carbon

We drive the transition to low-carbon solutions

The transition the world needs is to a zero-carbon economy. We are shifting to low-carbon solutions throughout our products’ lifecycle and in ways that benefit customers and deliver value to the bottom line.

Battery technology, robotics and product design have a significant role to play in making this a reality. As does stronger cooperation with suppliers, leaner manufacturing and smarter logistics. This is how we contribute to tackling the greatest challenge of our time.

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Target to reduce our absolute CO2 emission across our value chain by 2025, with 2015 as base year

  • -55
  • %*

Absolute reduction in CO2

* per 30th of June 2025

An approach with three scopes

Our 2025 carbon target is an absolute target. It reflects total CO2 emissions reductions across the value chain, from suppliers and operations to transportation and product use. We do not account for carbon offsetting in reporting against the target.

 

  • Scope 1
  • Scope 2
  • Scope 3

Our Science-based target

Our carbon target is science-based and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). It reflects our commitment to reducing our fair share of CO2 in line with society’s ambition to limit a temperature rise to 1.5°C.

The SBTi requires us to account for emissions that occur beyond our own operations and when products are in use.

We have also put a stake in the ground, whereby we commit to net-zero emissions across our value chain by 2050 at the latest. This year, we completed an assessment as per SBTi Net Zero Standard to evaluate our path forward.

 

Our climate impact in the value chain

We have put a stake in the ground and committed to net-zero emissions across our value chain – from suppliers and operations to transportation and product use – by 2050 at the latest. Our main impact is during customer use as illustrated by the figures in the model below. The model describes the breakdown of CO2 emissions in the value chain as well as our approach for how we work to reduce these emissions. 

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Scope 3 emissions
Includes supplier emissions (scope 1 and 2) as well as emissions from transportation in form of all air and sea freight as well as road transportation from suppliers to our facilities.

Our approach
We work to engage suppliers in climate disclosures and to collaborate with key suppliers on CO2 reduction initiatives. We request that suppliers measure and report CO2 emissions to the CDP, identify actions to cut emissions, and set reduction targets. We follow up throughout the CDP disclosure cycle. We are optimizing packaging, shifting to sea and road from air freight, and enhancing logistics efficiency. In the tendering process, we require new logistics providers to have procedures in place to monitor and control CO2 emission.

Percentage of current CO2 emissions: 4%

Scope 1 & 2 emissions
Includes CO2 emissions energy consumed and managed site-by-site for factories, R&D centers and warehouses larger than 5,000 m2 as well as offices adjacent to manufacturing facilities. 

Our approach
We work to achieve energy-lean operations. We are committed to using renewable energy despite its higher costs. 
We are cutting CO2 emissions through more efficient production, electric vehicles, or by heating buildings with renewable energy sources.

Percentage of current CO2 emissions: 1%

Scope 3 emissions
Includes CO2 emissions calculated over the products’ projected lifetime as well as transportation from our operations to retail stores.

Our approach
We aim to lead the industry in low-carbon solutions and are developing a systematic path for electrification to deliver on this aim. We use CO2 forecasting aligned with sales volumes to confirm that we are on track to meet our target. We address sustainability criteria and electrification earlier in product development processes, and our Group Battery Competence Center is helping us take the lead in relevant battery innovation. For transport, see upstream approach.

Percentage of current CO2 emissions: 95%

Sustainovate in action

Milestone moment for mowing
Decoupling CO2 from business growth
Go with the E-flow
Warehouse goes robotic

Milestone moment for mowing

Husqvarna CEORA™ is a battery-driven, professional, and autonomous solution for large-scale lawns such as 
football fields and golf courses. By optimizing time and resource-consuming tasks, CEORA is expected to revolutionize an industry dominated by heavy, conventional fossil fuel-powered mowers. A lifecycle assessment (LCA) conducted during 2022 shows a reduction in CO2 emissions by as much as 83 percent during the product’s lifecycle, compared to a diesel-driven Husqvarna P 525DX ride-on mower. The greatest reduction is seen during the use phase, where the climate impact for the battery-driven CEORA solution is primarily caused by electricity consumption and for the fossil fuel-powered product by fuel use. 

Our life-cycle assessment

The third-party LCA is based on a 30-week cutting season and two football pitches (16,000 sqm) of average grass length. CEORA is powered by an average electricity-grid mix for the EU and the Husqvarna P 525DX is powered by standard diesel. The assessment has also been reviewed by the Research Institute of Sweden (RISE).

The graph indicates the LCA results in global warming potential per season (kg CO2e/season).

carbon milestone

Decoupling CO2 from business growth

Husqvarna Group aims to significantly cut CO2 emissions while profitably growing the business. Tracking sales growth together with our absolute CO2 emissions reduction demonstrates how we deliver on this objective. CO2 reductions – including Scope 3 emissions from supplier manufacturing, transport and product use – are deeply connected to the mix of electric vs fossil-fuel powered products and the energy mix where electrical products are used.
Our plan to electrify two-thirds of motorized equipment as well as each country’s shift to a renewable electricity grid will further decouple climate impacts from our business growth and contribute to achieving our carbon target.

Over the last nine years, we have reduced our absolute CO2 emissions by –44% while increasing sales by 47%.
 

Decoupling

Go with the E-flow

Husqvarna Construction's new range of electric dust extractors raises productivity while extracting dust generated from construction equipment. Our E-flow technology optimizes airspeed throughout the filter-saturation process, which can reduce energy consumption up to 30%. This calculation is based on inhouse tests conducted in a laboratory environment where we measured currents at nominal voltage for DE 110 H and DE 120 H models, when the E-flow is activated without restrictions in the system. The power is calculated based on voltage and compared with power consumption at full flow, without restrictions.

Warehouse goes robotic

In partnership with Swedish third-party logistics provider PostNord and real estate owner Infrahubs, we cut the ribbon on our 45,000 kvm, fully automated spare-parts warehouse in Södra Stigamo, Sweden. Served by 45 robots and built according to silver certification of the Swedish Green Building Council, the site is 30% more energy efficient and we are saving 20% in district heating compared to our previous solution.

As of 2023, one of three trucks serving our manufacturing facility and warehouses in the region will be electric. It has a load capacity of up to 44 tonnes and will reduce local transport emissions by approximately 80%.