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Sustainability Council

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Initiator, supporter, critical voice and "challenger" – the roles and tasks of the Volkswagen Group Sustainability Council are as diverse as its topics.

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The Sustainability Council with its international experts from business, politics, science and civil society was appointed for the first time in 2016 to support the Group on strategic sustainability and social responsibility topics. End of 2022, the second term the Sustainability Council came to an end.

“Climate change is one of the great challenges of our time. That is why we are continuously driving forward the transformation of the Volkswagen Group and taking a holistic approach to the issue of sustainability: economically, ecologically and socially,” explains Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume. "As part of our 10-point plan, we are setting ourselves ambitious ESG goals across our brands and business areas," he emphasizes.

Also in the future the Group will continue to be supported by an independent body. Realigned in terms of personnel and strategy, the future Sustainability Council will support the implementation of the sustainability strategy and the ESG goals in the Group.

"We can see that sustainability is now firmly anchored as a strategic goal in the Volkswagen Group," notes Georg Kell, founding director of the United Nations Global Compact and spokesman for the previous Sustainability Advisory Board. “Now it depends on the speed of the transformation to continue to be successful. We are therefore pleased to continue to accompany you on this path. In a smaller composition, we will react even more agile and still be able to offer a critical and constructive perspective from the outside.”

Georg Kell
“Now it depends on the speed of the transformation to continue to be successful. We are therefore pleased to continue to accompany you on this path. In a smaller composition, we will react even more agile and still be able to offer a critical and constructive perspective from the outside.”
Georg Kell Founding director of the United Nations Global Compact and spokesman for the previous Sustainability Advisory Board
Georg Kell
The specified fuel consumption and emission data are determined in accordance with the measurement procedures prescribed by law. 1 January 2022, the WLTP test cycle completely replaced the NEDC test cycle and therefore no NEDC values are available for new type approved vehicles after that date. This information does not refer to a single vehicle and is not part of the offer but is only intended for comparison between different types of vehicles. Additional equipment and accessories (additional components, tyre formats, etc.) can alter relevant vehicle parameters such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, affecting the vehicle's fuel consumption, power consumption, CO2 emissions and driving performance values in addition to weather and traffic conditions and individual driving behavior. Due to more realistic testing conditions, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to WLTP will in many cases be higher than the values measured according to NEDC. As a result, the taxation of vehicles may change accordingly as of 1 September 2018. For further information on the differences between WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp. Further information on official fuel consumption data and official specific CO2 emissions for new passenger cars can be found in the "Guide to fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption for new passenger car models", which is available free of charge from all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de/co2.