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Tesla, Ford, and Volvo round out the top three A new classification of 18 global car manufacturers Building on their efforts to eliminate carbon emissions, environmental damage and human rights violations from their supply chains. Toyota, meanwhile, is lurking nearby Below the listWhich highlights the ongoing difficulty in convincing the world’s largest car company to clean up its supply chain.
The rankings are compiled by Lead the Charge, a global coalition of leading climate, environmental, and human rights organizations that includes the Sierra Club, The Sunrise Project, and Public Citizen, among others. This is it Fourth edition From the coalition’s annual ranking of automakers’ supply chain practices.
Since the leaderboard began, automakers have nearly doubled their scores for environmental and human rights impacts on the supply chain, and twice as many automakers have now taken steps to respect the rights of indigenous peoples than when the study began. However, no automaker has even achieved 50% clean supply chains, with Tesla coming closest at 49%.
The group concluded that five automakers — Ford, Volvo, Tesla, Mercedes and Volkswagen — are outperforming the rest in cleaning up their supply chains. Lead the Charge said in a press release that these companies have “achieved a rate of progress equivalent to twice that of the remaining 13 companies” since the first rankings were issued in 2023. They point to Volvo and Mercedes making significant investments in decarbonizing steel and aluminium, as well as Mercedes, Volkswagen and Tesla issuing detailed reports on raw materials, among examples of progress.
EVs have been chosen to make significant advances in decarbonisation, recycling, transparency and responsible sourcing. The group argues that even in the face of partisan hostility and fading subsidies, electric vehicles still offer a better option for most consumers.
This year, Chinese companies are taking important steps to improve their position in the global rankings. The group cites Geely and BYD, in particular, for developing best practices and establishing new codes of conduct around its materials supply chain.
Toyota, which has long been the focus of environmentalists’ wrath, is near the bottom of the list, along with Chinese state-owned auto companies such as GAC and SAIC. The group says these companies have “made little or no progress in areas such as decarbonizing steel and aluminum or responsibly sourcing minerals.” While the Japanese auto giant has outlined plans to numerous new Electric vehicles And in recent months, it still has a long way to go before it can compare its climate and human rights record to the likes of Tesla and Ford.