Clas Ohlson winner of PostNords’ Environment Award!

Clas Ohlson has been awarded the annual PostNord Environment Award which is
awarded to a company that actively participate and contribute to reducing the
environmental and climate impact within the transportation sector. Clas Ohlson
is awarded the price for its diversion of transport, from road trucks to trains,
for its Norwegian store network goods distribution.
– We have had a clear focus on the environment for several years when planning
our transport solutions, so it is very rewarding when our efforts are recognised
like this. The Norwegian distribution of goods is part of a greater job in
diverting transport from roads to rails, in which we have taken great steps
during the last years, says Peter Bergestål, Transport Manager at Clas Ohlson.

Clas Ohlson initiated a diversion in transport, from road to rail, in Norge
2014. The diversion means in short that the company now transports its goods to
the Norwegian store network with train from Oslo to six distribution hubs, after
which the goods is distributed the last distance to the store by truck.

Another piece of the puzzle, when it comes to the Norwegian distribution of
goods, came in to place this year when a new transport agreement was signed. The
new agreement means that transport now in a vaster scale between Insjön and Oslo
is being carried out on rails through a reload in Borlänge for further
distribution to the distribution hub in Oslo. Clas Ohlson is now awarded
PostNords’ Environment Award for this achievement.

–Energy efficiency and reducing our CO2-emissions from our goods transport is
one of our most important targets on our sustainability agenda. In total, this
diversion to train transport for our products from the distribution centre in
Insjön in Sweden to the Norwegian store network means a reduction of our
emissions with more than 80 per cent, which is an amazing result, says Åsa
Portnoff Sundström, Head of sustainability at Clas Ohlson.

Read more about Clas Ohlson’s’ sustainability work at
about.clasohlson.com/sustainability/
For more information, please contact:
Sara Kraft Westrell, Director of Information and Investor Relations, phone +46
247 649 13
Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business based in Insjön,
Sweden. Today, the company offers products and services for the small everyday
practical problems, in six countries via its over 200 stores and online. Clas
Ohlson offers a wide range of affordable products in five product areas:
Hardware, Electrical, Home, Multimedia and Leisure. The company is listed on
Nasdaq Stockholm, has sales of over 7.5 billion SEK and more than 4,700
employees. Visit Clas Ohlson at www.clasohlson.com