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Summary
Despite another disappointing overall performance, SAIC has managed to progress by 9 percentage points on the General Fossil Free and Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains subsection. With this improvement, the company’s overall score has increased by 2 percentage points. Nevertheless, the company remains the lowest-scoring automaker in the Leaderboard, scoring less than 10% across all Leaderboard subsections.
SAIC’s improvement in the General climate and environment section was due to disclosing more precise requirements for its suppliers in areas such as reducing GHG emissions and environmental management. However, it remains one of the only three companies that score 0% on steel and aluminium supply chain decarbonization.
SAIC is the only company of the Leaderboard to score 0% in three of the four Human Rights subsections. This poor level of achievement stands in stark contrast with those of its national peers BYD and Geely, who have been consistently progressing year on year and outpaced most or many of their East Asian competitors. The margin between these companies and SAIC is broadening, with BYD moving ahead of SAIC from 5 to 15 percentage points, and Geely from 17 to 23 percentage points respectively.
Key Findings
- Discloses new plans to calculate Scope 3 emissions but remains as one of only two automakers that have not disclosed their scope 3 emissions for purchased goods and services.
- Discloses a new supplier due diligence mechanism and a green supplier selection system, noting 100% coverage for mass-production part suppliers, but without providing further details.
- Discloses minimal details on some initiatives for battery repurposing, but none on battery recycling specifically.
- Still lacks basic public commitments on human rights and responsible sourcing, and supply chain management processes remain overly focused on risks and impacts to the company’s bottom line.
- Mentions a Supplier Code of Conduct theoretically containing requirements regarding labour standards and other ethical issues, but this is not publicly available.
Score Breakdown
Fossil-Free & Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains
General
Steel
Aluminum
Batteries
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Human Rights & Responsible Resourcing
General
Minerals
Indigenous' Rights
Workers' Rights
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Our Vision
01 — Equitably
Respecting and advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples, workers, and local communities throughout the supply chain.
02 — Sustainably
Preserving and restoring environmental health and biodiversity across supply chains, while reducing primary resource demand through efficient resource use and increased recycled content.
03 — Fossil-free
100% electric and made with a fossil fuel-free supply chain.
