Bruks Siwertell’s FTG Baltic team plants a forest in Lithuania

• Environmental aspect
• - 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.

Categories: Environment

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

• Environmental aspect
• - 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

• Environmental aspect
• - 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.

Improved wellbeing and establishing healthy habits: key results for 2024 Bruks Siwertell health challenge

• Social aspect
• - 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.

Student consultancy collaboration highlights environmental gains and encourages new-generation engagement

• Social aspect
• Environmental aspect
• - 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.

Group-wide waste reduction strategies reveal positive results

• Environmental aspect
• - 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.

Categories: Environment

Personnel training embeds Group-wide sustainability ambitions

• Social aspect
• - 11 Dec 2023

Sustainability is a prerequisite for long-term success and a continuous commitment to creating a better world. Bruks Siwertell hopes that, through personnel training programs, sustainability knowledge and inspiration become embedded in daily work, championing sustainable practices that meet the Group’s targets and extend beyond the organization to positively impact society and the planet.

Lean business approach benefits customers and personnel

• Governance aspect
• - 30 Nov 2023

A lean approach to business passes efficiency savings onto customers, ensures build consistency and quality, and creates a working environment that increases team productivity and boosts morale; Bruks Siwertell Group’s Bjuv, Sweden, business unit is working towards updating and improving 100 percent of its work processes, shortening lead times, and inspiring other units with best practice strategies.

ISO 14001 environmental management system implemented in Bäckefors

• Governance aspect
• - 22 Nov 2023

Bäckefors, Sweden, has commenced its implementation of ISO 14001, as part of Bruks Siwertell Group’s 2030 target to update and improve 100 percent of work processes. This standard is designed to offer assurance for personnel, customers and stakeholders, that a company’s environmental impact is being effectively measured and improved.

Warehouse improvements enhance personnel working conditions 

• Social aspect
• - 9 Oct 2023

Warehouses demand a lot of the personnel that operate within them. Part of Bruks Siwertell’s strategy for continuous improvement has recently seen the warehouse environment in Bjuv, Sweden, undergo a series of systematic improvements, working towards the Group’s sustainability targets of enhanced health and safety measures and zero workplace accidents.