This module assesses the company’s past trend in emissions intensity – emissions per passenger per kilometre. Although the overall assessment focuses on fleet emissions, a not insignificant part of an auto manufacturer’s emissions come from the production phase of cars, and therefore the holistic ACT assessment takes this into account.

The trend shows the speed at which the company has been reducing its emissions intensity in the recent past. Comparing this to the scientific low-carbon benchmark pathway allocated to the company gives an indication of the scale of the change that needs to be made within the company to bring it onto a low-carbon pathway.

Nine of the companies assessed performed optimally on this module (i.e. 100 percent), showing a commitment over time to reducing manufacturing emissions. Conversely, nine companies have the minimum performance on this module (i.e. 0 percent), either by not sharing this data or failing to reduce manufacturing emissions, both of which fail to provide stakeholders confidence in a company’s ability to transition to a low-carbon economy.

Ranking overview

1 BMW AG
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Daimler AG
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Ford Motor Company
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- General Motors Company
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Groupe PSA
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Renault
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
- Subaru Corporation
Total score 0.4 /0.4
Material Investment 0.4 /0.4
10 Honda Motor Company
Total score 0.3 /0.4
Material Investment 0.3 /0.4
- Mazda Motor Corporation
Total score 0.3 /0.4
Material Investment 0.3 /0.4
- Tata Motors
Total score 0.3 /0.4
Material Investment 0.3 /0.4
13 Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Total score 0.1 /0.4
Material Investment 0.1 /0.4
- Suzuki Motor Corporation
Total score 0.1 /0.4
Material Investment 0.1 /0.4
- Toyota Motor Corporation
Total score 0.1 /0.4
Material Investment 0.1 /0.4
- Volkswagen AG
Total score 0.1 /0.4
Material Investment 0.1 /0.4
17 BAIC Motor Corporation Ltd (北京汽车股份有限公司)
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- Chongqing Changan Automobile Company Ltd. (重庆长安汽车股份有限公司|长安汽车 )
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd (东风汽车股份有限公司|东风汽车)
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- FAW Car Company Limited (一汽轿车股份有限公司)
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (吉利汽车控股有限公司)
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd (广州汽车集团有限公司|广汽集团)
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- Hyundai Motor Co
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (上海汽车集团股份有限公司|上汽集团)
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4
- Tesla Motors, Inc.
Total score 0.0 /0.4
Material Investment 0.0 /0.4