Automobile manufacturers’ average Management Quality score is 2.5, putting the average company in this sector midway between Levels 2 and 3.
Autos is the second-best performing sector in the TPI database on Management Quality, behind electricity.
Six out of 21 companies are on Levels 0 and 1, while 14 out of 21 companies are on Levels 3 and 4: behind the average, companies in the autos sector divide into two classes on Management Quality, leaders and laggards.
Tesla’s poor rating on Management Quality is a direct consequence of an absence of appropriate climate change disclosures, and contrasts with its best-in-class Carbon Performance.
No company satisfies all Management Quality criteria: there are not yet any 4* automobile manufacturers.
More than 80% of automobile manufacturers have a policy commitment to act, explicitly recognise climate change as a business risk/opportunity, have some form of emissions reduction target and disclose their operational emissions.
It is particularly notable that more than 80% have set a quantitative emissions reduction target.
Only Nissan undertakes climate scenario planning.
Only BMW and GM disclose an internal carbon price.
Automobile Manufacturers' Carbon Performance
Most automobile manufacturers’ current fleet emissions are not aligned with the benchmarks but in 2020, eight out of 10 companies with targets would have a fleet emissions intensity below the Paris Pledges benchmark and six of these would be aligned with the most ambitious 2°C High Efficiency benchmark.
Only two companies have a target to reduce their fleet emissions intensity in 2030 (Mazda is aligned with the Paris Pledges and Nissan is aligned with 2°C Avoid-Shift-Improve).
Tesla’s fleet is zero emissions (on a Tank-to-Wheel basis) throughout.
Screenshot 2025-04-05 at 11.50.19.png582.78 KB The largest manufacturers (in terms of sales) tend not to be aligned with the Paris benchmarks and companies with targets have lower emissions than companies without targets Screenshot 2025-04-05 at 11.52.06.png631.16 KB
