Polestar reduces relative greenhouse gas emissions by 9% per sold car

Polestar has published its Sustainability Report for 2023. 

The Swedish car brand continues to make significant progress on its climate targets, achieving a reduction of 9% in relative greenhouse gas emissions per sold car in 2023.

This equates to a reduction of 3.4 tCO2e compared to 2022, achieved by focusing on three main areas: using carefully chosen materials with lower climate impact, renewable electricity in car and battery production, and energy efficiency in the use phase. 

The achievements in 2023 and future ambitions illustrate that decoupling growth from increased emissions is possible.

“Our vision is clear – we want to accelerate the EV transition while bringing in more sustainable and innovative solutions to improve electric cars. We need to acknowledge that our industry still has a huge potential for improvement in disclosing concrete plans for achieving its climate pledges,” says Polestars’ Head of Sustainability, Fredrika Klarén. 

“This year, we are sharing our work to make our climate roadmap more concrete as we navigate towards our 2040 climate goal,” she says.

In 2023, Polestar also focused on enhancing its traceability practices and expanding the number of battery risk minerals tracked. A significant advancement is the ability to trace lithium and nickel used in Polestar 3’s batteries, adding to cobalt and mica monitored with blockchain technology since 2020 and 2021, respectively.

The sustainability report discloses how Polestar is adopting a due diligence approach to improve the ability to identify and remediate sustainability-related risks. In 2023, Polestar introduced a digital platform to streamline the collection of sustainability-related data to support transparency and compliance with standards and regulations.

Read the full report here.