Climate Change Data

Bokusgruppen AB (publ)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023-10 to 2023-12, 2024-01 to 2024-03)

Reporting Period: 2023-10 to 2023-12

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment and Climate
  • Employees
  • Product Range
  • Joy of Reading

Environmental Achievements

  • Increased share of eco-labelled products in sales
  • Pilot test with Erikshjälpen to sell otherwise disposed products (to become permanent in 2024)
  • Pilot test with packaging-free deliveries

Social Achievements

  • Awarded the Bokus Scholarship for the second consecutive year
  • Läsborgarmärket initiative reached an estimated 45,000 children
  • Participation in initiatives like School Reading Holiday and World Book Week
  • Organized book exchange days

Governance Achievements

  • Improved clarity in following up sustainability targets
  • Started preparing for new reporting requirements in the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
  • Simplified follow-up of sustainability targets and clarified sub-targets to increase measurability

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Lower CO2e emissions by 25% and achieve 90% of all sub-targets by 2026
Short-term Goals:
  • Open a new Akademibokhandeln store in Tyresö Centrum (opened in Q1 2024)

Environmental Challenges

  • Reduced consumer purchasing power and increased costs due to inflation
  • Lower demand for course literature (impacted Bokus Online sales)
  • Online shopping decline (according to Swedish Trade Federation)
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implementation of measures to increase gross margins and cost-saving measures to offset inflation-based cost increases
  • Successful price and campaign optimization (Akademibokhandeln Online)
  • Improved online shopping logistics, lead times, and delivery reliability (Bokus)
  • Expansion of Bokus product range to include board games

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Increased share of eco-labelled products

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Private label products (increased share of private label products within the range of other products)

Reporting Period: 2024-01 to 2024-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment and Climate
  • Employees

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 15% since 2020

Social Achievements

  • Launched a pilot project for the Bokomloppet (Book Cycle) to recycle books
  • Launched a permanent partnership with Burde and Erikshjälpen to recycle calendars
  • Donated over 4,000 older and damaged paperback books to hospitals and prisons

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2026

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Active partnerships with suppliers and transporters to reduce emissions

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Targets are linked to several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed