- Porsche has stipulated that suppliers must utilise clean energy.
- The company plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
- Porsche’s supply chain currently contributes 20 per cent of its GHG emissions.
German carmaker Porsche AG says that it wants all of its 1300 series suppliers to utilise only renewable energy in the production of components for its vehicles as of July. The company said that this requirement would apply to any contracts awarded for the provision of production material for new vehicle projects.
“Our battery cell suppliers have already had to use green energy since 2020. And now we are taking the next important step: we stipulate that our series suppliers also use only renewable energy to produce our components, to help reduce CO2 emissions even further,” said Uwe-Karsten Staedter, member of the executive board for procurement at Porsche.
Porsche has already set its sight on achieving net-zero across its value chain by 2030. The company has said that operations at its large plants are currently carbon-neutral. Porche’s supply chain currently accounts for about 20 per cent of its total greenhouse gas emissions. Porsche intends to invest €1 billion ($1.2bn) in decarbonisation efforts over the next decade.