LKAB - a sustainable industrial giant
LKAB is active in the mining industry. The company has declared its commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability and its determination to serve as a role model in the industry.
ÅF is proud to collaborate with LKAB and to contribute to the company’s work on sustainability. ÅF’s sustainability strategy is to help customers like LKAB to achieve their sustainability goals. By sharing its competence, experience and expertise ÅF can assist LKAB to reach their sustainably targets, one of which is to become even more energy-efficient and to achieve new records in terms of reduced climate impact. ÅF is proud to play its part in LKAB’s sustainability work and hopes that this will continue to give rise to even more innovations and improvements.
LKAB’s sustainability strategy embraces four focus areas: an attractive LKAB, attractive communities, responsible business operations and resource efficient production.
Attractive LKAB
This focus area aims to ensure that LKAB is an attractive employer for both current and future co-workers. To enable employees to feel secure in their jobs, LKAB works to create a safe working environment and reduce the number of accidents. The company is taking measures to improve gender equality by setting a target of 25 percent female representation in the workforce by 2020.
Attractive communities
An attractive community is fundamental for LKAB’s business operations. This challenge is addressed in liaison with local stakeholders. The aim is to safe guard the long-term future of mining operations in a community that offers a good environment in which to live and opportunities for other businesses to develop. To solve local housing shortages LKAB has set itself a target to build 200 new homes in both Kiruna and Gällivare between 2011 and 2015.