BMW and Toyota most sustainable, GM far behind
GreenBiz writes about a study which aims to analyse the corporate sustainability performance of car manufacturers by making use of the 'Sustainable Value' approach.
Sustainability performance was measured over the period 1999-2005.
From the researchers' website: "The Sustainable Value produced by [the 16] companies ranges from -13.72 billion € (GM, 2005) to +6.50 billion € (Toyota 2005). One salient feature is that three manufacturers managed to consistently produce a positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period (BWM Group, Honda, Toyota). In the case of two other manufacturers, no complete time series are available; in those years for which data are available, however, they also produce consistently positive Sustainable Value (Hyundai, Nissan). In addition, three companies were identified as generating negative Sustainable Value over the entire review period (FIAT Auto, GM, Mitsubishi)."
Read the article here at GreenBiz, where you can also find a link to the full report.
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