The events of the past two years have been anything but business as usual, but the commitment of the automotive sector to be greener, cleaner and better remains undiminished, regardless of the outside factors that have buffeted the world.
Following the profound impact of the pandemic in 2020, 2021 was an opportunity to begin to rebuild – an opportunity seized by the industry, despite various factors holding us back from reaching our full potential. There were many positives: Covid restrictions began to roll back, markets reopened, the UK hosted the world at COP26, electric vehicle uptake skyrocketed. There were also new challenges: the knock-on effects of pandemic lockdowns stymied supply chains, inhibiting production, energy costs began to rise, and evidence suggests that charging infrastructure investment continued to fall behind EV demand.
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- 20 signatories contributed to this 23rd report, the longest standing sector sustainability report available.
- Water use per vehicle produced down -6.1%
- Waste to landfill per vehicle produced down -2.6%
- Relative energy up 3.2%
- CO2 per vehicle produced down -1.3%
- Cars average CO2 emissions down -11.2% to 119.7g/km
- Alternatively Fuelled Vehicle registrations 18.6% market share in 2021
- 11.6% were Battery Electric Vehicles
- Sectoral jobs down -7%
- Employee accidents down -30.8%
- Training days per employee up 5.6%
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With government action to support UK competitiveness, we can help cut the UK’s carbon emissions, creating new jobs and generating growth. With the world now reopening for business, we must ensure that every opportunity is seized to deliver an effective net zero transition of efficient production and zero emission mobility for all.
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- Aston Martin Lagonda (Aston Martin, Lagonda)
- Autocraft
- Bentley Motors Ltd (Bentley)
- BMW Group UK (BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce)
- Bosch (Bosch)
- Caterpillar (Caterpillar, Perkins)
- Ford Motor Company Limited (Ford)
- Jaguar Land Rover Ltd (Jaguar Cars, Land Rover)
- Leyland Trucks (DAF Trucks)
- Lotus (Lotus)
- McLaren (McLaren)
- Michelin Tyre plc (Michelin)
- Nissan
- Switch Mobility (Switch Mobility)
- PSA Group (Citroen, DS Automobiles, Peugeot, Vauxhall, Opel)
- Toyota (GB) plc and Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd (Lexus, Toyota)
- Unipart (Unipart Logistics)
- Volkswagen Group (UK) Ltd (Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles)
- Volvo Car UK Ltd (Volvo)
