Gothenburg, Sweden – 08 May, 2013: SKF today announced that for the 13th successive year, the FTSE Group confirms that the SKF Group has been independently assessed according to the FTSE4Good criteria, and has satisfied the requirements to become a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series.
SKF defines its entire sustainability focus as SKF Care, which encompasses Business Care, Environmental Care, Employee Care and Community Care. In May last year, SKF announced targets for their new climate strategy and the WWF acknowledged that these targets were sector leading by partnering with the SKF Group in their Climate Savers Programme.
The SKF climate strategy includes aggressive targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for SKF, its suppliers and logistics operations, as well as from its customer solutions. These customer solutions are included in the SKF BeyondZero portfolio, which defines solutions, which improve energy efficiency, reduce green house gas emissions, and support more environmentally friendly energy production.
For further information, please contact:
Media Hotline: +46 31 337 2400
Press Relations: Rebecca Janzon, +46 31-337 3880; +46 727-173 880; rebecca.janzon@skf.com
Investor Relations: Marita Björk, +46 31-337 1994; +46 705-181 994; marita.bjork@skf.com
SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services which include technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has around 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2012 were SEK 64,757 million and the number of employees was 46,775. www.skf.com
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