Environment

"Peab builds for the future. We wish to be the leading and most attractive construction and civil engineering company in Sweden. We build to create added value for our customers, suppliers and ourselves, and to contribute to the sustainable development of society. Good financial profitability is a precondition of our success". These are the words of the preamble to Peab’s company policy and they are a good description of our environmental and sustainability work. As an important player in the construction and civil engineering sector we have an important role to play in creating the society of the future, a society that must be sustainable.

A part of our way of working
Our work towards sustainable development in society has been founded on the integration of environmental issues into our way of working. Our company policy incorporates the environment, sustainable development, quality, work environment and human resource issues. We have also developed a Business Management System where we have integrated environmental issues in our processes.

The Business Management System is based on the requirements of ISO 14001. For many years we have attached great importance to integrating environmental issues into our way of working. We know that is what we bring about in our projects which is of importance to our customers and for coming generations.

Identifying hazardous substances
Peab will apply the BASTA system from 1 July 2006. BASTA is a system used throughout the sector to phase out the most dangerous of chemical products and construction materials from our projects. On the date mentioned above BASTA will replace Peab’s phase-out list.

The identification and removal of hazardous chemical substances from building materials is one of the priorities of our environmental work and consequently Peab plays an active part in the BASTA project. BASTA is a coordinated project in the construction industry which receives support from the EU life fund. BASTA focuses on environmental and harmful properties and is intended to phase out the most hazardous substances. BASTA’s requirements are in line with the requirements of the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate, national environmental targets and coming European legislation. Read more about chemical products >>

Together with a number of property owners Peab also participates in the development of "Byggvarubedömningen", which is an environmental assessment system for building materials. Environmental assessments are based on criteria with regard to specific materials’ environmental impacts during their entire life  cycle. "Byggvarubedömningen" provides us access to user-friendly tools and aids useful in the choice of good building materials from the environmental standpoint. Through our participation in the development of "Byggvarubedömningen" we also contribute to creating a common approach to environmental requirements and assessment of building materials within the industry. More information about "Byggvarubedömningen" be found at www.byggvarubedmningen.se (in Swedish)

Preventive work
Skills development and environmental support are important parts of our internal environmental work. The crucial factor in deciding whether we are successful or not in our environmental work is what happens everyday out in our projects, and therefore Peab works constantly on skills development. Yet another important aspect is risk elimination. We analyse and document risks involved in our projects and take preventive measures to minimise risks. Before submitting an offer we analyse the environmental aspects of each project in order to ensure that environmental requirements are being complied with and identify factors that are important from the environmental standpoint.

• Policy (pdf)
   
• Chemical products