OUR STRATEGY
The Drive Sustainability strategy represents the common long-term ambition of the partnership.
Their mission is that to enhance sustainability throughout the automotive industry by leveraging a common voice and by engaging with suppliers, stakeholders, and related sectors of impactful activities.
The automotive supply chain has a naturally complex structure with interwoven relationships. Our approach is mindful of these complexities and our strategy activities have been planned accordingly.
THE ENABLER TO OUR AMBITIONS
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We collaborate to enhance supplier sustainability and implement the activities that bring us closer to reaching our ambitions.
OUR AMBITIONS
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Sustainable Raw Materials
Source raw materials sustainably
Human Rights
Ensure employees in our supply chain are treated well and empowered
Environmental Due Diligence
Getting to grips with the EU Deforestation Regulation
(focus for 2024-2025)
For more details of the previous achievements kindly refer to the progress report 2019 and the training report from 2018.
HOW WE BUILT OUR STRATEGY
The Strategy and Action Plan defines the long-term direction and ambition of Drive Sustainability. For its development, two elements were essential: alignment with the internal ambitions of the partners and integration of stakeholder feedback.
The Strategy has been developed in a four-phase process:
• During 2018, consultations with selected stakeholders and automotive companies took place. It became evident that ambitions and the working scope of Drive Sustainability needed to be increased to meet stakeholders’ expectations.
• In February 2019, purchasing and sustainability leaders of the automotive companies convened to discuss stakeholder feedback, opportunities for alignment with internal ambitions, and agreed on common objectives. The partners decided to extend the working scope to a value chain approach, while also addressing sustainability challenges related to climate and circular use of resources through the Drive Sustainability partnership.
• The strategy and its action plan were submitted for stakeholder feedback during Drive Sustainability’s second stakeholder event in May 2019.
• On-line consultation May-July 2019: The outcomes of the stakeholder event, together with the input received during the online consultation phase was analysed in summer 2019. Subsequently, the strategy and action plan were finalized and finally published in the beginning of 2020.
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Disclaimer
The Drive Sustainability strategy represents the common ambition of the partnership. The individual Drive Sustainability members may have their own strategies or may be in the process of defining one.
The strategy represents the partnership’s long-term vision and ambitions and are not limited to a specific time frame. The strategy action plan specifies activities and an intended time frame that contribute to achieving the group’s vision and ambitions.
We will periodically review our strategy and planned actions/ activities to make sure they contribute to achieving our ambitions, are in line with international and national targets and meet stakeholder expectations.