Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025: Automotive Sector
Summary
The analysis of Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, Toyota, and Volkswagen reveals a general failure to set credible decarbonisation targets or address key transitions. Most companies lack ambition in emission reductions, and current battery electric vehicle sales trajectories are insufficient for 1.5°C alignment. While some progress exists in near-zero steel and aluminium procurement by Ford and General Motors, other critical areas like battery production emissions remain neglected.
Key insights
- Most assessed automakers, except for Stellantis, have not meaningfully increased the ambition of their emission reduction targets, and many long-term carbon neutrality pledges lack credible details regarding the phase-out of internal combustion engines or measurable emissions cuts.
- Current battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales trends from the last five years suggest that 2030 sales targets are at risk and do not align with a 1.5°C pathway.
- Critical supply chain transitions, such as improving EV efficiency and reducing battery production emissions, are largely missing from company strategies, although Ford and General Motors have made initial commitments to procure near-zero steel and aluminium.
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- NewClimate Institute (2025). Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025: Automotive Sector. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/corporate-climate-responsibility-monitor-2025-automotive-sector
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- NewClimate Institute. Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025: Automotive Sector. 2025. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/corporate-climate-responsibility-monitor-2025-automotive-sector.
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- {{cite report |author=NewClimate Institute |title=Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025: Automotive Sector |date=10 July 2025 |url=http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/corporate-climate-responsibility-monitor-2025-automotive-sector |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
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- @techreport{newclimateinstitute2025corporate, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2025: Automotive Sector}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/corporate-climate-responsibility-monitor-2025-automotive-sector}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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