Scania Malaysia & Singapore Stop Operation for One Hour During Scania Climate Day

Starting from 11am until 12pm on 20th September, employees of Scania Malaysia and Singapore stopped work and attended a Scania Climate Day training.

Scania Walks the Talk with Decarbonisation Target Pledge 

As a testament of its commitment to battling climate change, Scania recently called for a Climate Day and closed its operations for one hour. During this hour, Scania focused on conducting further training in sustainability for its staff that included more than 350 employees across Malaysia and Singapore. 

Starting from 11am until 12pm on 20th September, 2019, employees at all 12 of Scania Malaysia branches nationwide as well as the Regional Product Centre in Port Klang, Scania employees in Scania Singapore and Asia Product Centre in Singapore stopped work and attended a Scania Climate Day training on sustainability at their respective premises. Discussions, quiz sessions, reflection sessions, conference calls across the branches and ending with the charting of concrete action steps were conducted during the training. Scania Malaysia also invited its fans and members of the media to attend the Scania Climate Day training. 

Following the worldwide shutdown to conduct sustainability training for its employees during Scania Climate Day, Scania says it took another ‘valiant step’ forward in responding to the call by the United Nations for businesses to step up and take bolder action in tackling climate change through pledging to a decarbonisation target in line with limiting global warming to 1.5°C. 

As a big step forward from Scania’s current 2025 strategy, the 2050 commitment would see Scania operating with net-zero emission. Currently, Scania is committed towards cutting carbon dioxide (CO2) emission by 50 per cent from its land transport per transported tonne by 2025 (using 2016 as a baseline), cutting CO2 emission from its operations by 50 per cent by 2025 (using 2015 as a baseline), switching to 100-per cent fossil-free electricity by 2020 where the necessary prerequisites are in place and continuing to offer the broadest range of products in the market that run on alternatives to fossil fuel such as its commercial biofuel solutions. The new commitment would see Scania working towards further reducing greenhouse gas emission at the pace and scale that are pre-determined through scientific research. 

“As a business, Scania has been at the forefront of providing sustainable transport solutions to our customers but we wanted to do more, especially noting that road transport accounts for approximately 14 per cent of greenhouse gas emission. Answering the call by the United Nations reinforces the work that we are already committed to implement,” said Scania Southeast Asia Managing Director Marie Sjödin Enström. 

“Scania Climate Day was an eye-opener for us as we did not realise how much impact we have on the environment. Knowing this, we are implementing several actions within the near future such as reducing the usage of plastic within the operations, switching to LED lighting instead of fluorescent lights, and having a recycling booth at our Centre. These actions might seem insignificant but in the long run, we are able to reduce our carbon footprint for a sustainable future,” said Sofyan Mohd Mokhti, Team Leader of Scania Asia Parts Centre in Singapore during the conference call with Scania Malaysia Bukit Jelutong. 

Scania employees also identified and agreed on further action that they would take as part of their commitment towards battling climate change. Among the immediate action is to further reduce the use of plastics within the operations, shift to a paperless working environment and promote Ecolution to customers as part of the effort to reduce CO2 emission by Scania’s trucks and buses. In the near future, Scania Malaysia says it is also looking at the feasibility of using alternative energy sources such as solar power to provide electricity at its office and workshop as well as switching to biodegradable plastic in its operations wherever possible. The first Scania workshop to feature solar power at its premises is the new Johor Bahru branch that is targeted to be completed mid next year. Feasibility on using alternative fuel in Scania vehicles for the Malaysian market would also be analysed as part of its continuing efforts towards providing sustainable transport solutions.

大马和新加坡斯堪尼亚于斯堪尼亚气候日

停止营运一小时 

斯堪尼亚近日举行了一个气候日，停止营运一小时，以证明它对抗气候变化的决心。在这一个小时中，斯堪尼亚把重点放在为其员工主办有关可持续性的进一步培训，参与的大马和新加坡斯堪尼亚员工超过350名。 

斯堪尼亚全马的12家分行、巴生港口区域性产品中心，新加坡斯堪尼亚及新加坡亚洲产品中心的所有员工，于2019年9月20日从早上11时至12时，完全停止工作，在他们各自的工作地点，参加斯堪尼亚气候日的可持续性培训。讨论、测验、反省、分行之间的电话会议，执行计划等活动都是该培训的一部分。马来西亚斯堪尼亚也邀请了其粉丝和会员，以及媒体出席斯堪尼亚气候日培训。 

随着斯堪尼亚在斯堪尼亚气候日的全球停止营运，为其雇员主办可持续性培训，斯堪尼亚表示，它又迈出了英勇的一步。它回应联合国对商家的呼吁，要求商家采取更大胆行动来应对气候变化，许诺透过脱碳目标，努力将全球平均气温升幅控制在摄氏1.5 度以内。 

这是斯堪尼亚2025年策略的一大进步，我们将看到斯堪尼亚2025年的零排放承诺。斯堪尼亚承诺到了2025年（以2016年为基线），他们的陆路运输的每吨二氧化碳排放量降低50%，到了2025年（以2015年为基线）他们运营中的二氧化碳排放量降低50%、到了2020年，在所有的先决条件具备下，实现百分之百的无化石能源，并且在市场上持续提供采用替代化石能源的广泛产品如商用生物燃油产品。这项新的承诺，将看到斯堪尼亚努力更进一步地通过科学研究预先确定的速度和规模，进一步降低温室气体。 

“作为企业，斯堪尼亚一直走在为客户提供可持续性运输解决方案的前沿，但是我们想要做得更多，尤其是我们注意到公路运输占了温室气体排放的大约14%。我们响应联合国重新强调的环保倡议，而这正是我们已承诺实施的。”  斯堪尼亚东南亚董事经理玛丽（Marie Sjödin Enström）在该活动开始前表示。 

“斯堪尼亚气候日让我们眼界大开，因为我们从来没发现我们对环境的影响如此之大。知道了这点后，我们会在不久的将来实施多项行动，比如在营运中减少使用塑料、以LED灯替代荧光灯，在我们的中心设置一个回收摊位。这些行动看似微不足道，但是长远下来，我们就能降低碳足迹，带来一个可持续性的未来。”位于新加坡的斯堪尼亚亚洲零部件中心小组组长索夫杨（Sofyan Mohd Mokhti）在与位于Bukit Jelutong的马来西亚斯堪尼亚进行电话会议时表示。 

斯堪尼亚的员工也确定并商定了他们进一步的行动来对抗气候的变化。他们所承诺的立即行动中包括在营运中降低塑料的使用、转向一个无纸化工作环境，以及推广Ecolution 给客户，作为降低斯堪尼亚卡车和巴士排放量的一部分。在不久的将来，马来西亚斯堪尼亚表示，他们将研究在他们的办公室和修车厂采用可替代性能源如太阳能来提供电力的可能性，而且在其营运中转向采用可生物降解的塑料。第一家采用太阳能的斯堪尼亚新山分行修车厂，预期可在明年年中完工。此外，该公司也在分析于马来西亚市场采用可持续性燃油的可能性，继续为提供可持性运输解决方案而努力。