THE
ECOLOGICAL
BURDEN HAS
DECREASED BY
56.1%
The 2017/2018 Sustainability Report provides a detailed overview of ŠKODA AUTO’s
environmental activities covered by its Green
Future strategy. Between 2010 and 2018, the
Czech carmaker reduced its environmental
impacts by 56.1 percent. Its water consumption per car produced decreased by more
than one-third during the monitored period, and the amount of volatile organic compounds produced during car painting decreased even more sharply. Recycling is also
part of the gentle handling of natural resources, so all the current models count on material recycling up to 85 percent in the case of
the SCALA model. For its commitment and
achievements in 2018, the car manufacturer has been awarded the Top Responsible
Large Company Award, which the Business
for Society non-profit organisation hands out
to companies that are environmentally responsible on a long-term basis and reduce
their environmental footprint. RED
ON OUR WAY
TO BEING
NEUTRAL
The Group’s Board of Directors has approved our
Go to Zero environmental mission, whose main
objective is to promote our environmentally friendly
approach throughout the life cycle of our cars and
mobility solutions. In mid-July, ŠKODA AUTO’s
Board of Directors pledged to do so as well. The
Group’s mission focuses on our four priority areas:
Climate Change We have joined the Paris Climate
Agreement and wish to become a carbon-neutral
company by 2050.
KEY INDICATORS
OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PRODUCTION
Sources By 2025, we will reduce our
environmental impacts associated with the
production of every car at VW Group by 45 percent
compared with 2010.
Air Quality To improve air quality, the Group’s
share of electric cars will reach 25 percent in 2025
and five years later up to 40 percent.
Compliance with the environmental regulations
To become a modern, transparent and successful
company with integrity, we shall implement our
efficient control and management systems. RED
New logo concentrated on the
Group’s environmental activities
ADVANCES
IN PAINTING
ONE OF THE GREATEST TRIUMPHS OF THE
NEW PAINT SHOP IN MLADÁ BOLESLAV IS ITS
LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
T
he state-of-the-art equipment
of the new facility has enabled
the carmaker to reduce the environmental impacts of painting.
Ecological dryers
JOINT FOREST
RENEWAL
Dr. Michael Oeljeklaus, Frank Schreier and
70 other participants from our Production
and Logistics leadership and Quality Management helped in the Krkonoše National
Park. They jointly planted 326 maple trees
near the Horni Maršov municipality. Through this initiative, they helped to improve the
species composition of the forest stands in
the oldest national park in the Czech Republic. In the future, the newly planted deciduous trees will clearly benefit the forest, improve its stability, create a more favourable
microclimate and make it more resistant to
pests. RED
6 ŠKODA MOBIL AUGUST 2019
Energy consumption (MWh/car)
2.18
1.39
−36.2 %
CO2 emissions (kg/car)
1,070
429
−59.9 %
Waste production (kg/car)
28.3
0.78
waste paint sludge. As a result, the
amount of waste paint decreases by more
than 2 kg per body. The used limestone
is subsequently used in the desulphurisation of waste gases in the ŠKO-ENERGO energy company’s heating plant. The
entire system saves up to 80 percent of
energy.
The consumption of energy used for individual layer drying will decrease by
up to one-fifth thanks to
our new dryers. In order
Less chemistry
The new paint shop
to equalise the temperaThe painting system of
will help the car
ture differences among
the new paint shop allows
manufacturer to
the massive high-strenthe simultaneous baking
significantly reduce
gth parts and thin sheets
of sealants and sealing
its impact on the
w h i le b a k i n g va r i o u s
fillers. This logically reduenvironment.
painting layers, the cences our consumption of
energy for body heating
tral exchangers blow hot
and cooling. As with the
air to precisely defined
existing painting lines,
locations. All the new
dryers use waste substance thermal bur- water-soluble materials are used – only
ning, which reduces our emissions of or- the cover layer (colourless varnish) conganic substances, and the heat it releases tains fewer solvents and more dry matter.
is re-used for body heating.
As a result, the solvent consumption per
car is 210 g lower, and the total consumpLimestone instead of water
tion of clear varnish decreases by an aveAnother innovation replaces water with rage of 17 percent.
special filters covered with a layer of
VOC emissions decreaseIn addition,
crushed limestone that acts as a va- the Paint Shop features a system that recuum cleaner. Any residual paint partic- moves VOC emissions. They are 36 perles are absorbed through dry separation, cent lower than during regular operations,
which takes in any flowing waste paint, a significant step towards reducing our
all without using any water or generating environmental footprint. ŠTĚPÁN VORLÍČEK
−97.2 %
Water consumption (m3/car)
2.77
1.71
−38.2 %
VOC emissions (kg/car)
2.76
1.41
−48.9 %
Production (cars)
533,405
902,467
+69.2 %
−56.1 %
2010
TOTAL REDUCTION
IN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
2018