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Modernization offers opportunities for environmental and social gains

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  • - 11 Dec 2024

An ambitious eighteen-month-long rebuilding and modernization project at Bruks Siwertell Group company, Bruks AB, based in Arbrå, Sweden, is set to reap both social and environmental benefits. The buildings are not only more energy efficient; they also provide an inviting, healthy and happy workplace environment.
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Clean-up initiative helps restore nature in crucial conservation area

  • Environmental logo Environmental aspect
  • - 9 Dec 2024

Bruks Siwertell Group’s USA-based Atlanta business unit, has partnered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to help maintain one of the region’s most important conservation areas, Sprewell Bluff Park. The first event saw Group volunteers remove around 400kg of litter and debris from the verges of the park’s access roads, restoring its beauty and protecting the environment.

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Leadership training fosters diversity and inclusion at Bruks Siwertell

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  • - 20 Nov 2024

Bruks Siwertell Group has rolled-out a comprehensive diversity and inclusion workshop for its leadership teams. It is designed to challenge existing perspectives and provide practical tools to address biases, discrimination and foster workplace inclusivity. The training has been implemented at a Group-wide level, ensuring that all managers can support positive change within their local teams.
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Bruks Siwertell reduces carbon emissions with simple switches and routine changes 

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  • - 7 Oct 2024

By instigating a number of relatively small changes and actions, Bruks Siwertell’s Bjuv-based business unit in Sweden is set to achieve an annual saving of 36 MWh in electricity and 60 MWh in heating; equivalent to around 67.1 metric tons of carbon emissions.
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Bruks Siwertell’s FTG Baltic team plants a forest in Lithuania

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  • - 21 Aug 2024

As part of its climate action strategy, Bruks Siwertell Group company, FTG Baltic, has completed a tree planting project in Pakeriai, a village in the Lithuanian district of Zarasai. It is estimated that the trees will absorb approximately 137.5 metric tons of CO2 annually, contributing to the Group’s environmental sustainability targets and engagement with climate change mitigation initiatives.

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Storm-drain filters reduce potential water pollution at Bruks Siwertell’s WSM site

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  • - 24 Jul 2024

A preventative strategy to mitigate the risk of water pollution has been instigated at Bruks Siwertell Group company, West Salem Machinery (WSM). The North American engineering and manufacturing specialist is based in Oregon, and has installed geotextile filters on all its storm drains to help slow-down or stop the flow of undesirable material entering the watercourse.

Energy-mapping project delivers evidential insights for equipment changes

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  • - 24 Jun 2024

An energy-mapping project at the FTG Cranes Bäckefors site in Sweden, has provided new insights for the business unit to explore, including the replacement and repositioning of two ageing compressors with a single, efficient new unit. As a result, the site has reduced its annual energy consumption by 49,000 kWh.
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Improved wellbeing and establishing healthy habits: key results for 2024 Bruks Siwertell health challenge

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  • - 29 May 2024

Bruks Siwertell Group aims to set the sustainability standard for the industries that it serves, and integral to that is its personnel. Building on the success of last year’s voluntary health challenge, this year’s wellbeing support saw 19 teams pull together to encourage each other during a friendly, six-week health boost.
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Student consultancy collaboration highlights environmental gains and encourages new-generation engagement

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  • - 5 Apr 2024

A collaborative project with Lund University’s student-run consultancy, Lunicore, has highlighted new ways of thinking, revealed potential new environmental gains from further implementing existing Bruks Siwertell digital technology, and more widely impacted how companies, such as Bruks Siwertell, can better engage with students.
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Group-wide waste reduction strategies reveal positive results

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  • - 18 Dec 2023

Bruks Siwertell Group has a target to bring the amount of waste generated in its global business units to zero by 2030. A round-up of current waste-reduction strategies from across its units shows progress. Going forward, continuing education programs for personnel, good collaborations with specialist waste contractors, and the establishment of KPIs so that progress is measurable and effective, are high on the agenda.

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