Environmental sustainability has for many years been a key part of AF Bostäder’s operations and permeates everything from essential aspects and policy to goals and investments. A new strategy will further concretise the work and guide initiatives relating to waste, circularity, material selection, biodiversity, climate and energy.
“Our engagement in environmental sustainability stretches back over 25 years,” says Louise Halén, Sustainability Coordinator at AF Bostäder. “An important milestone was the launch of our Sustainability Report in 2017, when we implemented our first dialogue with stakeholders and materiality assessment. The work formed the basis for systematic and measurable sustainability management, which today informs all the decisions we make.”
Previously, AF Bostäder has formulated strategies for social and cultural sustainability, both based on the UN’s Global Goals, and in line with, among other things, our vision, essential aspects, core values and the Sustainability Policy and goals. The strategy for environmental sustainability was developed in 2025 and follows the same model.
“Previously, we have not felt a direct need for a strategy relating to environmental management as we have worked according to the existing policy and goals,” says Louise Halén. “But environmental issues have become broader, significantly more complex, and more subcategories have emerged. We have increased the number of essential aspects after our second dialogue with stakeholders. And it has become clearer that we need to define what various environmental issues mean specifically for AF Bostäder, and how we are to a prioritise within each issue. Overall, this has meant an increased need for a concrete and guiding strategy.”
“The new strategy gives us guidelines for how we are to achieve our goals, and help us to find the right path forward,” says Louise Halén. “Our focus areas are reduced emissions and minimised environmental and climate impact, strong resistance to climate-related dangers, reduced energy purchases and consumption, reduced waste generation, sustainable materials and products, and biodiversity. In each sub-area, we have listed the initiatives that are most relevant and important for us and given proposals for concrete measures.”
The document has been developed by a working group consisting of the sustainability coordinator and the managers for sustainability, communication, property development and property management. The strategy will be launched internally in 2026 and presented to all staff members.
“The aim is for everyone in the company to have a clear picture of what we want to implement and how it will be achieved. In day-to-day work, everyone who has to take positions on issues that relate to environmental sustainability will have access to good guidance in the strategy and feel secure in defining assignments and project descriptions as required,” says Louise Halén.
Latest update July 17, 2026