Helping our customers reduce environmental impact

The Power of Knowledge Engineering

Targeting zero is good.

Whether you turn on the television, read a newspaper or browse the Internet, youre likely to come across an article focused on the environmental challenges facing our world today. At the top of the list are issues of global warming, resource depletion and fresh water preservation. The magnitude of these challenges affects us not only today, but determines our future on this planet. Being a responsible global citizen, we at SKF strive to act in a way that not only secures strong nancial performance but also supports global environmental sustainability. We have always believed that taking care of the environment is good business. For more than 100 years, SKF has been providing products and solutions that make things run smoother. By reducing friction, these operations use less energy and have a reduced environmental impact. In 2005, we envisioned a new strategy for actively reducing our environmental impact. We called it SKF BeyondZero and it has become our mantra for environmental sustainability.

When it comes to reducing environmental impact

SKF BeyondZero consists of two simultaneous goals: Reduce the negative environmental impact from our own operations and those of our suppliers; and Innovate and offer our customers new technologies, products and services with enhanced environmental performance characteristics. To date, we have been quite successful with SKF BeyondZero. Between 2006 and 2011 while our business grew by 25% we were able to reduce the total energy requirements of our manufacturing operations by 10%. Furthermore, in the same period, we have reduced the greenhouse gas emissions, specically CO2 from our own operations by 25%. Now it is time to share our successes. Through our SKF BeyondZero portfolio we dene, measure and drive the positive side of our SKF BeyondZero strategy from our customers perspective. We develop and offer products, services and solutions that help our customers address environmental challenges for the sake of this generation and future generations. Our understanding of the environmental impact of a product through its life cycle (from raw material extraction and manufacturing, through use and end of life) drives the design and selection of products and solutions to be included in the SKF Beyond Zero portfolio.

Greenhouse gas impact of a typical SKF product over its lifecycle

End-of-use Use

SKF Re-manufacturing Transportation and distribution SKF manufacturing

Steel recycling

Raw material and components

To the left is an illustrative example of the scores of greenhouse gas emissions (specically CO2) associated with different stages in a product life cycle. SKF is continuously working to provide solutions that reduce generation of CO2 at every stage.

Going beyond zero is better.

To be included in the SKF BeyondZero portfolio, SKF products, services and solutions must deliver signicant environmental benets. The portfolio looks into different environmental aspects such as material selection, energy efciency and reduction of lubricant leakage. Additionally, they must satisfy specic performance criteria when compared to a dened baseline, established and demonstrated by using credible methods such as life cycle assessments. Finally, because SKF BeyondZero products and solutions will be used to measure, communicate and drive the environmental value we deliver to SKF customers, independent third party audits will be carried out every year. The goal is to preserve and protect our natural resources and environment, now and for the future.

Air preserving the balance of the earths atmosphere

By providing energy efcient solutions and helping to enable renewable energy generation, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced. Life cycle assessments conclude that by adapting the design of our products, greenhouse gas and other emissions can also be reduced or avoided at other stages of the product life cycle.

Earth efcient and responsible use of the earths resources

Efcient and responsible use of land resources such as soil, fossil fuels and vegetation is essential. We work with our customers to make a positive contribution by focusing on appropriate material selection; reducing lubricant leakage; and re-using, reducing and recycling materials.

Water efcient and responsible use of the earths water

Efcient and responsible use of water resources is essential for ensuring everyone has access to fresh water, to ensure the protection of the aquatic environment and avoid discharges to water which could pose a risk to human health or the environment. We help our customers reduce their total water usage associated with their products and avoid harmful discharges to water.

The Power of Knowledge Engineering

The Power of Knowledge Engineering delivers customer solutions with signicant environmental benets
Drawing on ve technology areas and application-specic expertise amassed over more than 100 years, we bring innovative environmental solutions to our customers [OEMs and end-users] in every major industry worldwide. These ve technology areas are 1) bearings and units, 2) seals, 3) lubrication systems, 4) mechatronics (combining mechanics and electronics into intelligent systems), and 5) a wide range of services, from 3-D computer modelling, advanced condition monitoring, and reliability and asset management services. The SKF BeyondZero portfolio spans these ve technologies and all industries where we are present. Whether we help enable a green technology like wind, or reduce the impact of a conventional process like steel production, our aim is the same to reduce environmental impact. The SKF BeyondZero portfolio includes solutions ranging from low friction bearings and seals to electro-mechanical actuators and all SKF products and solutions for renewable energy. For more details on the SKF BeyondZero portfolio, please visit www.beyondzero.com
SKF Rotor Positioning Bearings enable Stop-Start, which reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for micro-hybrid cars. In terms of CO2 emission reduction, this solution saves 5 g CO2 per km, corresponding to 73 kg CO2 per year (based on an annual mileage of 14 500 km).

SKF ConRo, a fully-sealed roll line unit for continuous casting operations in the steel industry, reduces CO2 emissions by an estimated aver age of 1.5 tons per roll per year. In a continuous casting machine with 400 rolls, this means an annual CO2 reduction of approximately 600 tons. SKF Energy and Sustainability Management services help companies reduce energy use through an extensive, plant-wide assessment that identifies high-energy use areas within an operation.

Certain technologies or sectors are included in the portfolio because it is broadly acknowledged that they displace or replace more environmentally damaging infrastructure or equipment. Accordingly, the products, solutions and services provided to wind, solar, tidal power and electric vehicles are automatically included in the portfolio.

The SKF BeyondZero portfolio To be included in the SKF BeyondZero portfolio, solutions must deliver or enable signicant environmental performance improvements. For those solutions not included in the SKF BeyondZero portfolio, SKF has developed procedures and approaches for designing and producing all of its products in a way that reduces environmental impact wherever and whenever feasible. There is no standard method for companies to calculate environmental benets, such as reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, from their products and services. Any statements in this publication concerning environmental impacts, as well as cost savings and revenue increases, are based on results experienced by SKF customers and/or based on internal calculations by SKF personnel and do not constitute a guarantee that any future results will be the same. For more details, including documentation about reduced environmental impacts, go to www.beyondzero.com.

The Power of Knowledge Engineering

Seals Bearings and units Lubrication systems

Mechatronics

Services

Drawing on five areas of competence and application-specific expertise amassed over more than 100 years, SKF brings innovative solutions to OEMs and production facilities in every major industry worldwide. These five competence areas include bearings and units, seals, lubrication systems, mechatronics (combining mechanics and electronics into intelligent systems), and a wide range of services, from 3-D computer modelling to advanced condition monitoring and reliability and asset management systems. A global presence provides SKF customers uniform quality standards and worldwide product availability.

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