Fourth round for the Sustainability Award in Automotive

Sustainability is an important goal for companies in the automotive and mobility industry. This year, the Sustainability Award in Automotive again honours companies that contribute in an outstanding way to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Applications for future-proof sustainability products and solutions can be submitted until 29 February 2024. The award ceremony will take place on 14 May 2024 at the international ATZlive conference "Drives and Energy Systems of Tomorrow" in Chemnitz.

Sustainability is an important goal for companies in the automotive and mobility industry. This year, the Sustainability Award in Automotive once again honours companies that contribute in an outstanding way to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Applications for future-proof sustainability products and solutions can be submitted until 29 February 2024. The award ceremony will take place on 14 May 2024 at the international ATZlive conference "Drives and Energy Systems of Tomorrow" in Chemnitz.

Due to their importance for the economy and society, the automotive industry and mobility providers bear special responsibility for achieving climate protection and general sustainability goals. Legislation formalises this responsibility accordingly in increasingly strict specifications. But consumers and investors are also increasingly evaluating companies, solutions and products from a sustainability perspective. Not only do environmental and climate protection play a central role, but social and governance aspects are also becoming increasingly relevant.

This year's Sustainability Award in Automotive honours outstanding examples of sustainable solutions in four areas: Mobility Concepts, Technology, Startup and AI for Sustainability. The mobility concepts category includes the areas of services, infrastructure and business models. The technology category is divided into the areas of complete vehicle, drive technology, supply chain as well as materials and recycling management. Submissions from the areas of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, 2- and 3-wheelers as well as other micro- and urban mobility from companies in the areas of vehicle manufacturing, supply, start-ups and services are welcome.

Entries will be selected and awarded based on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which address key global challenges in the areas of ecology, society and governance. This means:

1. the product or solution must contribute significantly to at least one of the UN's 17 SDGs.
2. it must not significantly compromise any of the SDGs at the same time.
3. the product or solution must be marketable and implementable. The feasibility and the sustainability contribution must be verifiable.

Companies can now register online at adlittle.com/en/automotive-sustainability. The deadline for submission of the complete documents is 29 February 2024. This year, the selection will once again be made by a panel of experts from science, practice, associations, media and NGOs. The awards will be presented on 14 May 2024 at the international ATZlive conference "Drives and Energy Systems of Tomorrow" in Chemnitz. The awarded seals can be purchased by the winning companies for promotional use.

The Sustainability Award in Automotive is awarded jointly by the ATZ/MTZ Group, which belongs to Springer Nature, and experts in the field of sustainable mobility from the consultancy Arthur D. Little. Arthur D. Little's commitment to sustainability issues goes back decades. This practical experience from projects is brought into the selection process of the award-winning companies. In this year's own sustainability report, Springer Nature provided insight for the first time into the impact that published research has on political decisions in the sense of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Since 2015, the publishing group has published 800,000 SDG-related research articles. This corresponds to roughly one in five articles published by Springer Nature in the last seven years.