Volkswagen’s new Sustainability Council will be presented for the first time at The Volkswagen Group Sustainability Forum in Berlin. For one day, over 90 experts from science, civil society, industry and the Volkswagen Group will exchange ideas and discuss on sustainability topics together.
The independent advisory body, established in 2016, supported the Volkswagen Group in important strategic sustainability topics. The committee was made up of experts from science, politics and civil society. In doing so, it acted as a source of inspiration, supporter, critical voice and “challenger” – always with the aim of bringing different stakeholder perspectives into the company.
While the format until 2023 focused primarily on advising the Executive Board and various corporate committees, its realignment is based also on expert level.
With the new format, the name Sustainability Practice Groups becomes the program: The cooperation model ensures reference and impact on the strategic sustainability fields and the operational implementation in the company. In this way, it contributes to the further development of the holistic sustainability strategy regenerate+, which was presented at the beginning of 2024.
