Climate and environment at Mercedes-Benz.

Environment & Climate.

All-electric mobility and more sustainable production: With this vision we are committed to environmental and climate protection as well as air pollution control.

We take a holistic approach to environmental and climate protection and want to achieve improvements at all stages of the automotive value chain – from the extraction of raw materials, technical development and production to service life and recycling. We support the Paris Climate Agreement and are convinced of its goals. That’s why environmental and climate issues are one of our sustainability focus areas. Our ambition is that by 2039, our entire fleet of new vehicles will be net carbon-neutral^[1] over their entire life cycle.

Decarbonisation.

We are fully focused on reducing the carbon footprint of our activities and fleet – step by step, measure by measure.

Decarbonisation overview

Environmental Management.

By establishing environmental management systems at our sites around the world, we aim to ensure efficient, high-quality, and more sustainable vehicle production.

Environmental Management overview

Our ambition.

We are pursuing the goal of a fully networked and net carbon-neutral fleet of new vehicles in 2039 – eleven years earlier than EU legislation stipulates. We are looking at the entire life cycle: from development to the supplier network, our own production, the electrification of our products, renewable energy throughout the utilisation phase of electric vehicles, and finally, the recycling of vehicles. Stepping forward to the circular economy approach.

Ambition 2039.

With this core element of our sustainable business strategy, we have set the course for a holistic approach to climate protection.

Concept CLA Class: Elevating sustainability.

First model range designed from scratch to put the company’s Ambition 2039 on the road.

Tomorrow drives Mercedes-Benz.

With pioneering spirit towards a more sustainable future.

Environmental check.

Consumption, emissions, use of recyclates: In-depth information on our Mercedes-Benz vehicles’ environmental performance.

Environmental check overview

Just Transition: Lighthouse project to create positive impacts for both people and nature throughout aluminium supply chain in Brazil.

Making a difference on site.

The Corridor Initiative: How we want to work together with our aluminum supplier Hydro along a bauxite pipeline in Brazil to promote human rights and biodiversity.

Climate Transition Action Plan.

We want to actively shape the transformation of the automotive industry and be part of the solution.

More on our Climate Transition Action Plan

Environmental statements of our plants.

Beyond the certification of the environmental management systems to ISO 14001 standards, all German production sites of Mercedes-Benz take part in the European eco audit system (EMAS).

To the environmental statements

Transform To Net Zero.

Mercedes-Benz is a founding member of this climate protection initiative of leading international companies.