Environmental safety is embedded in Škoda Auto’s company technique. Launched ten years in the past, the GreenFuture programme encompasses quite a few measures, and its objectives are repeatedly being refined and expanded. The Czech automobile maker achieved a number of main sustainability milestones lately. Environmental actions additionally type the inspiration of the Subsequent Degree – Škoda Technique 2030, which lays out formidable plans throughout a number of areas. The current third annual GreenWeek occasion supplied a possibility for workers to mirror on key milestones whereas elevating consciousness inside the firm concerning the significance of sustainability.

“At Škoda Auto, we’re strolling the speak in relation to sustainability. Our GreenFuture programme testifies to this dedication. Sustainability is one in all our core values, and it’s firmly anchored in our company technique. We’re implementing complete measures not solely at our worldwide state-of-the-art manufacturing websites however all through the worth chain. In collaboration with our companions, we intention to persistently scale back the ecological footprint of our enterprise actions and merchandise.”

Andreas Dick, Škoda Auto Board Member for Manufacturing and Logistics

GreenFuture focuses on environmental safety throughout the complete worth chain

Ten years in the past, Škoda Auto included an ever-widening vary of measures for environmental safety below the GreenFuture technique, which rests on three pillars: GreenProduct focuses on growing automobiles which are as environmentally pleasant as doable, contemplating not simply gasoline and power consumption but in addition the supplies used and their recyclability. GreenFactory incorporates all efforts aimed toward resource-conscious manufacturing. By means of GreenRetail, the model encourages eco-friendly operations at its dealerships and repair centres.

Essential milestones for GreenProduct, GreenFactory and GreenRetail

Launched in 2013, the GreenFuture undertaking has seen a decade of noteworthy achievements. Along with strides in manufacturing, car design, and the intelligent use of recycled and recyclable supplies, it has additionally embraced initiatives in company social accountability. For instance, 2020 was important for the GreenProduct space when Škoda Auto launched collection manufacturing of its first all-electric automobile, the Enyaq. Throughout the GreenFactory space, battery system manufacturing for all-electric MEB automobiles began in 2022 in Mladá Boleslav. The Vrchlabí plant’s shift to carbon-neutral manufacturing in 2020 stands as one other vital achievement. Within the GreenRetail space, Škoda Auto has been planting a tree for each automobile bought within the Czech Republic since 2007. By the top of 2023, extra then 1,244,000 bushes might be planted as a part of the ‘Škoda Timber’ initiative. A complete overview of key GreenFuture milestones may be discovered within the connected infographic.

Škoda Auto to be a very carbon-neutral firm by 2050

The automaker is specializing in rising sustainability throughout the complete worth chain. This contains the widespread deployment of recycled and recyclable supplies and the re-use of high-voltage batteries from electrical automobiles in stationary charging items earlier than they endure intensive recycling, with the uncooked supplies getting used to create new cells. All of those measures contribute to the long-term discount of greenhouse gasoline emissions all through the product life cycle and thus assist the Volkswagen Group’s objective of changing into a carbon-neutral organisation by 2050.

Elevating consciousness inside the firm: Worker workshops on sustainability throughout GreenWeek

On the current third inside GreenWeek occasion, held from 18 to 22 September, the corporate showcased its present initiatives and objectives in environmental conservation and sustainable manufacturing. The annual occasion for workers included insights that introduced varied methods for people to contribute to environmental safety. By way of dwell broadcasts, crew members watched displays from each in-house and exterior company, all centred on the theme of sustainability within the automotive trade, nationally, and in on a regular basis life. Viewers discovered not solely concerning the firm’s plans and steps but in addition about alternatives for private contributions to environmental safety.

Sustainability Report 2021/22 and extra data on a devoted sustainability microsite

Since 2007, Škoda Auto has often up to date all stakeholders each two years about its objectives and progress within the space of sustainable growth. The newly launched report may be discovered right here. Moreover, Škoda Auto not too long ago launched a complete microsite devoted to all sustainability matters and respective initiatives. This platform permits stakeholders to discover and observe the corporate’s ongoing efforts and initiatives throughout all ESG pillars.

SOURCE: Škoda