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