Sustainability is an integral part of Vitesco Technologies' business model and is at the core of our mission POWERING CLEAN MOBILITY. With innovative and efficient solutions, we aim to reduce the environmental impacts of the automotive industry worldwide and promote emission-free mobility in the long term.
Our Management Team is fully committed to actively manage the transformation into the electrified future, aiming for profitable growth and continue delivering on operational excellence. In addition to driving financial results, Vitesco Technologies promotes value creation built on solid corporate governance and environmental and social responsibility.
Our corporate strategy DIRECTION 2030 reflects this ambition in the claim "Driver of Sustainability", which is one of our five strategic focus areas. A Sustainability Organization enclosing a clear structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities and a Sustainability Agenda outlining plainly set goals and targets lead our path.
Our Sustainability Organization follows a network-driven approach with the Center of Expertise Sustainability & Security being the strategic lead function directly reporting to Vitesco Technologies’ CHRO. Considering the interdisciplinary nature of Sustainability, the topic is not limited to one department. Thus, additional sustainability-related roles exist within the company.
To grant flawless and efficient collaboration, all relevant sustainability roles are members of Vitesco Technologies´ Sustainability Core Team, acting as an extended sustainability department. Besides that, the Sustainability Steering Committee is the leading governance and decision-making body for sustainability-related topics, led by the CHRO. In addition, the Sustainability Community is an internal community open for all Vitesco Technologies’ employees.
Vitesco Technologies´ Sustainability Organization is designed to ensure permanent management attention on sustainability aspects and its integration into Vitesco Technologies’ corporate strategy and business processes. Besides that, it enables efficient and lean collaboration within the organization.
As the stratgeic lead fucntion the Center of Expertise Sustainability & Security coordinates and aligns all sustainability-related functions and ensures efficient collaboration. It drives the implementation of our Sustainability Agenda and is responsible for sustainability reporting.
The Sustainability Community is an internal network open for all employees that are interested in Sustainability or that have a job-related interface. The Sustainability Community has the objective to provide easy access to sustainability related information on strategy, material topics, and ongoing projects.
The Sustainability Core Team is the extended Sustainability department and aligns all functions working on our Sustainability Agenda. It fosters effective and efficient collaboration and shares and aligns relevant information on ongoing projects, upcoming legal, customers’ and investors´ requirements.
The Sustainability Steering Committee is the leading governance and decision-making body for sustainability-related topics within Vitesco Technologies. It ensures permanent management attention on sustainability aspects and its integration into Vitesco Technologies’ strategy, business processes and decisions.