Driving sustainability in the automotive industry

Automotive companies are under growing pressure to cut emissions and design for recyclability, fueled by stricter regulations, evolving consumer expectations, fierce competition in the electric vehicle market and ambitious decarbonization targets.  In this emissions-intensive sector, accountability for environmental impacts across the value chain is no longer optional—it is an urgent business priority.

Sphera’s experts can help transform these challenges into opportunities.

With 30+ years of experience partnering with automotive leaders such as Volkswagen, Daimler Truck, JLR, Continental and ZF, we have the data, tools and knowledge to help you meet climate goals and lead with sustainable innovations.

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3 key challenges in decarbonizing the automotive sector

Environmental transparency

Achieving true environmental impact transparency remains a key challenge for the automotive industry. Performing Life cycle assessments (LCA) and product carbon footprints (PCF) can help automakers and suppliers to measure and reduce emissions at every stage of a vehicle’s lifecycle — from raw materials to end-of-life. Furthermore, participation in industry initiatives like Catena–X fosters collaboration and increases emissions transparency across the automotive value chain.

Technological transparency

Understanding the complexity of automotive components and materials is essential for balancing innovation with environmental and economic goals. By evaluating the sustainability and economic performance of various technologies across global markets, automakers and suppliers can identify cost-effective improvements and make smarter design choices. Collaboration across the supply chain is crucial to achieving this outcome.

Regulatory transparency

Adhering to substance bans, recycling standards and policies like the EU Battery Regulation requires in-depth regulatory knowledge and insight. By understanding these shifting demands, automotive manufacturers and suppliers can both remain compliant and position themselves for long-term success.

How Sphera can help

Expert guidance can go a long way toward helping automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers address these challenges — and come out ahead. Here are just a few of the ways Sphera’s consultants can meet you where you are — and get you where you need to go.

Sphera’s LCA and PCF expertise help companies in the automotive sector quantify and address the environmental impacts of conventional and emerging technologies.

Assess and compare the environmental impacts of your products, from individual components to complete vehicles.

Identify emissions hotspots and prevent burden shifting between life cycle phases of evaluated automotive technologies.

Strengthen transparency and collaboration between OEMs and suppliers with accurate and consistent LCA data.

Leverage LCA as a tool to run decarbonization scenarios.

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Backed by 30+ years of experience, advanced software and data, our sustainability experts help you integrate sustainability principles into the automotive design phase.

Optimize materials, reduce waste, and improve resource efficiency.

Benchmark concepts and applications.

Improve cross-functional collaboration between your teams and across the value chain.

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Our automotive experts work with you to stay ahead of changing regulatory requirements, protect your brand reputation and maintain your edge in an increasingly transparent market.

Navigate regulations and frameworks like CSRD, IFRS, SBTi, EU Battery Regulation, and CBAM.

Evaluate regulatory readiness and conduct double materiality assessments.

Create a transition plan that’s not only compliant but makes decarbonization one of your key guiding principles — all based on the best emissions data available.

Build trust with transparent reporting aligned to global standards.

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Sphera’s sustainability consultants can guide you through detailed powertrain assessments that enable you to adopt greener technologies without compromising business performance.

Assess the environmental and economic impacts of biofuels, hydrogen, and e-fuels.

Understand the market-specific impacts of adopting alternative powertrain technologies.

Make informed, sustainable technology decisions with the support of seasoned experts.

Confidently navigate the transition toward more responsible mobility solutions.

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We help automotive companies devise actionable strategies for developing the sustainable infrastructures necessary to power alternative powertrain technologies.

Evaluate infrastructure requirements for electric, hydrogen and biofueled powered vehicles.

Analyze cost, accessibility, scalability and policy alignment across international markets.

Identify and capitalize on synergies between the energy supply and mobility sectors.

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Our leading product and corporate sustainability software and robust LCA data provide an engine for accelerating sustainable transformation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the automotive value chain.