She adds:“ Those renewable energy contracts prevent us from having to deal with energy market price volatility. We have locked in long-term contracts that make us more resilient as a business.”
GM is also investing in communities, through a community fund that enables it to“ add more energy to the grid”, which makes GM“ more resilient and helps the community”.
“ Are you in or are you not?” While political angst about sustainability has caused alarm to many people, Cassandra feels it has crystallised companies’ commitment to the energy transition. She says:“ I think that the first thing for companies is to decide:‘ Are you in or are you not?’ And we have decided we are in.“ And so we are keeping all of our nameplates. We’ ve got a dozen EVs, we’ re continuing to invest in battery technology and we’ re also really working on affordability, to drive down the cost of those batteries.”
Sustainable and“ so much fun” Ultimately, though, GM’ s sustainability credibility is likely to be judged on its electric vehicles. There is no better advocate for these than Cassandra, who goes from 0-60mph in one second when she talks about their performance and acceleration.
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