Sharing of knowledge with other stakeholders is a major strategy for the projects and partnerships we go into. Some initiatives are listed below, but there are many more.
Volvo Environment Prize
Since 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize is awarded to world-leading scientists in all aspects of sustainable development.
Volvo Environment Prize 2008
The Prize for 2008 is awarded to Crawford "Buzz" Holling, one of ecology's great integrative thinkers for his pioneering lifetime work on ecosystem dynamics, transformation and resilience, and adaptive management.
Read more at http://www.environment-prize.com/.
Young enterprise, Sweden
Young Enterprise Sweden (YE) inspires young people to acknowledge their ability to pursue enterprise. With help from counsellors from industry and business they learn to launch and run a business. Volvo is the main sponsor of the project that every year involves up to 10,000 people. http://www.ungforetagsamhet.se/
Venture Cup West
Venture cup is a business plan competition. The goal is to stimulate creation of new high growth companies in Western Sweden. Volvo Technology Transfer is the active Volvo partner, offering mentors and help to shape the business plans. http://vast.venturecup.se/sw4121.asp
Volvo Adventure
Volvo Adventure is a web-based competition for young environmentalists, students aged 10-16, who are encouraged to start local project groups and solve a problem or induce other changes in their own environment. www.volvoadventure.org
Volvo Traffic Safety Program, Brazil
Since 1987 The Volvo Traffic Safety Education Program in Brazil is an award and a unique traffic safety education program aiming at young people in high school.
Gröna Bilen (The Green Vehicle)
Advanced automotive engineering for a sustainable society. A unique cooperation between Volvo, Volvo Cars, Saab, Scania and five Swedish Universities. http://www.gronabilen.se/index_eng.html
The SNS project and more women in leading positions within the Volvo Group in Sweden
Since 2001, the Volvo Group’s CEO, Leif Johansson, has been a member of a working committee with the task of ensuring that more women are given leading positions in trade and industry. The committee has been working with a project initiated by the SNS, the Swedish Center for Business and Policy Studies; a project that is now being implemented within Volvo – “The SNS project and more women in leading positions within the Volvo Group in Sweden”.