Automotive is one of the UK’s most valuable sectors, contributing billions to the economy and supporting hundreds of thousands of livelihoods, and sustainability lies at the heart of everything it does. From reducing the emissions from both production processes and products, to investing in training and development for its staff, the sector seeks to ensure it is leading the way in sustainability.
The latest report reviews 20 years of sustainable development, highlighting the importance industry places on balancing profitability and output with social and environmental responsibilities.
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- 27 signatories contributed to this 20th report, the longest standing sector sustainability report available.
- Turnover up 69.8% since 1999 to £81.7 billion
- CO2 per vehicle produced down 53.6% to 0.51 tonnes
- Relative waste to landfill down 95.4% since 1999
- Vehicle registrations up 8.3% on 1999 to 2.72 million units
- New car CO2down 31.2% on 1999
- AFV car registrations rose from 1,690 in 2001 to 141,270 units (6% of the market) in 2018
- Vehicle reuse and recovery rose by 20% since 1999 to 95% of the vehicle by weight
- Average age of cars and vans when scrapped up 7 months to 14.2 years on 1999
- Training days up 90.6% to 7.2 on 1999
- Number of lost-time incidents down by 88% since 1999
- Average automotive wages rose by 85% since 1999; vs 61% across the whole economy
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The sustainability of the industry and its priorities have broadened over the course of the last 20 years. Its priorities
now include all air pollutants, new mobility and social trends e.g. ageing population.These changes were evidenced in a 2017 materiality assessment carried out by SMMT, which was designed to track the relative importance of specific environmental, social, governance and other issues to the automotive industry and its stakeholders. The chart below shows the progress made against the priority issues identified.
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Key priorities for a sustainable UK Automotive sector
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- ATP (ATP)
- Autoelectro
- Aston Martin Lagonda (Aston Martin, Lagonda)
- Bentley Motors Limited (Bentley)
- BMW Group (BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce)
- Bosch (Bosch)
- Carwood (Carwood)
- Caterpillar (Caterpillar, Perkins)
- Covpress Assembly Ltd (Covpress Assembly Ltd)
- Ford Motor Company Limited (Ford)
- Honda (UK) and Honda of the UK Manufacturing Limited (Honda)
- IBC Vehicles Limited (Vauxhall, Opel)
- Jaguar Land Rover Ltd (Jaguar Cars, Land Rover)
- LEVC (LEVC)
- Leyland Trucks (DAF Trucks)
- Lotus (Lotus)
- McLaren
- Michelin Tyre plc (Michelin)
- Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited and Nissan Technology Centre Group (Infiniti, Nissan)
- Optare (Optare)
- Pritex (Pritex)
- PSA Group (Citroen, Peugeot, DS Automobiles)
- Robert Bosch (Bosch)
- Schaeffler (Schaeffler)
- Toyota (GB) plc and Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd (Lexus, Toyota)
- Unipart (Unipart Logistics)
- Vauxhall (Vauxhall)
- Volkswagen Group (UK) Ltd (Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles)
- Volvo Car UK Ltd (Volvo)
