“It is important for Byggmax to contribute to sustainable development in society. We started a few years ago by producing our environmental report and are continuing now with a more general report on sustainable development.
In the short-term it is important for us to be able to measure major parts of our impact on society, which we are achieving through the production of a sustainability report that follows the GRI framework for sustainability reporting. We believe that reporting pursuant to an internationally accepted framework is important to enable evaluation and comparison of various companies’ impact on society. In the mid to long-term, increased efforts with development and improvement are prioritized.
Environmental impact and the greenhouse effect are issues of continued importance. Byggmax’s first report on sustainable development focused on the environment. This is also an area where Byggmax can make a direct and indirect impact.
In 2011, work has continued on reducing environmental impact and carbon emissions per ton of goods carried declined. Even refuse disposal at stores improved in 2011 and the proportion of waste sorted increased from 80 percent to 84 percent.
The goal for the next few years is to continue to produce a sustainability report pursuant to the
GRI guidelines and to continue improvement in the prioritized areas. In 2012, this applies primarily to the environmental area, where we have a measurement method that has been established over a number of years and can therefore can shift focus to improvements.”
Magnus Agervald, President