SKF Group is committed to sustainability not only as a responsibility, but also as a way of developing business. They see this as one of their competitive advantages in working with its business partners and in attracting, retaining and developing their employees. Sustainability is a long-term commitment for SKF and SKF is very proud that its has been recognized for their efforts, particularly in the areas of promoting sustainable products.
SKF defines sustainability as SKF Care, which encompasses Business Care, Environmental Care, Employee Care and Community Care. SKF has a strategy called Beyond ZeroTM which focuses on both reducing the environmental impact of its own operations and on helping its customers reduce the environmental impact in their operations and in the use of their products.
SKF today announced that for the 12th successive year the company has been selected to be a member in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) and the pan-European sustainability benchmark for the Industrial Engineering sector. The DJSI represents the leading global companies from 57 sectors in the area of sustainability.
SKF is also working continuously to reduce the impact of its own operations and has adopted the US Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards ensuring world class environmental performance in new SKF buildings/factories. The SKF head office in USA is a LEED Platinum building and the new SKF bearing factory in Russia has been granted a LEED Gold certificate. New factories under construction in Asia are being built to LEED standards.
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