Mobility Impact Report - Automotive Edition

In our latest quarterly review of corporate sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities, we find that leading automotive companies are making significant environmental commitments, with Tesla's Berlin gigafactory achieving 100% renewable operations through onsite solar and wind installations, eliminating 450,000 tonnes of annual CO₂ emissions. The report highlights how BMW has increased recycled aluminium usage to 50% in Neue Klasse platforms, while Toyota has committed USD70bn to hydrogen infrastructure across 15 European cities by 2030. Social initiatives include Mercedes-Benz upskilling 22,000 workers in EV battery technology and Ford investing USD525m in EV training programs throughout the automotive value chain.

This report analyses thousands of sustainability disclosures from 20 leading entities in the industry, including Tesla, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz. Published in Q225 as part of a quarterly series, it also includes disclosures from Global South entities like Tata Motors, VinFast Auto, and Mahindra & Mahindra. The global nature of this analysis makes it an ideal source of external evidence for sustainability accounting and disclosure, with critical insights into topics of financial materiality and impact materiality across automotive manufacturing and sales, as companies implement ESG reporting aligned with net-zero transition requirements.