Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced new sustainability targets it plans to meet by the end of the decade along with announcing a new Sustainability Director. The carmaker has said it plans to further reduce its green house gas emissions by 46 percent across its operations by 2030 as compared to 2019 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2039. Further targets include a 54 percent reduction in vehicle emissions across the company's value chain and a 60 percent reduction “throughout the use phase of its vehicles.”
JLR says that its new climate goals fall in line with the Paris Agreement and are a pathway to a 1.5 deg C emissions reduction. The climate goals were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.
JLR appointed Rossella Cardone as its new Director and Head of Sustainability Office. Cardone has been charged with driving the brand's transformation and will support Francois Dossa, Executive Director, Strategy and Sustainability.
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Commenting on the new sustainability targets, Cardone said, “Sustainability sits at the core of our Reimagine strategy, with the aim to achieve net carbon zero by 2039, as the creator of the world's most desirable modern luxury vehicles. As we move from climate ambition into action, we are now embedding sustainability into the Jaguar Land Rover DNA to minimise our carbon footprint across our value chain. Science-based targets tell us how much and how quickly we need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as well as keeping stakeholders informed about our progress.”
Under its Reimagine strategy, JLR has embraced the move to electrification with a target of achieving full electrification by 2030 with every model offered with an all-electric derivative. Jaguar meanwhile is set to become electric-only by 2025.
