Electricity will play a very important role in the transition process. However, electric vehicles are not the only piece of the puzzle. The transition to electricity also requires increased capacity in the power grid, charging infrastructure and greater access to renewable electricity.

Biofuel has, for many years, played a very important role for us in our efforts to reduce carbon emission. Today, about 35 percent of the fuel we use is biodiesel. Biodiesel is either HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oil) which is produced from pine oil or offal, or RME which is made from the beautiful yellow flower rape.

During the year, several of our hauliers applied for and received financial support to invest in new biogas trucks, including Skänninge Godstransport AB in Mjölby. Here, together with our customer Toyota Material Handling and the municipal company Tekniska verken, we have developed a biogas-based transport solution.

We transport large quantities of goods by rail and has been doing so for a long time, both nationally and internationally. The Skaraborg Eco Shuttle transport gods by rail from Gothenburg to Falköping. Another exciting rail solution is our DB SCHENKEReurasia service, wherein we transport goods from China to Sweden by rail.

Einride is a Swedish tech company that develop a sustainable transport system using autonomous, electric vehicles. On 15 May 2019, the first Einride-pod started driving on a public road in Jönköping. This was the first commercial installation of its kind in the world.

We were the first to test Volvo Truck's fully electric cargo truck in ordinary operations. The truck has many benefits - reduced emissions and reduced noise in urban areas, as well as an improved working environment for drivers and other employees. Now the project is completed and our carrier TGM continues to lease the truck.

A Qlocx-container is placed on, for example, a construction site and the lock is opened with a temporary digital key. When the shipment is delivered, the recipient receives a text message with information and digital key. The main advantages are efficiency, safety and flexibility.

W3W is a simple and exact method to describe different locations. The system entails dividing the planet’s entire surface into squares measuring 3x3 metres allocated names based on three words. The method simplifies delivery to places with inadequate addressing, such as construction sites or forest roads.

Environmental consulting for our customers is one of the three focus areas of our environmental strategy and an especially important part of our transition work. Together with our customers, we are striving to test and develop the sustainable logistics solutions of the future while strengthening our customers’ competitiveness.

Collaborations and partnerships with our suppliers and hauliers are very important aspects of our sustainability work. It is of great importance to us to choose the right partners and regularly evaluate their performance. Most important to us is that we work with committed partners who share our goals.

We are also engaged in several collaborations focusing on creating new sustainable transport solutions: Transportföretagen, KNEG, CLOSER, Fossilfritt Sverige, NTM, CLECAT, NMC, Sveriges Handelskamrar, CCWG and Air Cargo Sweden.