On March 13, the European Commission positively assessed Germany's third payment request for EUR 4.6 billion in grants under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU. For the automotive sector, it will support the purchase of almost 400,000 electric vehicles. It will help to build ove
On March 11, Honda announced that seven of its U.S. manufacturing plants have earned the 2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR certification for Outstanding Energy Efficiency, demonstrating the commitment by Honda to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Honda’s U.S. plants, including
On March 11, Valeo announced a partnership with POWEN. The collaboration focuses on a new 7.8-Megawatt self-consumption solar project developed under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) model. Valeo’s plant in Martos adopted this model, ensuring 100% self-consumption of the clean electricity generated at an external loc
On March 11, Polestar announced the carbon footprint details of the Polestar 5, continuing its initiative to improve climate transparency in the automotive industry.
The Polestar 5 has a cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of 23.8 tCO₂e, which includes emissions from raw material extraction, manufacturing, and delivery
Trelleborg AB (Trelleborg) has received validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its new climate targets.
The company aims to reduce direct and indirect CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 75% by 2030 compared with a 2021 baseline, while targeting net-zero emissions across its entire value chain b
Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A. (Antolin) has signed a long-term renewable energy purchase agreement (VPPA) with BRUC, an independent renewable energy producer in Spain.
The agreement is expected to enable Antolin to source renewable power covering around 60% of its electricity consumption in Europe over the next 10 years
On March 5, the European Council formally adopted the amended European climate law, introducing a binding intermediate climate target for 2040, of a 90% reduction in net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to 1990 levels. This adoption marks the final step in the legislative process. The amended regulation will e
On March 2, Lead the Charge released the fourth edition of its Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard, backed by analyses from a network of climate, human rights and investor groups, that ranks global OEMs based on their efforts to build equitable, sustainable, and fossil-free supply chains for EVs. The analysis this year fou
Continental AG (Continental) has eliminated the use of coal and heavy fuel oil across its global tire production network.
Since January 2026, all 19 plants have switched to alternative energy sources for steam generation and heating, including biomass, biogas, electricity from renewable sources, and alternative fuels
BMW Group signed a memorandum of understanding with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) for cooperation on carbon reduction across the power battery supply chain to systematically reduce EV carbon footprints and deepen sustainable development. BMW Group emphasized the importance of open cooperation and i
On February 25, Maruti Suzuki India announced that its Gujarat in-plant railway siding has been registered as the world’s first Modal Shift Transportation project under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) programme, enabling it to generate carbon credits from shifting vehicle dispatches from road to rail. Over a 1
CIE Automotive, S.A. has secured advisory assistance from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support its efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout its business activities and supply network.
The advisory services were delivered through the Programme to Support Climate Action and Sustainability for Corpo
Maxion Wheels has launched a new on-site solar photovoltaic system at its steel wheels facility for light vehicles and commercial vehicles in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The installation features 1,073 solar modules with a total capacity of 499 kW, expected to produce around 919 MWh of clean energy annually and cut appr
On February 10, the Members of the European Parliament backed a political agreement with the Council on amendments to the EU Climate Law by 413 votes to 226 and 12 abstentions, to include a new, intermediate and binding 2040 EU climate target of reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% compared to 1990 leve
On January 28, the King of the Netherlands opened Circtec’s pyrolysis end-of-life tire recycling plant at the Delfzijl chemical industry cluster. With Phase 1 of the Delfzijl plant now operating, the plant can recycle 50,000 tonnes of waste tires each year.
CIRCTEC produces HUPA, a sustainable marine fuel, circular n
On February 9, Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced that it has dispatched over 585,000 vehicles through railways in CY 2025, a growth of 18% over CY 2024. Its mid-term goal is to increase rail-based vehicle dispatches to 35% by FY 2030-31.
The company has avoided 87,904 metric tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equiva
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) signed a cooperation agreement on a New Energy Vehicle (NEV) battery production site project with the Quanzhou Municipal People’s Government. Related project information, however, is undisclosed.
Centering on the R&D and manufacturing of NEV batteries, the project is d
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