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Environmental philosophy
Volvo Car Corporation is constantly working
on the development of safer and more effi-
cient products and solutions in order to
reduce the negative impact on the environ-
ment.
Environmental care is one of Volvo Cars’ core
values and influences all operations. The
environmental work is based on the whole life
cycle of the car and takes into account the
environmental impact it has, from design to
scrapping and recycling. Volvo Cars' basic
principle is that every new product developed
must have less impact on the environment
than the product it replaces.
Volvo's environmental management work has
resulted in the development of the more effi-
cient and less polluting Drive-E drivelines.
The personal environment is also important to
Volvo - the air inside a Volvo is, for example,
cleaner than the air outside thanks to the cli-
mate control system.
Your Volvo complies with stringent interna-
tional environmental standards. All Volvo's
manufacturing units must be ISO 14001 certi-
fied, and this supports a systematic approach
to the operation's environmental issues,
which leads to continuous improvement with
reduced environmental impact. Holding the
ISO certificate also means that environmental
laws and regulations in force are complied
with. Volvo also requires that its partners
must also meet these requirements.
Fuel consumption
Since a large part of a car's total environmen-
tal impact stems from its use, the emphasis
of Volvo Cars' environmental work is on
reducing fuel consumption, carbon dioxide
emissions and other air pollutants. Volvo cars
have competitive fuel consumption in each of
their respective classes. Lower fuel consump-
tion generally results in lower emission of the
greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
