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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The KPMG research finds that the external environmental costs of 11 key industry sectors jumped 50% from US$566 to US$846 billion in 8 years (2002 to 2010), averaging a doubling of these costs every 14 years. Source: KPMG.

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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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Electricity prices in comparison. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. This scenario would ensure that Germany meets its climate targets, Siemens said. Climate Change Europe Policy Power Generation' Euro cents/kWh.

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German OEMs to upgrade emissions control on 5.3M Euro 5 and 6 diesels, contribute to €500M Sustainable Mobility fund

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…In addition, a broad understanding and a clear strategy of the future are to be developed in order to actively shape the mobility of the future and the transformation process of the entire automobile industry towards emission-free and digitally networked mobility. Rail transport. Land power supply in sea and inland ports.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8 Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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Professor Figge from Queen’s University Management School said: “Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. GM achieved a sustainable value of minus €9.87 billion from 1999 to 2007.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models. We had a Celebrity (1987-1994) and it was a piece of crap.

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