Environmental data
NCC strives to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the entire value chain, increase energy efficiency and enable adaptation to climate change. Here you will find data on NCC’s own emissions and those along the entire value chain, as well as energy use and waste management. More data and information can be found in NCC’s Sustainability Report.
GHG emissions from NCC’s operations
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Market-based calculation method |
2023 | Change compared with base year 2015, % | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| GHG emissions (1) CO2e (thousand tons) | 515 | 90 | 135 | 151 | 161 | 189 | 202 | 217 | 232 | 271 |
| – of which, Scope 1 (2) | 126 | -42 | 131 | 148 | 155 | 182 | 192 | 190 | 188 | 217 |
| – of which, Scope 2 (3) | ||||||||||
| Market-based method | 4 | -92 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 54 |
| Location-based method | 11 | -55 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 24 |
| – of which, Scope 3 (4)5) | 385 | - | 149 | 144 | 174 | 106 | 135 | 143 | - | - |
| Purchased goods and services (6) | 156 | - | 149 | 144 | 174 | 106 | 135 | 143 | - | - |
| Fuel and energy-related activities | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Upstream transportation and distribution (7) | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Waste | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Business traveling (air travel) | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Use of sold products (8) | 142 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Net sales, SEK M (9) | 56,932 | 9 | 54,198 | 53,414 | 52,994 | 57,294 | 56,376 | 53,452 | 51,984 | 52,155 |
| Emission intensity: ton CO2e /SEK M (10) |
2.3 | –56 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| Emission intensity: ton CO2e /MWh (11) |
0.14 | -35 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
| Combustion of biomass (biogenic Scope 1) (thousand tons) | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1) Total greenhouse gas emissions for Scope 1–3. The market-based method is used for Scope 2. Greenhouse gases N2O, CH4 and CO2 are included in the calculations. Total greenhouse gas emissions are higher than previous years, as more categories are reported in Scope 3 compared with previous years. The greenhouse gases for 2015–2021 have been recalculated as a result of the divestment of the asphalt operations in Finland, according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard.
2) Refers to direct emissions from NCC’s operations.
3) Refers to indirect emissions from electricity and heat.
4) Refers to emissions from NCC’s value chain.
5) All greenhouse gases are included in the calculations.
6) Includes >80% of purchased volume of ready-mix concrete and steel reinforcement as well as internally purchased asphalt as of 2017. The baseline for KPIs was set on the basis
of industry average fi gures for 2015. This also includes all purchased machinery services in Sweden.
7) Upstream transportation includes purchased transportation in Sweden.
8) Includes only the NCC Building Sweden business area and Finland for NCC Building Nordics, work is in progress to include more business areas.
9) The net sales for 2016–2021 have been recalculated as a result of the divestment of the asphalt operations in Finland, in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Standard.
10) Only Scope 1 and Scope 2 (market-based method) are used in the key figure.
11) Only Scope 1 and Scope 2 (market-based method) are used in the key figure.
Total energy consumption 1) in the organization
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Mwh |
2023 | Change compared with base year 2015, % | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Energy consumption, total | 937,378 | -26 | 915,583 | 1,000,689 | 1,006,781 | 1,095,793 | 1,092,121 | 1,084,768 |
1) Total energy consumption is a sum of reported energy usage for electricity, district heating and cooling, and fuels.
Amounts of waste by type and disposal method
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Residual product and waste category |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Total weight, tons % | % | Total weight, tons | % | Total weight, tons | % | ||
| Non-hazardous waste | |||||||
| Sorting | 6,438 | 12 | 6,204 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Energy recycling | 5,396 | 10 | 5,592 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Reuse/materials recycling | 40,687 | 74 | 38,690 | 73 | 37,036 | 69 | |
| Glass | 60 | ||||||
| Plastic | 1,671 | 1,325 | 1,069 | ||||
| Wood | 14,367 | 13,736 | 14,149 | ||||
| Gypsum | 4,176 | 3,453 | 3,825 | ||||
| Metal | 6,730 | 9,644 | 11,664 | ||||
| Concrete, bricks, tiles/clinkers | 10,416 | 9,096 | 1,546 | ||||
| Other reuse/recycling | 3,267 | 1,435 | 4,783 | ||||
| Landfill | 1,777 | 3 | 1,896 | 4 | 1,445 | 5 | |
| Hazardous waste | |||||||
| Special treatment | 450 | 1 | 702 | 1 | 608 | 1 | |
| Total amount | 54,749 | 53,085 | 53,667 |
In 2023, the proportion of recycled/reused materials increased by 1 percentage point compared with 2022. Continuous efforts are made to increase this share even further. The fi gures include typical construction waste above ground. Soil, stone and fi ll materials that depend on the projects’ geography are usually handled separately and are not included in the statistics. Concrete, bricks and tiles/clinkers are recycled to some extent and are reported for parts of the operations. This fraction fl uctuates depending on the number of refurbishment/demolition projects. The increase in the amount of hazardous waste was due in part to several projects where old impregnated wood (creosote and heavy metals) had to be removed from construction sites.