[RahulNagaraj]

Porsche has asked all its suppliers to exclusively start using renewable energy while manufacturing components for the brand's various models. This is said to be part of Porsche's efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in its supply chain.

According to Porsche, the use of renewable energy will apply to all contracts going forward as well. The company also announced that those unwilling to switch to renewable energy sources will not be considered for future long-term contracts with the brand.



The company is said to have set itself an ambitious goal of achieving 100 per cent carbon neutrality across the entire production chain by 2030. The supply chain operations of the German carmaker are said to be currently responsible for 20 per cent of the brand's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Apart from asking its suppliers to use renewable energy, Porsche themselves are said to be working on reducing CO2 emissions as well. The German car brand's larger production sites such as the Zuffenhausen facility in Stuttgart (producing the Taycan) and the Leipzig facility (manufacturing the 911 & 718 models) are already said to be carbon neutral.

Porsche even achieved a new milestone with the world premiere of its Taycan Cross Turismo. The electric sports car became the world's first vehicle to be carbon neutral across its entire production operation.

The company also announced an additional investment of a billion euros over the next 10 years. This investment is said to be used mostly towards the brand's decarbonisation measures. Porsche aims to electrify 80 per cent of its entire product line-up by 2030.

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[GTO]

Respect . Porsche does a lot of things right & this is just one of them. That being said, 'renewable energy' commitments cost money and Porsche can do that due to the premium pricing of its cars and its F-A-T profit margins (among the best in the industry). Not every manufacturer can, certainly not the mainstream brands. Period.

[ChiragM]

Kudos to Porsche in enforcing this. Clean green energy is the need of the hour in the industry, especially when there are a lot of talks regarding the impact on the planet manufacturing of cars as well as batteries have. I have a feeling that this could also be due to their tie up with Rimac. Does Rimac have the same policy for its suppliers?

I read that Audi is also looking to reduce the carbon footprint of its cars' supply chains.

[vinya_jag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb6wQtNjblk

Was watching a documentary over the weekend, available on Netflix. This is like any other Eco Documentary just talks about all the negative things happening around us, but it had a lot of facts that I wasn't aware of.

It talks in detail about Air pollution, Chemical pollution, Ozone, temperature raise, biodiversity loss and a few other things in detail.

You see more of these in countries such as UK and other Rich European countries, and more steps taken from these countries. Today, the top sustainable clothing brands are from UK or Californa region. It will be soon, other countries follow suit.

My guess, 2025 onwards, it will be the era of sustainability and recyclability. We might even see sustainability star ratings on everything we purchase, clothes, toothpaste, Cars, Meat. We will probably be buying fewer items, but more expensive items in the future.

But yes, when it comes to cars, heart rules the head