Climate Change Data

AUTO1 Group SE

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:269,697 mt CO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:1,230 mt CO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:2,611 mt CO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:264,567 mt CO2e
Renewable Energy Share:>85%
Total Energy Consumption:15754 GJ

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Action
  • Gender Equality
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth

Environmental Achievements

  • Launched Project Greencar, a reforestation and local development project to offset CO2 emissions.
  • Sourced over 85% of electricity from renewable energy sources.

Social Achievements

  • Increased headcount by approximately 1,800 employees in 2021.
  • Implemented various employee initiatives, including compliance training, onboarding programs, and AUTO1 Communities.

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented a comprehensive compliance management system.
  • Established a dedicated whistleblowing system.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Increase female representation at management level.

Environmental Challenges

  • Logistics is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (97% in 2021).
  • Lack of commercially available electric or hydrogen trucks for vehicle transport.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Continuously optimizing delivery routes.
  • Planning to switch to emission-free trucks as soon as available.
  • Insourcing production process to better monitor and reduce emissions.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Sourcing vehicles exclusively within the EU.
  • Implementing enhanced third-party due diligence process.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Transition to electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, EU Taxonomy Regulation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 13 (Climate Action)
  • Goal 5 (Gender Equality)
  • Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

AUTO1's initiatives contribute to these goals through various environmental, social, and governance programs.

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:293,334 mtCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:5,191 mtCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:2,139 mtCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:286,004 mtCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:>85%
Total Energy Consumption:15754 GJ

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Sourced over 85% of electricity from renewable energy sources.
  • Sold over 20,700 EVs and hybrids in 2022 (63% more than in 2021).

Social Achievements

  • Launched AUTO1 Communities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Implemented a standardized feedback, promotion, and salary raises process across the Group.

Governance Achievements

  • Updated Code of Conduct to include a section on prohibiting harassment.
  • Aligned practices with the updated German Corporate Governance Code.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 25% women on the Management Board and 25% female leaders in the two management levels below the Management Board by 2026.
  • Become a carbon-neutral company by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Expand Sell-Only networks to increase product convenience for local communities and customers.
  • Further improve user experience and enhance product and app for customers and car dealers.

Environmental Challenges

  • Logistics is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (97% of total emissions in 2022).
  • Lack of commercially available electric or hydrogen trucks for vehicle transport.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Continuously optimizing logistics routes to increase efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.
  • Prioritizing the use of highest emission standard available for combustion engines in Autohero delivery fleet.
  • Planning to switch fleet to carbon-neutral vehicles as soon as feasible.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Know-Your-Customer process for business partners.
  • Screening business partners for sanctions.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Enabling a liquid and transparent market for EVs.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, EU Taxonomy Regulation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
  • Goal 5 (Gender Equality)
  • Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

AUTO1's business model contributes to these goals through renewable energy use, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and economic growth in the used car market.

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:235,565 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:7,886 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:448 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:227,232 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:29.50%
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced purchasing-related emissions due to the purchase of vehicles with lower emissions.
  • Reduced emissions caused by internal logistics by optimizing delivery routes and putting in place more delivery hubs.
  • Reduced emissions caused by external production by increasingly insourcing the production process and improving the efficiency of internal production capabilities.
  • Reduced emissions caused by external logistics.
  • Reduced internal vehicle fleet emissions.
  • Reduced business travel-related emissions.
  • Implemented several projects in the Netherlands to reduce environmental footprint (e.g., using quick-drying paint, heat pumps, LED lighting, waste separation).

Social Achievements

  • Launched AUTO1 Communities to foster employee exchange and networking.
  • Organized a panel discussion for International Women's Day.
  • Implemented a standardized feedback, promotion, and salary raises process across the Group.
  • Launched an educational budget program for employee development.
  • Offered 44 training courses to employees.
  • Collaborated with Inklupreneur to develop an inclusion strategy for employees with disabilities.

Governance Achievements

  • Updated practices to fully comply with the 2022 update of the German Corporate Governance Code.
  • Implemented a robust whistleblowing system.
  • Launched an updated version of the annual mandatory compliance training courses on anti-corruption and bribery.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Carbon neutral by 2030 (offices, production centers, and purchasing branch network).
Short-term Goals:
  • Energy neutrality in the Netherlands by 2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is external logistics (96% of total emissions in 2023).
  • Growth of the business is expected to increase overall greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years.
  • Lack of hybrid or electric vehicles used by logistics companies.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Commitment to shift towards carbon-neutral logistics as soon as feasible.
  • Prioritizing reducing carbon footprint and offsetting unavoidable emissions.
  • Ensuring that Autohero delivery fleet has leading emission standards.
  • Working with logistics providers to shift towards carbon-neutral technologies.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Third-party due diligence program (to be fully implemented in 2024)
  • Know-Your-Customer process
  • Sanctions screening of business partners
  • Human Rights & Working Conditions policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Electrification of the used car market

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, EU Taxonomy Regulation

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 5 (Gender Equality)
  • Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
  • Goal 13 (Climate Action)

The company's business model and initiatives contribute to these goals through its focus on circular economy, diversity and inclusion, and climate action.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed