The Volkswagen Group uses and promotes sustainability-oriented business areas.
Sustainability and climate-friendly business practices are of central strategic and operative importance to the Volkswagen Group and represent a key pillar of the Group’s ambitious Group sustainability strategy. The impact on all investment decisions is therefore large.
Sustainability remains fundamental for our business and will continue to become even more relevant. The escalating perceptible impact of climate change, growing consumer awareness of sustainable living and voluntary frameworks such as the Paris Agreement are key drivers in this context.
Electric mobility plays a key role in reducing emissions from road traffic. In 2024, the share of BEVs in the Volkswagen Group was 8.3% (previous year: 8.3%). The global share is due to reach 50% by 2030. Production ramp-up is a process that the Volkswagen Group continuously reviews and adapts.
Through MAN Energy Solutions, we also offer technologies (e.g. for carbon capture and storage, heat pumps, and large engines powered by future fuels) that play a key role in the decarbonization of critical industries.
Since 2023, the Volkswagen Group has also been investing in decarbonization efforts both internally and externally through a venture capital fund. Established with an initial anchor investment of USD 300 million, this fund aims to accelerate the development of innovative decarbonization technologies and solutions across the mobility value chain.
