Polestar releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Polestar has published its Sustainability Report for 2023.

The firm states that it has continued to make significant progress on its climate targets, with a 9% reduction in relative greenhouse gas emissions per sold car in 2023. It states that this equates to a reduction of 3.4 tCO₂e compared to 2022, and comes from its use of materials that have a lower climate impact, the use or renewable electricity in production, as well as an increase in energy efficiency of its cars.

Polestar states that it also focused on enhancing its traceability practices in 2023 while expanding the number of battery risk minerals tracked. The firm is now able to trace the lithium and nickel used in the batteries of the Polestar 3, adding to the cobalt and mica that have been monitored with blockchain technology since 2020 and 2021, respectively. The firm has additionally introduced a digital platform to streamline the collection of sustainability related data to support transparency and compliance with standards and regulations.

Catch Polestar's 2023 Sustainability Report here.