Materiality and goals
GRI 3-3
Targets |
Target horizon |
Status as of 2022 |
|---|---|---|
Use political advocacy responsibly to achieve sustainable corporate goals and to facilitate the opinion-forming process at national and international level |
Ongoing |
Target achieved |
Milestone: Support sustainable corporate goals with regard to “Electric only” and locally emission-free production through political representation of interests |
2039 |
Target achieved |
Milestone: Realign partnership portfolio to achieve sustainable business objectives |
2023 |
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Strengthen the credibility of the Mercedes-Benz Group through transparency of political positions on sustainability issues |
Ongoing |
Target achieved |
Milestone: Update the “Mercedes-Benz Group Climate Policy Report” |
2023 |
Target achieved |
Make lobbying activities comprehensible and verifiable on the basis of defined evaluation criteria |
2022 |
Target achieved |
Milestone: Continue stakeholder interviews and derive necessary measures for future political representation of interests |
2022 |
Target achieved |
Climate change mitigation and resource conservation are two of the existential challenges of our times. At the same time, the more ambitious the targets set by governments become, the less likely it is that they can be reached through the efforts of the automotive industry and its companies alone. The political framework is the key here, so a cooperative dialogue needs to be maintained between government, business and industry, and society at large – and this is exactly what the External Affairs unit at the Mercedes-Benz Group seeks to accomplish.