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Sustainability in automotive

Automotive boardrooms increasingly recognize that sustainability is not a burden but an opportunity to transform their organization, processes, products, and services – all while leveraging data.

A bold vision is needed if automotive companies are to achieve carbon-neutral production and an ethical, sustainable supply chain, and to deliver on the whole promise of sustainable mobility.

To achieve this vision, OEMs face a far-reaching transformation that will take them into unfamiliar territory as they seek and acquire new competencies, capabilities, and partnerships. Data, and data sharing, will be vital. And all aspects of the business will be affected: production, sourcing, procurement, IT, after-sales, and more.

The sustainability challenges

Strategic collaboration is essential for OEMs to deliver measurable environmental benefits on a global scale. That means extensive sharing of data and insights from across the industry, achieved through a comprehensive, end-to-end data value chain.

We’re facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for OEMs. Those that battle the current will soon find themselves struggling to stand their ground. The future of mobility will belong to the leaders that successfully build sustainable operations into their working models. Capgemini is here to help you do just that.

The sustainability solutions

“The automotive industry has made steady progress on sustainability, but a more rapid acceleration towards a systemic approach is now needed.”

Markus Winkler, Executive Vice President – Global Automotive Sector

    Talking sustainability with Capgemini experts

    The drive for automotive sustainability brings major disruption – but also massive opportunities

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    Sustainability in automotive: From ambition to action

    In our newest Capgemini Research Institute report, we examine the various aspects of sustainability in automotive in depth.

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      Becoming a Renewable Enterprise

      With data-powered insight, innovation, and collaboration, sustainability can evolve from a target to a mindset that drives the Renewable Enterprise.

      The Renewable Enterprise is Capgemini’s vision for the future of sustainable business.

      We can help OEMs identify and adopt technologies that are relevant to their intended use cases and to strategic priorities such as Intelligent Industry, customer first, and enterprise transformation.

      Capgemini and SAP’s work in prioritizing and actioning environmental concerns in our own business reveals that three elements are necessary: the ability to identify meaningful sustainability targets, an end-to-end data value chain, and effective data sharing.

      With these three in place, companies can introduce a culture of continuous improvement and monitor progress towards goals like net zero, waste reduction, and regulatory compliance.

      Research and insights

      Podcast episode

      Future Sight: All roads lead to sustainability
      Point of view

      Driving the future with sustainable mobility
      Report

      Sustainable mobility
      Point of view

      Going above and beyond – leading the way to sustainable mobility

      Client stories

        IT contributes to automotive sustainability targets

        Capgemini modernizes a premium automotive manufacturer’s application landscape to accelerate its transition to a CO2 neutral enterprise

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          Expert perspectives

          Sustainability

          Leadership in the era of automotive sustainability

          Markus Winkler
          Apr 7, 2022

          Meet our experts

          Markus Winkler

          Executive Vice President – Global Automotive Sector, Capgemini
          Markus Winkler works with teams across the world, helping clients shape their mobility strategies and invent what’s next in the rapidly changing automotive industry. Markus asserts that car-sharing, electrification, and mass-transit systems will change the face of mobility at local, and global levels.

          Daniel Garschagen

          Lead Sustainability in Automotive Business Unit, Capgemini Germany
          Danial supports automotive clients in their digital transformation, focusing on the customer experience, sales strategies, and digital marketing.

          Ralf Blessmann

          Executive Vice President and Head of Automotive Division, Germany
          Ralf Blessmann leads the automotive sector in Germany. Sustainability and data sovereignty are his priority topics and key to help automotive clients in transforming their business.