Key to setting Polestar’s sustainability targets and ensuring the company is tracking toward them is Fredrika Klarén, Head of Sustainability at Polestar. She is realistic and honest about sustainability across the entire supply chain of electric vehicles.
“Electrification alone is not enough and pure EV-makers like Polestar have a lot of work ahead of us. Our focus remains unchanged as we double down on cutting emissions in our supply chain.” Says Klarén.
In addition to their environmental footprint from production, EVs also come with a social footprint. Polestar uses blockchain to trace risk materials back to the mine, mitigating social and environmental risks in complex supply chains. Material traceability is now increased to include cobalt, mica, lithium, nickel as well as leather and wool.
The Polestar 0 project, the company’s goal to create a truly climate-neutral car by 2030, has now been joined by over 20 leading players from various industries, all focused on finding solutions to eliminate CO2e and re-think processes, instead of relying on misleading offsetting schemes.
During 2022 Polestar teamed up with Circle Economy and STENA Recycling to measure the company’s impact and set a circularity baseline, from which work will be done to improve raw material consumption, biodiversity and recyclability.
Polestar also received additional certification in February 2023 as it was rated a low-risk 17 by Sustainalytics.
You can find the 2022 sustainability report here.