POLESTAR AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING UK PLC 2024.04.16 | ID: 682137 |
Polestar reduces relative greenhouse gas emissions by 9% per sold car and discloses 2040 climate roadmap
GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN - April 16, 2024. Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) has published its Sustainability Report for 2023. The Swedish electric performance car brand continues to make significant progress on its climate targets, achieving a reduction of 9% in relative greenhouse gas emissions per sold car in 2023.
This equates to a reduction of 3.4 tCO2e compared to 2022 and was achieved by a focus on three main areas: the use of carefully chosen materials with lower climate impact, renewable electricity in car and battery production, and energy efficiency in use phase. The achievements in 2023 and future ambitions illustrate that it is possible to decouple growth from increased emissions.
Fredrika Klarén, Polestar's Head of Sustainability, says: "Our vision is clear we want to accelerate the EVtransition while bringing in more sustainable and innovative solutions to make electric cars even better. We need to acknowledge that our industry still has a huge potential for improvement when it comes to disclosing concrete plans for achieving its climate pledges. This year we are sharing the work we do to make our climate roadmap more concrete, as we navigate towards our 2040 climate goal."
In 2023, Polestar also focused on enhancing its traceability practices and expanding the number of battery risk minerals tracked. A significant advancement is the ability to trace lithium and nickel used in Polestar 3's batteries, adding to cobalt and mica that have been monitored with blockchain technology since 2020 and 2021, respectively.
The sustainability report transparently discloses how Polestar is adopting a due diligence approach to improve the ability to identify and remediate sustainability related risks. During 2023, Polestar introduced a digital platform to streamline the collection of sustainability related data to support transparency and compliance with standards and regulations.
Find the report here.
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Notes to editors
Polestar has a goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2040. Becoming truly climateneutral means eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions across operations, and all phases of a car's life cycle. This includes emissions from supply chain and manufacturing, as well as energy use during the car's use phase.
Polestar's LCAs, published since 2020, consider a range of factors in a car's life cycle, from supply to manufacture and recycling, and summarize the climate impact in one easily understood number. This enables consumers to make quick and educated decisions when buying a car. The LCA figures stated in this release disclose the cars' cradletogate carbon footprint which includes material acquisition through the production of the product and excludes the use and endoflife stages. The LCA figures related to the vehicles' cradleto grave carbon footprint present a total carbon footprint of the car adding use phase and end oflife on top of its cradletogate carbon footprint.
About Polestar
Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) is the Swedish electric performance car brand determined to improve society by using design and technology to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, its cars are available online in 27 markets globally across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Polestar's North American headquarters is in the greater New York City area. Polestar Spaces have been opened in over 30 of the region's top electric vehicle markets.
Polestar plans to have a lineup of five performance EVs by 2026. Polestar 2, the electric performance fastback, launched in 2019. Polestar 3, the SUV for the electric age, launched in late 2022. Polestar 4, the SUV coupé transformed, is launching in phases through 2023 and into 2024. Polestar 5, an electric fourdoor GT and Polestar 6, an electric roadster, are coming soon.
The Polestar 0 project supports the company's ambitious goal of creating a truly climate neutral production car by 2030. The research initiative also aims to create a sense of urgency to act on the climate crisis, by challenging employees, suppliers and the wider automotive industry, to drive towards zero.
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