Climate action
We are clear on our role in addressing the effects of climate change. With a global footprint that covers 47 manufacturing facilities around the world, we strive to make a leading contribution to the decarbonisation of the automotive industry.
A global leader in electrification technology for over 20 years
We have been a global leader in electrification technology for over 20 years, helping to decarbonise the automotive industry with eDrive systems supplied to more than 2 million vehicles, as well as delivering drive systems and components.
Carbon reduction
Our near and long-term carbon emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. We are committed to reducing our direct Greenhouse Gas emissions (scope 1 and 2) by 45% by 2030, from a 2021 base year, and reducing our indirect GHG emissions (scope 3) by 25% by 2030 in the same time frame.
These near-term ambitions provide a critical foundation for us to achieve our long-term target of reaching net zero emissions across our value chain by 2045.
Learn more about our comprehensive carbon reduction action plan below.
Our targets
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2045
Net Zero by 2045
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75 %
75% of our electricity to be certified as renewable by 2030; 50% by 2025
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100 %
Divert 100% of our waste from landfill by 2030
Highlights
We launched a sustainability e-learning platform to ensure as many employees as possible understand our strategy and the role they can play to contribute towards it.
We reduced our direct C02e emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 30% in 2024 versus the previous year. This was a marked improvement from the, still significant, 12.5% reduction that was made in 2023.
In 2024, 11% of GKN Automotive’s electricity consumption across our sites came from renewable sources (2023: 10%). Europe achieved 26%, while Asia-Pacific reached 5%. Notably, our sites in Oleśnica (Poland), Bruneck (Italy), and Köping (Sweden) have already achieved 100% renewable electricity. In India, our site in Pune, reached 45%.
In 2024, total scope 3 emissions were 14.9 million tonnes CO2e (2023: 13.7 million tonnes CO2e). The year-on-year change was primarily due to methodology improvements, notably relating to purchased goods and services and investments.
GKN Automotive signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with Recurrent Energy covering 65% of our European electricity load, a key step in our SBTi-approved targets to reduce our direct Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 45% by 2030 and achieve net zero across our entire value chain by 2045. The agreement facilitates the supply of approximately 2 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable electricity to the European grid over a 10-year period.
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