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Summary
Overall, GAC only achieved very marginal improvements in this year’s Leaderboard. GAC is still largely failing to adopt initial commitments and disclose basic information on its efforts to ensure a clean and equitable supply chain. As a result the company is still stuck near the bottom of the Leaderboard rankings.
GAC failed to maintain last year’s momentum in the fossil-free and environmentally sustainable supply chains section, causing the company to drop by one place in the rankings to 17th position. GAC did improve its score in the General subsection of the Climate and Environment section by disclosing more information on how it monitors suppliers for compliance with greenhouse gas emissions reduction and other environmental impacts. However, the company still scores 0% in both the steel and aluminum subsections, remaining one of only three companies with a 0 score in aluminum.
GAC’s performance was also poor in the responsible sourcing section. Despite being second to last in the Leaderboard’s human rights ranking, GAC has not taken even minimal steps to begin to improve its performance on supply chain due diligence or responsible sourcing.
This lack of progress across the board is disappointing, especially when viewed in the light of the performance of GAC’s national peers BYD and Geely – who are making significantly faster progress on supply chain decarbonization and due diligence. BYD’s score is now three times higher than GAC’s, whilst Geely’s is seven times higher. On human rights, the difference is even more stark, with BYD and Geely achieving eight and twelve times more than GAC, respectively.
Key Findings
- Has a 2050 net zero target, but lacks Group-level interim targets for its supply chain or related requirements for suppliers to set their own emissions reduction targets.
- Has made initial commitments to prioritize the selection of low-carbon materials in its procurement process, but provides no detail of specific requirements or actions taken to decarbonize its steel, aluminum or battery supply chains.
- Despite having established in-house battery R&D and production, does not disclose any actions taken to improve the recyclability of EV batteries.
- Is yet to produce a standalone human rights policy or other formal commitment to respect human rights. Despite referring to many internal supplier management instruments, GAC has not published any document to facilitate an understanding of its requirements or expectations from suppliers.
- Continues to publish some information regarding monitoring of suppliers concerning ESG impacts. GAC should seek to build from these incipient steps to expand its efforts and disclosure practices relating to human rights, and to human rights due diligence.
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Fossil-Free & Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains
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