Total Score

30%

Fossil-free & Environment

36%

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

24%

Fossil-free & Environment

36%

general

26%

steel

54%

Aluminum

35%

batteries

14%

Human Rights & Responsible Sourcing

24%

general

48%

workers Rights

16%

Indigenous Rights

0%

minerals Rights

32%

Volvo

With the strongest climate and environment supply chain policies and practices of all the automakers, Volvo received a total score of 38% for this category. Compared to its competitors, the company excels on fossil-free and environmentally responsible steel and aluminum, receiving the highest scores of the industry for each of these indicators. But, Volvo could be doing much more if it wants to remain an industry leader on clean and sustainable supply chains. Disappointingly, its much lower human rights score stands in stark contrast to its climate and environment performance.

Ranking

3 of 18

EV sales 2022

108,411

Source: EV-Volumes

Key Takeaways

  • Industry leader on fossil-free and environmentally responsible steel and aluminum: has developed strong targets and applied supply chain levers to increase recycled content of these metals, and to incentivize greater production and investment in fossil-free steel and aluminum

  • While not production-wide, Volvo has published lifecycle analyses with disaggretaed supply chain emissions of their C40 and XC40 models, including steel, aluminum, and battery modules

  • Weaker performance on batteries, scoring 18% in this category

  • Has made decent progress on policies and measures for human rights due diligence but less on responsible mineral sourcing

  • Scored 0% on Indigenous Peoples’ rights

  • Inadequate policies in place to ensure the respect of workers’ rights in its supply chain, scoring 16% in this category

Score Breakdown

Fossil-free & Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains

Disclosure

25%

Target-setting and progress

29%

Use of supply chain levers

25%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

42%

Use of supply chain levers

90%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

58%

Use of supply chain levers

36%

Disclosure

0%

Target-setting and progress

17%

Use of supply chain levers

18%

* 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

100%

identify

33%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

65%

remedy

16%

commit

50%

identify

56%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

36%

remedy

0%

commit

0%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

0%

remedy

0%

commit

50%

identify

0%

Prevent, Mitigate & Account

27%

remedy

0%

Latest Supply Chain News On Volvo

07.03.2023

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Our Vision

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

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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.

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Fossil-free

100% electric and made with a fossil fuel-free supply chain.

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