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    The Volvo Group is launching an online service for green commuting

    The Volvo Group is launching Commute Greener, a new online service which helps commuters become more environmentally aware. The service is accessed through a mobile phone or a web site on the internet, enabling a commuter quickly to see by how much carbon dioxide emissions are reduced, for example by car pooling. Volvo´s home town, the City of Göteborg in Sweden, is the first city in the world to order the service for its employees.After downloading the application, from the iPhone App Store, for example, the commuter can use the mobile telephone to register the methods of transport that

    Computer games make you more efficient at work

    The Volvo Group has developed a computer game to teach the principles of lean production, a concept designed to increase the efficiency of working processes. In this game, the players can see how different changes impact efficiency and profitability. The results indicate that what is known as serious gaming is an excellent complement to training at work.Offering information and training at a low cost, with minimal carbon emissions by reducing the need to travel, is a challenge the Volvo Group shares with other global companies. “This is an excellent example of the way companies can go

    Green corridors provide for safer and more environmentally sound transports

    The Volvo Group is initiating cooperation within the Swedish government’s logistics forum and with the authorities to realize the EU Commission’s concept regarding environmentally sound goods transport in “green corridors.” The goal is to reduce the impact on the environment while simultaneously increasing efficiency and safety on highways through specially adapted transport stretches for heavy traffic.The EU Commission estimates that goods transports in Europe will have increased by 50% between 2000 and 2020. These rising volumes will require investments in all transport modes, including

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