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Summary
In the light of Stellantis’ notable improvement in performance between the first and the second editions of the Leaderboard, it is disappointing to see that, in contrast to many of its industry peers, this progress has not been maintained this year. This has caused Stellantis to drop considerably in the 2025 Leaderboard rankings, from 5th to 9th place.
In the fossil free and environmentally sustainably supply chains section, Stellantis improved its performance against just two indicators across all four subsections: on systems for monitoring suppliers for compliance with GHG emissions targets and for disclosing limited information regarding the company’s use of scrap steel. Stellantis has now been surpassed by Geely and Hyundai in this section.
Stellantis did not improve on any human rights indicator and regressed slightly on its minerals sourcing practices, causing the company to move from 4th to 7th place in the human rights ranking.
On a positive note, the company has now elaborated a standalone policy on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, although this did not make the cut-off date for this year’s analysis. This is an important step forward for the company in this area and should lay the foundations for additional improvements on Indigenous Peoples’ rights going forward.
Key Findings
- Discloses Scope 3 emissions for its supply chain and has set targets to reduce its supply chain emissions by 40% per BEV by 2030 and to be net zero across the whole value chain by 2038.
- Continues to score the lowest among the European and U.S. automakers on fossil free and environmentally sustainable steel and aluminium, with an average score of just 3% across these two subsections.
- Continues to rank amongst the top five automakers on fossil-free and environmentally sustainable batteries due to its continued efforts on battery circularity, the development of new battery chemistries, and the procurement of low-carbon lithium and nickel.
- Together with BMW and Renault, receives the lowest ranking out of the European and U.S. automakers with regards to climate lobbying, which further drags down the company’s score.
- Continues to disclose a good amount of information on its human rights due diligence process and systems, including statistical data about its monitoring activities. However, fails to disclose sufficient information about its salient human rights risks and supply chain grievances.
- Uneven performance on responsible transition mineral sourcing: maintaining some strong practices, for example, on supply chain mapping and disclosure, but continuing to lag behind many industry peers in other areas, such as having a standalone responsible minerals policy, engaging SoRs in its supply chain and requiring mining suppliers to undergo IRMA audits.
- Maintains strong workers’ rights policies, being one of only three companies to commit to a living wage, and the only company to explain how it calculates the living wage. However, has yet to translate this commitment into an express requirement on suppliers and has regressed on the level of information it discloses on the salient workers’ rights risks in its supply chain.
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Stellantis becomes first automaker to approve a standalone FPIC policy
On August 01 2024, Stellantis approved a standalone company policy on Free, Prior and Informed Consent, becoming the first automaker to approve a standalone policy on this issue. The policy states that “The protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights aligns with our core values of ethics and integrity, and our fundamental commitment to social responsibility. We believe, however, that the implementation of our FPIC policy also serves to reduce the potential for conflicts and legal disputes, fostering trust, positive relationships, and long-term operational stability in the communities where we are present.”
Progress on battery chemistries holds potential to reduce demand for high-intensity minerals
During the first few months of 2023, several automakers have made announcements of investments and / or progress made on new battery chemistries that promise to reduce their demand of high-intensity minerals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. In March, the JAC Group’s joint venture with Volkswagen in China made history by introducing the world’s first electric vehicle (EV) powered by a sodium-ion battery – a battery technology that, according to the IEA, “has the potential to completely avoid the use of critical metals.” BYD has also said that it plans to use sodium-ion batteries in its vehicles later in the year. In May, Stellantis announced an investment in lithium-sulphur battery developer Lyten, working on a novel three-dimensional graphene material platform that is free from nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
Stellantis invests in “low” and “zero” emissions lithium operations with offtake agreement and equity stake
Stellantis has taken an equity stake in Vulcan Energy Resources that plans to mine lithium with zero greenhouse gas emissions, using a direct lithium extraction (DLE) method that uses less land and groundwater. Stellantis has also signed an offtake agreement for “low-carbon lithium” with Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd in the Salton Sea area of Southern California. (Note that there have also been local community concerns raised about this project.)
Allegations of workers’ rights and human rights violations in Stellantis parts plants and supply chains
Allegation have been raised against Stellantis over workers’ rights violations in their auto parts plants, human rights violations in their rare earth supply chains, and forced labor.
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.