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Scoring the world’s automakers
on their EV supply chains

This is the third annual Leaderboard on automotive supply chains, published by Lead the Charge. The Leaderboard evaluates 18 of the world’s leading automakers on their efforts to eliminate emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains.

 

This year’s analysis shows that the industry continues to make steady progress: the total average score across all 18 automakers rose by 3 percentage points in the 2025 edition compared to the previous year.

 

US automakers, Tesla and Ford, took the top spots this year. But the competition is heating up: the biggest improvements were generally made by automakers in the middle of the rankings, including Kia, Geely and Volkswagen. Volvo was the big exception: already last year’s leader on fossil-free and environmentally sustainable supply chains, the company achieved the largest score increase against these indicators in 2025, further extending its lead over competitors.

 

Nonetheless, the overall rate of progress is still woefully inadequate. For the third year running, no automaker achieved a total score of over 50% and the total average score across all 18 automakers is just 22%.

 

See how automakers stack up below or use the links to dive deeper into the results and the performance of individual automakers.

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Key Findings

New policies and regulations are having an impact

The areas of the Leaderboard that saw the greatest progress were also those that have been targeted by new policies and regulations, such as the EU Battery Regulations and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Initial momentum on Indigenous Peoples’ rights

After two years of near industry-wide inaction, there are some initial signs of growing momentum on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, with several automakers improving their performance in this area. However, the average score across all automakers is still just 6%, showing just how much more work needs to be done.

Stagnation on steel and aluminum decarbonization

Contrastingly, after an initial flurry of progress by multiple automakers on steel and aluminum decarbonization last year, performance this year has largely stagnated. Volvo, already the highest scorer, was the exception, showing that industry leaders can continue to raise the bar for others to follow.

Score Summaries

Leaderboard

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Supply Chain News & Progress

The Race Is On

Supply chain transformation is a risk management imperative and opportunity for a competitive edge. Leading brands are already securing a first-mover advantage and leveraging their power to transform legacy supply chains into a force for good. The revolution is underway.