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Circular solutions for electronics, where access to necessary electronics can be offered as a service rather
than the purchase of individual products, might have an effect in the Group’s emissions. Such services allow
products to be better taken care of, last longer and be better utilised during their lifetime. Some group com-
panies already have circularity systems in place to varying degrees, including donating older IT equipment to
the non-profit organisation Star for Life. While this doesn’t influence Danir Group’s emissions, it does impact
emissions globally.

5.2.2 BUSINESS TRAVEL
Business travel accounts for 32% of Danir Group’s total emissions within all three scopes. The result demon-
strates that flights have the largest impact within business travel, land transportation with car, and hotel stays.
It clearly indicates that business travel has large effects on the total emissions.

The data shows that trains are the most climate-smart option in terms of emissions per distance of travel.
Danir Group’s company agreement with SJ enables company-specific data to be obtained, which in turn
facilitates good monitoring of rail travel. This is something that several companies in the group use today and
something that can be investigated further. Therefore, promoting rail travel, especially for domestic business
trips, is an excellent way to reduce emissions. This can be done, for example, by updating the travel policy to
include rail travel as its primary mode of transport, or by establishing incentives for employees to choose rail
travel over flights would decrease emissions significantly. An example of where this has been applied is Nexer,
who revised their travel policy in 2024, resulting in an 49% decrease of emissions from business travel from
2023 to 2024. Nexer are currently reviewing their business travel portal, to see if they can reduce their emis-
sions from travels even further.

Private cars, using gasoline or diesel, have large effects on business travel emissions. When possible, choosing
train instead of private car can decrease impacts. When using a rental car is necessary, choosing electric &
hybrid vehicles, which have lower emission rates, will positively impact the emissions results.

The proportion of business travel by means of transport varies between the different companies. The sub-
sidiary companies are therefore encouraged to study their own emissions within this category to see where
targeted measures could be implemented.

There is a difference in reported emissions from business-related (especially air travel) when comparing 2023
and 2024. If comparing to last years published GHG inventory report, the large discrepancy is explained by
changes in the emission factors used. A comparison of the emissions published in 2023 with those published
this year clearly illustrates the impact of the methodological update using other emission factors. When
aligning the data using the updated emission factors from Position Green, it becomes evident however, that
emissions have still increased in 2024.

This increase may partly be attributed to improved reporting coverage. For example, it has come to light that
some conference-related travel was excluded 2023. Additionally, last year’s reporting format also allowed
entities to input only the number of trips, upon which an assumed average travel distance was applied. This
year’s data is based on more detailed and accurate travel information, resulting in improved data quality and a
better reflection of actual business travel activity within Danir Group.

Since we are aware of some under reporting of business travel data from 2023, it’s difficult to draw con-
clusions on how our emissions in this category compare to last year. It is however clear that business travel