Total Score

26%

Fossil-free & Environment

23%

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

28%

Fossil-free & Environment

23%

general

46%

steel

9%

Aluminum

13%

batteries

17%

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

28%

general

48%

workers Rights

18%

Indigenous Rights

3%

minerals Rights

44%

Volkswagen

VW is making some progress on eliminating fossil fuels, environmental harms, and human rights violations from its supply chain, but it needs to significantly raise its game if it wants to become an industry leader on clean and equitable supply chains.

Ranking

4 of 18

EV sales 2022

563,032

Source: EV-Volumes

Key Takeaways

  • Has made progress on disclosure and target-setting to reduce Scope 3 emissions in line with a 1.5 degree pathway, and has taken some initial steps to incentivize its suppliers to reduce their own emissions

  • Needs to expand these efforts so they include other significant air emissions and water management

  • Some initial steps taken on fossil-free and environmentally responsible steel, aluminum, and batteries, but not nearly enough

  • Positive steps taken to date include signing purchase agreements for green steel with H2 Green Steel (via its subsidiary Scania Truckin) and for recycled steel with Salzgitter AG

  • Has developed solid, but insufficient, processes for human rights due diligence and responsible mineral sourcing

  • No commitment to Indigenous Peoples’ rights and inadequate policies to ensure workers’ rights are respected throughout its supply chain

Score Breakdown

Fossil-free & Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains

Disclosure

50%

Target-setting and progress

38%

Use of supply chain levers

50%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

0%

Use of supply chain levers

20%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

0%

Use of supply chain levers

30%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

0%

Use of supply chain levers

39%

* 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

33%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

50%

remedy

40%

commit

83%

identify

100%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

26%

remedy

0%

commit

0%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

8%

remedy

0%

commit

50%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

27%

remedy

0%

Latest Supply Chain News On Volkswagen

29.05.2023

Progress on battery chemistries holds potential to reduce demand for high-intensity minerals

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21.04.2023

Ford and VW nickel partnerships in Indonesia may impact local environment and community’s health

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07.03.2023

VW invests in resource-efficient battery design and signs agreements for “low CO2” steel and “environmentally-friendly”lithium

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07.03.2023

Allegations of forced labor and human rights violations, and environmental damage in VW’s supply chains

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Our Vision

The future is an automotive industry where all vehicles are made:

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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.

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