Sustainability targets and outcome
NCC has Group-wide targets within two impact areas: Health and safety and Climate and energy. Furthermore, the business areas set operations-specific sustainability targets.
The sustainability targets are part of NCC’s strategy, and are followed up and reported annually. In our annual report, you can read more about this year’s outcome and how we work towards achieving the targets.
Our long-term goals are complemented by a selection of the UN’s global sustainable development goals. Learn more about how NCC is affected by these global goals here.
Targets for health and safety
NCC shall have a safe, secure and healthy work environment. NCC's long-term objective is to completely eliminate accidents with a serious or fatal outcome, and to reduce the total number of accidents.
| Key performance indicator | Target 2024 |
Outcome 2024 | Interim target 2025 | Target 2026 |
| LTIF4* |
2.5 | 3.3 | 2.25 | 2.0 |
*Work related accidents with over four calendar days absence per one million work hours for NCC’s employees.
Targets for climate and energy
NCC strives to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the entire value chain, increase energy efficiency, phase out fossil energy sources, and enable adaptation to climate change. NCC’s long-term target is to reach net zero emissions by 2045.
NCC's own emissions (Scope 1 and 2)
| Target 2030 | Outcome 2025 |
| 42 percent reduction of own emissions by 2030. Base year 2024, measured in tonnes of CO₂e. |
Will be published in connection with NCC’s annual and sustainability report in April. |
NCC's value chain emissions (Scope 3)
| Target 2030 | Outcome 2025 |
|
42 percent reduction of emissions in value chain by 2030. |
Will be published in connection with NCC’s annual and sustainability report in April. |
NCC has revised the Group's climate and energy targets. By 2030, emissions from its own operations, as well as from the value chain, will be reduced by 42 percent, in line with the Paris agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C. The targets are in absolute numbers and replace NCC's previous intensity-based targets for climate and energy, with the base year 2015. NCC's long-term target is net zero emissions by 2045, replacing the previous target to achieve climate neutrality by 2045.
Scope 1: Direct emissions related to for example fuel consumption in asphalt plants, and from own vehicles and machinery.
Scope 2: Indirect emissions related to the production of electricity, district heating and district cooling used in the operations.
Scope 3: Indirect emissions from the value chain, for example purchased materials.