The climate crisis is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Did you know that the building and construction sector accounts for nearly 40% of all energy-related carbon emissions in the world?
On the journey toward a carbon neutral future
On the journey toward a carbon neutral future
No other sector has a larger impact on emissions. We want to do our part by leading the way towards a greener industry transition, acting forcefully to tackle the climate crisis together.
Quite a lot has happened since we first launched our climate goal of becoming climate-neutral across our entire value chain by 2045. Here we show some of the progress we’re making with partners and explored common areas where we can help realize a carbon neutral future.
Rising to the challenge
If we are to slow down climate change, the entire construction sector must make great changes. By working smarter and looking at the whole-life perspective of these spaces, we can help people and the planet by creating more sustainable buildings and infrastructure.
We see through experience how low carbon/zero-carbon solutions benefit businesses by driving efficiencies and reducing long term costs. Within our own operations, we’ve reduced carbon emissions by 28 % compared to the base year, 2015. During this period, the Group's revenues have increased. In other words, revenue and focusing on sustainability are not conflicting ambitions, but quite the contrary. 100 % of our external funding for our own projects come from either green bonds or with green requirements.
There’s a shift happening as more and more clients, particularly public clients from which we gain 60 % of our revenue, are requiring sustainable impact. Incorporating sustainable procurement further enables us to work with increased focus and transparently share sustainable performance and measurements.
"Skanska has a strong will to raise our ambitions and that includes working towards a more sustainable transition for the entire industry."
Anders Danielsson
Skanska Group
President & CEO
"There is an advantage to be gained from those who dare to challenge the existing ways of working."
Lena Hök
Skanska Group
Executive Vice President Sustainability & Innovation
A living building transforming future generations
An extension of The Georgia Institute of Technology, The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design was completed last year and is evaluated by The Living Building Challenge – a building certification program and tool that defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment today. The pending certificate makes The Kendeda Building the most environmentally advanced educational and research facility of its kind in the Southeast of USA. According to The Living Building Challenge program, its projected energy use intensity is 72 % more efficient than your average building of the same size and occupancy. In total, the building’s system produces more energy than it consumes, making it a net-positive energy facility. Designed to function as a true living, learning laboratory, it educates and transforms future generations of thinkers and doers to reimagine how we interact with our buildings and surroundings for a more sustainably built environment.
Sweden’s first net-zero commercial property
For the first time ever, we’ve accepted the challenge of achieving climate neutrality in commercial property for office project: Hyllie Terrace. One of few Swedish projects part of the Sweden Green Building Councils (SGBC) pilot study on ZeroCO2 certification of buildings (properties achieving net-zero climate impact during its lifetime, from material production to disassembling), Hyllie Terrace has received the study’s pre-certification so far. We will, among other things, use green concrete, recycling and upcycling as well as innovative energy solutions to ensure the entire building approaches sustainability from a holistic point of view. Located in one of southern Sweden’s most sustainable districts, Hyllie in Malmö, the building is expected to be ready for occupancy in the Spring of 2023 and will also be certified according to SGBC's LEED system and health certified according to WELL.
The world’s northernmost energy-positive building
Tucked away in the harbor of Trondheim, Norway lies office development, Powerhouse Brattørkaia: the worlds northernmost energy-positive building. A part of the Powerhouse collaboration – a standard for the buildings of the future, based on the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree target – Brattørkaia is designed after the philosophy “form follows environment”, versus the common phrase “form follows function”. The building produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. Fusing forward-thinking, highly efficient architecture and engineering with renewable energy sources, such as solar panels and geothermal energy, it sets an extraordinary example of how buildings can be a solution to climate change without compromising on aesthetics.
Sustainable projects around the world
