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

Green Car Congress

The Sustainable Value approach is a value-based method for assessing corporate sustainability performance that extends the traditional valuation methods used in financial analysis to include not just the use of economic capital, but also environmental and social resources. Click to enlarge.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

It is the first value-based method for assessing corporate sustainability performance. In the report Asian car manufacturers including Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda, and to a lesser extent, Suzuki have all out-performed their North American competitors. FIAT Auto consistently falls behind throughout the entire review period.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

Incidentally, the Suzuki Dentsu Panasonic JV in Gujarat is working on Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) cells. In order to quantify a collaboration metric, corporate research labs have to earn 150 credit points for every 1000 sq ft of space that they occupy. LTO cells are more expensive, but have a longer life.