ESG Report: The HITSA Group is ready to reduce CO2 in Scope 3

The HITSA Group’s annual sustainability report is now available. The ESG Report 2025 brings together key figures and results from a year that was, on the whole, characterised by a busy pace. The production facilities were refurbished and the workforce expanded. More goods were produced, which meant that total CO₂ emissions rose compared with 2024. This was the first full year without the site in Latvia, which also led to changes in this year’s key figures. Among other things, the HITSA Group’s consumption of heating oil is now 0 litres.

The Group reached a major milestone when, for the first time, we published a product-specific LCA and EPD, demonstrating that we now have the data and expertise to document environmental aspects for our customers and ourselves.

As in previous years, the figures in the report have been compiled by Josephine Husted Jespersen (right), Sustainability Manager, and Birgitte Eybye (left), HR Manager.

Reducing Scope 3 emissions is the next major challenge

Reducing CO₂ emissions remains at the top of the Group’s agenda. In 2025, we once again succeeded in reducing CO₂ emissions in Scopes 1 and 2 – the scopes over which we have direct control. This was achieved, amongst other things, through new measures to save electricity and gas. However, emissions in Scope 3 increased; for the HITSA Group, these emissions stem mainly from the procurement of steel, timber and transport. As Scope 3 accounts for by far the largest share, total emissions rose by 33%. CO₂ emissions relative to turnover did not rise to the same extent, but there was an increase here too.

That is why work on the value chain and the goal of reducing Scope 3 emissions will be absolutely central in the future, says Chief Executive Peter Brøndum Jensen.

“The rise in Scope 3 emissions is an important reminder that the greatest climate challenges often lie beyond our direct control – but not beyond our responsibility. With the insights from LCAs and three years of continuous data for Scope 3, we now have the foundation to decide on and target our efforts, both internally and in collaboration with our customers and suppliers,” he says.

This strategy has the backing of the HITSA Group’s owner, the Dutch company CROWD. Through CROWD, a Scope 3 reduction target of 25 % has been set for the period from 2023 to 2030. For Scope 1 and 2, the target is a 42 % reduction. The targets have been verified by the recognised organisation SBTi, also via CROWD.

Social inclusion and other results in 2025

Social sustainability also plays a major role within the HITSA Group, and here too the results for 2025 were characterised by significant progress. We met our targets for two social KPIs: the number of apprentices and the number of employees from the margins of the labour market. The third social KPI is the number of work placements. In this case, it was deemed best for all parties to abandon the KPI for the year.

Among the other results of this year’s sustainability initiatives is a 25% reduction in waste volumes, albeit from a high level in 2024. The final ISO certifications were secured, and the entire group is now certified in both environmental and quality management.

The commitment to responsible business remains intact

The ESG Report 2025 is the first sustainability report with Peter Brøndum Jensen at the helm as Chief Executive Officer. He took up his post at the turn of the year and is able to look back on the company’s first five years of sustainability work with a fresh perspective. In the report, he emphasises that the ambition is to continue this work at full speed.

“As the new CEO, I am both proud and humbled to be joining a company where the ambition to conduct business responsibly is not merely a slogan, but is clearly embedded in our actions and culture. This gives me great pleasure, both as a business leader, as an ordinary citizen and as a family man,” he says.

“The results are largely driven by our employees’ commitment and willingness to embrace our mission, both in Denmark and Sweden. I look forward to continuing this work together with them, our customers and our partners,” he says.

Read more and explore the sustainability results from HITSA Denmark, HITSA Sweden and Lampas on our sustainability page.