Core areas and progress with Grönsamhet

Our sustainability work encompasses many different issues and is an integrated part of our everyday operations and strategic business development. Our knowledgeable and committed employees are the driving force behind this work and the reason we can be proud of a number of exciting advances in 2020.

Our portfolio

Working to promote greater use of wood products – having more houses built of wood, for example – is the most important contribution Setra makes to climate issues. We are also working to increase the level of processing in our portfolio, through added emphasis on CLT, for example, which allows the construction of larger and taller wooden buildings. In addition, we are developing new, climate-friendly products, including our focus on pyrolysis oil, which is made from sawdust and serves as a raw material in the production of biofuel.

Climate-smart raw material

The forest is the source of our most important raw material. Sourcing timber from sustainable forestry is important both to us and to our customers. Through certification according to the FSC® and PEFC™ programmes and checking against set criteria, we ensure that the raw material we use comes from legal logging activities that feature full respect for biological diversity.

The start of wood contruction on a larger scale

Setra is playing a key role in the Cederhusen project in Stockholm, a future-oriented project where one of the largest city center wooden residential areas in the world is now taking shape. The building frames are made of bespoke CLT units made in our Långshyttan factory. Page 17

Timber quality ensured for the future

Climate change entails new challenges for forestry and our access to climate-smart raw material of the highest quality. For example, the risk of storm-felled and insect-damaged timber is rising. One measure to ensure the quality of stocked timber is the option to water stocks at our units. Page 21

Resourceefficient business

We work systematically to create efficient flows and to reduce Setra’s negative environmental impact. Over 97 percent of the energy that Setra uses comes from renewable sources, and we are focusing on reducing our energy consumption. We make resource-efficient use of 100 percent of the raw timber material, processing it to create wood products or bioproducts for use in the paper and energy industries. Our goal is for the whole business to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Sustainable transport

Setra’s wood products have to be transported in order to reach our customers, and it is transport that accounts for the majority of our greenhouse gas emissions. We are now striving to link more of our units to railways and contributing to the development of renewable fuels. Cutting emissions from transport is a challenge we share with our customers and suppliers. Many of the initiatives in this area are therefore based on cooperation with others.

Culture and colleagues

Committed, satisfied employees are a prerequisite for the success of our business. Setra is a value-based organisation where we want everyone to feel involved and able to contribute to our shared goals. Occupational health and safety is a permanently prioritised area.

Smart choices in the component factory

Through innovation and constant improvements, we have made significant improvements to the efficiency of our new component factory. Following the switch from a two-shift system to daytime work, production has increased by 50 percent, at the same time as the number of complaints has fallen to almost zero. We have also decided to make a new investment which entails using material which previously was used as biofuel as raw material for joists instead. Page 27

On the right track towards the future

In 2020, we almost doubled the share of sawn wood products transported at least part of the way by train. By making greater use of railway terminals close to the units where we produce a large volume of export goods, we can ensure that large quantities are carried by rail to the harbour in Gothenburg. This is an efficient solution that is also better for the climate. Page 35

Generating a winning corporate culture

The workforce at Långshyttan has almost doubled in just a short time, increasing from 60 employees at one factory to 110 at three facilities. The sense of “we”, participation and a holistic perspective are all key elements in a successful organisational structure. Page 41