Total Score

6%

Fossil-free & Environment

4%

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

7%

Fossil-free & Environment

4%

general

14%

steel

0%

Aluminum

0%

batteries

6%

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

7%

general

13%

workers Rights

10%

Indigenous Rights

0%

minerals Rights

5%

Kia

Although KIA has significantly increased its EV production as part of Hyundai Motor Group, it is also a low performer on their supply chain, with little progress to reduce the emissions or the environmental and human rights impacts of its supply chain.

Ranking

14 of 18

EV sales 2022

316,900

Source: EV-Volumes; Kia sales data is combined with Hyundai

Key Takeaways

  • Has a 2040 carbon neutrality declaration with interim targets

  • Discloses limited Scope 3 emissions

  • Some progress on increasing battery recycling

  • Commitments to human rights, workers’ rights, and responsible sourcing of transition minerals, but few details on processes to realize these commitments

Score Breakdown

Fossil-free & Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains

Disclosure

13%

Target-setting and progress

33%

Use of supply chain levers

0%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

0%

Use of supply chain levers

0%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

0%

Use of supply chain levers

0%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

0%

Use of supply chain levers

14%

* InfluenceMap scores were applied as a multiplier to the total Fossil-free & Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains score. See methodology for further details.

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

commit

83%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

0%

remedy

0%

commit

33%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

0%

remedy

0%

commit

0%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

0%

remedy

0%

commit

50%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

9%

remedy

0%

Latest Supply Chain News On Kia

07.03.2023

Hyundai Steel produces low-carbon, high-strength steel plates

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07.03.2023

Pollution, child labour, workers’ rights violations and new coal-fired power plants in Hyundai-Kia’s supply chains

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