) | |||||
| Number of employees who have completed various training in anti-corruption, competition law, etc. | 10,892 | 9,734 | 5,290 | 5,875 | – |
| Code of Conduct (training) | |||||
| Percentage of employees who have completed various training in the Code of Conduct | 99 | 93 | 92 | – | – |
1 Other energy consumption includes steam, district heating, propane and oil.
2 Total VOC emissions and VOC emissions metric tons per sek m for the years 2021–2024 have been adjusted due to errors found in previously reported values.
For some key indicators, data is missing and this is marked with “−”.
Sustainability contacts
Contact our sustainability team: sustainability@trelleborg.com.
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Johan Wijk
