Sustainability

Environmental considerations are a natural, integrated part of the Group’s business concept. In its establishment work and facility design, the Group aims to deliver environmentally certified facilities. Environmental awareness is reflected throughout the Group’s approach to functionality, choice of materials, execution, waste management, energy-efficient operation, and occupational health and safety. The Group holds environmental certification under ISO 14001:2015 and quality certification under ISO 9001:2015. Together these provide a management structure that strengthens the Group’s ability to serve customers while making the organisation more efficient.

Train Alliance’s greatest environmental impact lies in establishment work and projects. The Company works closely with operators and tenants to provide production facilities with high efficiency and capacity, which directly create opportunities for cost savings. At the same time, the Company seeks to integrate circular principles when establishing new facilities. Environmental targets are followed up annually in Train Alliance’s environmental review, where trends and outcomes against the set targets can be analysed to identify areas for improvement.

The Company strives for continuous improvement of its environmental impact. Train Alliance has set four priority environmental targets.

Targets, results and actions

1. Reduced carbon emissions from new facilities

Target: 20 percent lower carbon emissions per square metre compared with the reference facility (train service facility in Hallsberg, 2018).
Results: For example, 34 percent lower at the locomotive workshop in Hallsberg, completed in 2023. The same principles were applied to construction in Borlänge in 2025.
Actions:

Selection of low-energy materials, use of local suppliers and digitalised material flow control.

2. Reduced electricity consumption at new facilities

Target: 15 percent reduction in electricity consumption per square metre compared with the reference facility (train service facility in Hallsberg, 2018).
Actions taken:

Solar panel installations at the facility built in Borlänge in 2025.
New control technology for offices in Hallsberg has reduced heating demand by 22 percent.
Remote reading of energy consumption at our facilities.

3. Increased use of recycled materials in new construction

Target: 10 percent recycled materials, measured per area.
Ongoing actions:

Procurement requirement of 15 percent secondary materials in construction contracts.
In 2025, recycled materials were used in the construction of the new rail terminal in Hallsberg and for the railway infrastructure in Borlänge.

4. High recycling rate at decommissioning

Target: 80 percent recycling rate.
Actions:

Modular construction technology (demountable steel structures).
“Material passports” for new facilities, specifying their content.
The Kombihallen facility in Hallsberg, designed for 92 percent material recycling.