Our sustainability governance

We expect our employees, suppliers and partners to do the same. Our risk-based approach helps us identify and counteract adverse human rights impacts whenever necessary and take action in the event of human rights violations. In our work, we follow the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Curiosity, initiative and responsibility are fundamental to our teamwork culture, enabling continuous learning and development for individual employees and the entire organization. Our leaders are expected to set a good example by being involved and clearly demonstrating the way we achieve our common goals. Stockholm Exergi is committed to being a healthy, attractive workplace where employees feel proud of their work.

Differential and individual wages are based on fair and equitable terms regardless of background, including ethnicity and gender, that reflect roles, responsibilities and performance.

We do this together by analyzing physical, organizational and social risks at work and taking action to minimize them. We all take responsibility and set a good example. If we see a hazardous work situation, we act. It goes without saying that we have zero tolerance for alcohol and drug use during working hours. We work long term and preventively to create a safe and healthy workplace that promotes a healthy life for our employees.

We value differences, and our operations are inclusive and improve the society in which we operate.

We encourage and enable our employees to involve themselves in our efforts to improve social sustainability in various ways. We treat each other with respect and have zero tolerance for all forms of discrimination and harassment.

We strive for diversity among our employees and are focused on increasing the number of female employees at all levels.

By improving efficiency, and by focusing on recycling energy that would otherwise be lost and extracting energy from society’s residual products, we help ensure that the planet has enough for everyone. Our biofuels need to be sustainable.

We work to reduce the amount of waste in our own operations and to increase society’s material recycling through residual waste post-sorting.

We do not use biofuels that divert raw materials from the wood processing industry that produces products that sequester the biogenic carbon in biomass for long periods. The biofuel we use comes primarily from residues or by-products from the forest industry (branches, treetops, bark and chips) or those resulting from maintenance activities such as thinning. We can also use stemwood chips that are unsuitable for or fail to meet quality standards of the long-life wood product manufacturing industry due to decay, cracks, pest infestation, fire damage, etc.

The biofuel we use needs to be climate neutral. We focus our purchases of solid biofuels on countries or areas that have stable or growing carbon stocks in their forest systems. We rely on countries’ own monitoring in accordance with applicable regulations and conduct our own in-depth analyses when necessary.

Our purchases comply with robust forest and farmland sustainability criteria, and we ensure traceability to source. We place great importance on biofuel classification and traceability so that we know what we are buying and where it comes from. We comply with the requirements of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and EU directives and legislation that ensure the raw materials’ legality and traceability.

In the event of war or crisis situations that threaten our delivery capacity or our vital societal function, we may, following a specific decision, need to make an exception and use higher quality biofuel to secure the energy supply and avoid societal disruptions. Such exceptions will, where appropriate, be reported in our Sustainability Report.

We use the best available technology to reduce emissions to air and water, locally and regionally. We safeguard the environment by assuming responsibility and imposing requirements across the entire value chain. We never start any work or activity without first precluding possible pollutants and minimizing potential environmental risks. We use chemicals that have the lowest possible environmental impact.

By understanding our customers’ needs, we are always able to provide the right energy at the right time. And, of course, we also share our knowledge and keep our promises.

We focus our monitoring on where sustainability risks are most severe, and our ambition is to develop together with our suppliers.