TOP 10 – SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES

Volkswagen

CEO: OLIVER BLUME​

HEADQUARTERS: WOLFSBURG, GERMANY​ ​

CAR BRANDS: VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI, ŠKODA, SEAT / CUPRA, PORSCHE, BENTLEY, LAMBORGHINI

Group operates a global portfolio of brands including Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, Škoda, SEAT / CUPRA and Porsche, using group platforms to scale electrified technologies and efficiency measures across segments. The Group plans to cut lifecycle emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles by 30 % per vehicle by 2030 versus 2018, without offsets, and become net carbon neutral by 2050. Investments in battery-electric vehicles, green electricity for plants and charging and high-voltage battery recycling sit at the centre of its environmental strategy. ​“ To me, sustainability is about impact – but it’ s also about business and how we drive it,” explains Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer at Volkswagen Group.“ It has to make business sense, it’ s not philanthropic”.

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