A just transition is undermined by a disconnect between human rights and climate issues

The automotive companies included in our 2020 CHRB were also assessed in our Climate and Energy Benchmark. When comparing both assessments, almost no correlation could be found between a company’s relative performance on either benchmark. In the coming decades, emissions-intensive sectors, such as automotive, face the major challenge of shifting to a net zero-carbon economy while upholding the central promise of the SDGs to leave no one behind.