The Volvo Group includes many types of production facilities in many markets, covering a wide range of production processes.

The variation in environmental performance is substantial due to differences in technical standards, legal requirements and environmental awareness.

Minimum environmental performance
The environmental requirements represents a first attempt to define minimum levels of selected parameters with a view to promoting more harmonised performance. One example of its use is to establish minimum environmental performance in (newly) acquired production facilities, regardless of production volume.

Volvo operations follow legal requirements
The basic principle is that Volvo operations shall comply with the relevant legal requirements or with the environmental requirements for Volvo Group Production, whichever are more stringent.