Annual Report 2024 (PDF)
GRI index 2024 (PDF)

CEO Peter Nilsson (from Annual Report 2024):

The Scope 1 and 2 target for carbon emissions for your own operations and purchased energy was already reached in 2024. 

"It is of course satisfying that we are ahead of schedule in this area. However, this does not mean we are satisfied; we will raise our ambitions and set new targets in 2025. Taking the next step will be more challenging and require larger investments and faster adjustments to new technologies and materials. We are moving in the right direction in several dimensions, in technologies that create different opportunities. We feel confident that improvements will continue."

Peter Nilsson Trelleborg CEO

Environment 2024

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Climate

Focus and target: The target for own operations (Scope 1 and 2) is to reduce CO2 emissions by 50 percent in absolute terms by 2030, from the base year 2021.

 

 

Outcome 2024: In 2024, Trelleborg achieved a reduction of 55 percent in Scope 1 and 2 emissions compared with the base year, or a reduction of 38 percent from the preceding year. The key factor behind the change for 2024 was the increased proportion of renewable/fossil-free electricity.

 

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Renewable/fossil-free electricity 

Focus and target: In accordance with the Group’s Environmental Policy, the target is intended to increase the proportion of renewable/fossil-free electricity to 80 percent by 2025.
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Outcome 2024: 89 percent (62). The increase in the share of renewable/fossil-free electricity is due primarily to the newly established procedure for purchase of certified renewable electricity. This proportion increased markedly despite the acquisition of units with a poorer energy mix that was completed during the year.

Social 2024

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Health and safety

Focus and target: The overall target in Health and Safety pertains to reducing the number of workplace accidents in accordance with the Health and Safety Directive: the number of accidents that lead to subsequent sickness leave – meaning that lost work cases (LWC) per 100 employees – must be <1 on an annual basis. The target is based on the fact that occupational injuries and illnesses cause suffering for employees and their families, lead to inefficient operations and increase costs – undesirable effects that must be minimized.
In 2024, efforts in the Safety@Work program led to continued improvements in all health-related indicators. Trelleborg will review and potentially revise the current target levels in 2025.

 

Outcome: 0.7 (0.8) LWC per 100 employees. Efforts in the multi-year Safety@Work program led to improvements in all health-related indicators, including LWC number and rate per 100 employees as well as the number of LWD.

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Diversity

Focus and target: the target is to 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. The target is based on the idea of gradually increasing the number of female managers to create a more inclusive and diverse organization, a challenge in an industry traditionally considered less attractive to women.
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Outcome: In 2024, the proportion of female managers at management levels 1 to 5 increased to 23 percent, in part as a result of internal reorganizations.

Social engagement

Wherever the Group conducts operations, employees make a positive contribution to the local community in the form of various initiatives to promote education and physical  activity among children and young people, and also in local environmental projects. In 2024, 100 percent, that is to say all of Trelleborg’s facilities with more than 50 employees,  conducted social engagement activities. 
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Major educational and development programs are being run in India, Turkey, Mexico and Sweden. Examples of activities linked to education include contributions to school materials in rural Turkey and in Milford, Connecticut in the US, and lectures on sustainability in India. Employees in Bengaluru, India,  also took part in an initiative to improve students’ digital skills by offering basic computer education in state schools. 
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In Sweden, Trelleborg has continued to support the local Idrott för Alla (Sports for all) initiative, giving functionally diverse individuals the opportunity to participate in sports. In Mlada Boleslav in the Czech Republic, a longterm partnership exists with a children’s home where sports activities are organized and sports equipment donated. 

 

 

Suppliers

Focus and target: Suppliers corresponding to >90 percent of the relevant purchasing spend must undergo self-assessment

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Outcome 2024: The outcome for 2024 was 90 percent (86). A number of targeted initiatives were carried out during the year in the purchasing organization, as well as newly acquired units, in order to ensure early compliance with Trelleborg’s regulations. This work has led to an improvement in the area. 

Governance 2024

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Anti-corruption and competition law 

Focus and target: Zero tolerance applies to all types of bribery, corruption, cartel activity and other criminal behavior.

 

 Outcome 2024: No confirmed cases of violations of laws had occurred at the end of the year.

Whistleblower cases

Target: According to Trelleborg’s Whistleblower Policy, every employee in the Group has the right, without fear of repercussion from anyone, to alert the designated Compliance  officers of any suspected criminal activity or seriously reproachable activity by any other group employee, including all superiors, officers and managers in the Group. It also sets out the roles and responsibilities within management of Whistleblower reports.
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Outcome: In 2024, 39 cases were reported via the available Whistleblower channels. Cases in 2024 concerned primarily areas such as health and safety and discrimination.

Sustainability multi-year overview
 
 2024 
2023 
2022 
2021 
2020 
 Environment
 Energy
 Energy consumption, electricity, GWh  306 313  294  305  286 
 Energy consumption, natural gas, GWh  140 152 176  172  151 
 Energy consumption, other, GWh 1  78  83  87  84 82 
 Total energy consumption, GWh  524  548  557  561  519
 Energy consumption, GWh per SEK M  00.15  0.016 0.019  0.024  0.024 
 Proportion of renewable energy, %  53  36 25  18  10 
Renewable and fossil-free electricity / total electricity, %
  89  62 46 33  17 
 Climate
Scope 1, tCO2e  34,424 37,235  41,058  38,976  35,467 
Scope 2, market-based CO2 emissions, tCO2e  29,567 65,601  79,863   104,479 - 
Scope 1 and 2, tCO2e  63,991  102,836  120,921  143,455 - 
Scope 1 and 2, tCO2e/sek m  1.9 3.0 4.0  6.0  - 
 Scope 3, category 1- Purchased goods and services, tCO2e  800,000  -  -  - - 
 Pollution
 VOC emissions, metric tons  165  164  208   195   178
 VOC emissions, metric tons per SEK M  0.005  0.005  0.007   0.008   0.008 
Number of units certified under ISO 14001  71 68  63  61  59 
Number of material breaches of laws and permits
resulting in fines or sanctions (environment)		  1 1  1  1  2
 Water
 Water use, m3  440,863  473,623 736,915 848,941 704,230 
 Water use, m3 per SEK M  12.9  13.8 24.5 35.7 32.8
Biodiversity
Number of units located adjacent to a protected area,
or area important to biodiversity		  12  9 11 8  7 
 Resource use and circularity
 Circular content, %  14 -  -  -  - 
 Hazardous waste, metric tons  2,727 2,283  2,318  2,209  1,799 
 Non-hazardous waste, metric tons 27,228  26,659  26,252  29,152  24,803 
 Total waste, metric tons 29,955  28,942  28,570  31,361  26,602 
 Waste, metric tons per SEK M   0.88  0.84 0.95  1.32  1.24 
 Social Responsibility
 Health and safety
 LWC  112  118 142  155  148 
 LWC per 100 employees  0.7 0.8  1.0  1.2  1.1 
 Fatal accidents, number  0 1  0  0  0 
 Number of units certified under ISO 45001  44 44  25  18  17 
 Diversity
Proportion of women on the Board, %  43  43  43  43  43 
Proportion of women in Group Management, %  29  17 14  14  14 
Proportion of female managers (levels 1–5), %  23  21  -  -  - 
 Proportion of female employees (average number), %  33  32 31  31  31 
 Discrimination
 Number of reported cases  8 3  4  3  3 
 Child and forced labor
 Number of reported cases  0  0 0  0  0 
 Supplier reviews
 Reviewed suppliers’ share of the relevant purchasing
spend, %		  90  86 86  87  88 
Governance
 Compliance (general)
 Number of material breaches of laws and permits during
the year		  0  0 1  0  0 
 Anti-corruption
 Number of employees who have completed various training
in anti-corruption, competition law, etc.		  9,734  5,290 5,875  -  - 
 Code of Conduct
 Percentage of employees who have completed various
training in the Code of Conduct		  93  92 -  -  - 

1 Other energy consumption includes steam, district heating, propane and oil.

 

 


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Trelleborg’s performance was strong in 2024. During the year, the pace of capital expenditure was high to expand and develop existing facilities and to build new ones from the ground up. The Group completed five  acquisitions and signed an agreement for one more during the year.

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