Planet under Pressure
The 2020s are the make-or-break decade for Sustainability. But Covid-19 questions almost everything. How can we handle increasingly frequent shocks? What can a resilient society and economy that is in line with planetary boundaries look like? These and many other questions are discussed in the new 2020 edition of the Global Goals Yearbook titled “Planet under Pressure”. The Yearbook supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is one of the publications in strong international demand.
The 2020s are the make-or-break decade for Sustainability. But Covid-19 questions almost everything. How can we handle increasingly frequent shocks? What can a resilient society and economy that is in line with planetary boundaries look like? These and many other questions are discussed in the new 2020 edition of the Global Goals Yearbook titled “Planet under Pressure”. The Yearbook supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is one of the publications in strong international demand.
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hand, the manufacturing process must<br />
be optimized, because battery production<br />
in particular is very energy-intensive. In<br />
fact, it is regarded as the main cause of<br />
CO 2<br />
emissions during the production of<br />
an electric car. Audi is therefore committed<br />
to significantly reducing this<br />
particular piece of “CO 2<br />
baggage” and,<br />
for instance, requests that its cell suppliers<br />
use green electricity. In addition,<br />
the company is also looking at measures<br />
in the value chain that have an impact<br />
long before they reach the car.<br />
Responsible battery value chain<br />
That is why Audi is an active member<br />
of the GBA, a multistakeholder platform<br />
that currently consists of more than 70<br />
members from the public and private<br />
sectors. It was launched in 2017 <strong>under</strong><br />
the umbrella of the World Economic<br />
Forum. The goal of the GBA is to establish<br />
a sustainable and more environmentally<br />
friendly value chain for batteries.<br />
According to initial findings, this would<br />
save approximately 30 percent of greenhouse<br />
gas emissions within the transportation<br />
and energy sector by 2030. At the<br />
start of 2020, the GBA published 10 guiding<br />
principles for a sustainable battery<br />
value chain. Collaborating in this initiative<br />
is extremely important to Audi, as<br />
demonstrated by the following statement<br />
from Hildegard Wortmann, Member of<br />
the Board of Management, Sales and<br />
Marketing, Audi:<br />
“For Audi, batteries are key on<br />
our way to carbon-neutral<br />
mobility. To ensure that this<br />
technology is thoroughly<br />
sustainable, we welcome and support<br />
the GBA initiative and our<br />
common principles. We believe in<br />
the power of join the GBA<br />
as well. Audi is striving for a<br />
reliable “sustainability<br />
performance seal,” carried out<br />
by robust stakeholder engagement,<br />
which stands as a global<br />
reference for clean and<br />
ethical produced batteries.”<br />
Greenhouse gas potential [t CO2 eq.]<br />
50<br />
45<br />
40<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
Legend<br />
Production Utilization Recycling<br />
0 km<br />
Audi e-tron 55 quattro*<br />
efficiency 265 kW<br />
(MY2019)Electricity<br />
from renewable sources<br />
Audi Q5 2.0 TFSI*<br />
quattro S tronic<br />
185kW (MJ 2017)<br />
In addition to its general commitment to<br />
the GBA, Audi is also actively involved<br />
in the GBA’s initiative aimed at creating<br />
what is being referred to as a Battery<br />
Passport. The passport represents a<br />
digital image of a physical battery and is<br />
intended to serve as a quality seal for a<br />
sustainable battery value chain. Thus, it<br />
contains key information about relevant<br />
environmental criteria. When implementing<br />
the passport, consideration is<br />
given not just to CO 2<br />
emissions, but to all<br />
the sustainability aspects that are relevant<br />
within the value chain, including the<br />
responsible procurement of raw materials<br />
such as cobalt. The focus is especially on<br />
social and societal risks, such as respect<br />
for human rights and the prevention of<br />
child labor or occupational risks. In the<br />
end, the Battery Passport is intended to<br />
ensure that the entire battery value chain<br />
100,000 Km<br />
200,000 Km<br />
Audi e-tron 55<br />
quattro*efficiency<br />
265kW (MY2019) EU<br />
electricity mix<br />
Audi Q7 3.0 TDI*<br />
quattro tiptronic<br />
200 kW (MY2016)<br />
(NEDC)<br />
* Audi e-tron: Combined power consumption in kWh/100 km: 24.3–21.0 (NEDC); 26.6–22.4 (WLTP),<br />
combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 0. Audi Q5 2.0 TFSI (model year 2017 // NEDC) and Audi Q7 3.0<br />
TDI (model year 2016 // NEDC): Vehicles are no longer offered for sale. Fuel/electric power<br />
consumption and CO₂ emission figures for current models can be found on page 110<br />
is sustainable, verifiable, transparent, and<br />
plausible. However, there is a great deal<br />
to do on the path to achieving this quality<br />
seal: The measures were implemented<br />
recently and the GBA aims to publish<br />
the first version of the Battery Passport<br />
by the start of 2021.<br />
Commitment to the SDGs<br />
By participating in the GBA, Audi is not<br />
only contributing to upholding the Paris<br />
Agreement, but it is also doing its part to<br />
achieve the UN Sustainable Development<br />
Goals. This particularly applies to Goal<br />
8 (Decent work and economic growth),<br />
Goal 12 (Responsible consumption and<br />
production), and Goal 13 (Climate action).<br />
Audi has also expressly committed itself<br />
to the Sustainable Development Goals as<br />
part of its sustainability strategy.<br />
Global Goals Yearbook 2020 81
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