Environmental impact of our own operations

Environmental considerations permeate everything IVL does, and our own operations should naturally be conducted with the lowest possible environmental impact.

Our work contributes primarily to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 2: Zero hunger, SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy, SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, and SDG 13: Climate action.

We do this through our environmental work primarily in the following areas, based on which environmental aspects are most significant for our business: • Climate and energy (interim goals 7.2, 13.2 and 13.3) • Resource efficiency and circularity (interim goals 2.4, 8.4, 8.7, 12.2, 12.4 and 12.5)

Sustainable use of chemicals (interim goals 3.9 and 12.4)

Read more on page XX about how IVL works with the SDGs when it comes to customers and partners.

IVL’s environmental management system, which covers operations in Sweden, is certified according to ISO 14001. The report below covers operations in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Kristineberg. This includes Hammarby Sjöstadsverk, a unique water treatment research facility that is jointly owned by IVL and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

CLIMATE AND ENERGY Greenhouse gas emissions from business travel and energy consumption within IVL’s operations totalled 94 (241) tonnes CO2e, of which 56 (196) tonnes CO2e comes from business travel and 38 (45) tonnes CO2e comes from energy consumption. The majority of the emissions, 45 percent, come from business travel by air. Emissions per employee amounted to 299 (801) kg CO2e.

Business travel Business travel has decreased dramatically in 2020 due to the effects of the pandemic. The number of passenger-kilometres is only a quarter (25 percent) of the level in 2019, and the climate impact (CO2e) has decreased to 28 percent of the 2019 level. This travel has been replaced by video conferencing. IVL’s goal of reducing emissions from business travel, including by always considering whether travel is necessary and by choosing the train rather than air travel, remains. However, some travel is unavoidable in order to conduct operations and carry out assignments. The travel policy has been further updated and put into practice during 2020.

The transition from air to rail for domestic travel has continued to accelerate, although the relative share of car journeys has increased due to the consequences of the pandemic.