Polestar: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 9 percent for every car sold

Gothenburg/Sweden – Polestar recently published its 2023 sustainability report. The Swedish electric car brand continues to make significant progress towards its climate goals. In 2023, it will achieve a 9 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per vehicle sold.

This corresponds to a reduction of 3.4 tCO2e compared to the previous year and was achieved by focusing on three main areas: the use of carefully selected materials with a low climate impact, the supply of electricity from renewable energy for vehicle and battery production and the improvement of energy efficiency in the country. consumption phase. The achievements achieved in 2023 and future prospects show that it is possible to reduce the growth from production.

Fredrika Klarén, Head of Sustainability at Polestar: “Our vision is clear: we want to accelerate the transition to electric mobility while using the most sustainable and innovative solutions to make electric vehicles more climate friendly. We must admit that our industry still has a chance good for improvement when it comes to revealing concrete plans to achieve climate commitments.This year we continue to share detailed information about the processes to make our goals more concrete and deliver our 2040 plans.

In 2023, Polestar also aimed to improve its monitoring methods, with a focus on expanding the number of hazardous minerals monitored in batteries. An important achievement is the tracking of lithium and nickel used in Polestar 3 batteries, as well as cobalt and mica, which have been tracked thanks to blockchain technology since 2020 and 2021 respectively.

The Sustainability Report provides clarity on how Polestar uses a proactive approach to improve its ability to identify and address sustainability risks. In 2023, Polestar launched a digital platform to simplify data collection. This aims to ensure transparency and compliance with standards and regulations.

You can find the sustainability report here.