Carbon is the enemy: The industry responds

Only a few years ago, terms like “carbon neutrality,” “greenhouse gas” and “carbon footprint” were relegated to the world of scientists, environmentalists and green-leaning merchants. Now they are on the lips of virtually every company in the global auto industry. In boardrooms and shareholder presentations, in auto plants and component manufacturing settings from Tokyo to Paris, automotive executives and factory leaders are pursuing a shared goal: reducing their companies’ carbon footprints in the pursuit of cutting their individual CO2 emissions. Automotive News looks at how this worldwide industry phenomenon has quickly taken shape and where it will lead automaking in the decade ahead. --Lindsay Chappell The world auto industry is attacking carbon emissions as a shared goalThu, Apr 27, 8:00 pmNo carmaker's corporate mission is complete without talk of carbon neutrality and a plan of action for cutting emissions. Companies are spending billions and upturning business as usual in pursuit of that goal.Full storyWhy suppliers are critical to reducing the auto industry's carbon footprintThu, Apr 27, 7:58 pmThe auto industry is a major contributor to climate change. Automakers' plans to reduce the industry's carbon footprint will only work if they can get suppliers to come along.Full storyHow suppliers are rethinking their products, business plans and physical footprints to reduce carbonThu, Apr 27, 7:57 pmParts makers are re-imagining how they design buildings and what materials should go into their products in a bid to become more eco-friendly.Full storyHow suppliers are adjusting to automakers' carbon emission reduction targetsThu, Apr 27, 7:48 pmAs automakers push suppliers to reduce their carbon footprints, the companies are responding by setting their own targets and coming up with new products and manufacturing processes.Full storyBetting on new innovation in EuropeThu, Apr 27, 7:45 pmEuropean automakers have been working on reducing their carbon footprints through solar-powered plants, recycled metal and better methods of heating paint ovens.Full storyJapan carmakers, from Toyota to Nissan and Honda, are attacking carbon by any means necessaryThu, Apr 27, 7:43 pmThe quest by Japanese automakers to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 encompasses carbon-cutting car technologies, the rapid rollout of recharging stations and plans to recycle virtually every bit of a vehicle.Full storyAuto industry is buckling down to decarbonize everythingThu, Apr 27, 7:41 pmIf U.S. regulation isn't driving the auto industry's efforts to decarbonize manufacturing plants and the supply chain, then what is?Full story

Carbon is the enemy: The industry responds

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