Sustainability and an ‘electrification offensive’
Volkswagen’s spokesperson for environment and sustainability Günther Scherelis, and life cycle assessment specialist, Marko Gernuks talk to pv magazine about the car manufacturer’s electric vehicle plans and new sustainability agenda. In the past, the company tried to achieve such sustainability by advocating diesel. This ended, as we all know, in Germany’s emissions scandal, dieselgate, in 2015. Now VW needs a new direction.
Earlier this year, VW announced a supply chain performance rating, to take environmental impacts and social responsibility into account. What is this about?Marko Gernuks: We are going to be CO2 neutral in 2050. We have set a milestone in 2025 where we want a carbon dioxide reduction of 30% of our fleet. The question is: …
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