Target outcome
NCC’s sustainability targets and outcomes are described in more detail in our sustainability report.
Sustainability targets and outcome
NCC has Group-wide targets within two areas: Climate and Energy and Health and Safety. 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 (SDGs). Learn more about how NCC is affected by these global goals here.
Health and safety
We work in a zero accident environmentNCC shall have a safe, secure and healthy work environment. NCC’s goal is to reduce common accidents and eliminate serious incidents and fatal accidents.
Goal 2022: LTIF4 rate 3.0 (work related accidents with over four calendar days absence per one million work hours for NCC's employees).
Outcome: During 2022, the LTIF4 was 4.1.
Examples of implemented and ongoing actions:
- Training in high-risk areas, behavior and culture, and risk assessment
- Improved routines for job preparation and safety briefings
Climate and energy
We are climate neutralNCC strives to eliminate emissions from the entire value chain, increase energy efficiency and enable adaptation to climate change. NCC’s target is to become climate neutral by 2045.
- 60 % reduction in CO2e tons/SEK M (scope 1 and 2) in 2030 (baseline 2015)
- 50 % reduction in Co2e (scope 3), from concrete, asphalt, steel, and transportation
- Be climate neutral 2045
Outcome 2022:
Scope 1 and 2
Emission intensity amounted to 2.5 CO2e tons/SEK M in 2022, which means that emissions related to Scope 1 and 2 have declined by 52 percent since 2015.
Examples of implemented and ongoing actions:
- Switching from fossil fuels to renewable fuels in asphalt plants, machinery and vehicles
- Use of renewable electricity throughout operations
Scope 1: Emissions related to fuel consumption in asphalt plants, and from own vehicles and machinery.
Scope 2: Emissions related to the production of electricity, district heating and district cooling used in the operations.
Scope 3: Indirect emissions from purchased material and external services, travel, subcontractors’ vehicles and machinery and transportation, as well as demolition of the Group’s products and waste
Scope 3
Initially, volumes for ready-mix concrete, steel reinforcement and internally purchased asphalt are reported. Work is under way to analyze and measure emissions from transportation. NCC’s ambition is to include more products in the above-mentioned categories, as well as additional categories, in order to steadily cover an even larger share of the Group’s Scope 3 emissions.
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Examples of implemented and ongoing actions:
- Switching from fossil to renewable fuels in asphalt plants, machinery and vehicles
- Use of renewable electricity throughout operations
We participate in the Fossil-free Sweden initiative
NCC has participated in Fossil-free Sweden since 2018. This initiative forms a platform for collaboration and dialogue among more than 300 players intent on making Sweden independent of fossil fuels. In April 2018, the construction and civil engineering industry submitted a joint roadmap, signed by NCC, to the Swedish government showing how the industry can use existing technology to halve its emissions by 2030. Work on implementing the roadmap continued in 2020 and, internally, NCC Building Sweden and Infrastructure launched an action plan that will lead to climate neutrality. NCC is also involved in efforts in Denmark, Finland and Norway designed to move the industry toward climate neutrality. Sveriges Bergmaterialindustrin (The Swedish Aggregates Producers Association) has formulated a roadmap that relates to NCC’s aggregate operations.
Examples of our work include Enhancing biodiversity and NCC Kielo - covering the philosophy, policies and actions that enhance biodiversity.
