Sustainability to us means fairness, resource conservation and environmental protection. "We want to be transparent about what we achieved in 2020 in regard to fair working conditions, and what we do every day for actively protecting our climate." - Laurin & Jona
In 2020, our team consisted of 27% female and 73% male colleagues.
In 2020, our female colleagues remained underrepresented.
Our mixed team is comprised of experienced professionals and motivated young talents, with a 2020 average age of 34. Therefore, we aged by 2 years from 2019.
Our team consists out of experienced professionals and motivated young talents.
While the team grew by 18%, the turnover rate cohesively increased to 20%. Despite this, we are very happy that we didn't have to make redundancies due to the impact of the pandemic.
Despite a challenging year we managed to grow by 18%.
A diverse team, in which everyone is respected and accepted, fosters innovation and creativity. Our team is more multicultural than ever, with 15 different nationalities.
Our team is more multicultural than ever - with 15 different nationalities.
In 2020 we managed to lower the Gender Pay Gap from 5% in 2019 to 3.76% in 2020. We continuously aim to improve this until there is no gender salary disparity.
We stand up for fair pay and equal opportunity.
The health and well-being of employees is of particular importance in a crisis year such as 2020. Wearing a mask has certainly kept some colds away from our team, which is why we were at a very low absence rate due to illness of 1.75%.
We managed to stay healthy, even during a global pandemic.
In 2020, we amounted an incredible total of 777 hours of continuous education. Of this, 412 hours were internally held workshops and 365 hours external educational opportunities.
We participate in internal and external workshops to constantly learn and improve ourselves, in both personal and professional matters.
Cobalt is a critical resource for our vehicle battery. To support battery production without exploitation or environmental harm, we joined the Fair Cobalt Alliance in August 2020.
Our supply chain is linked with social responsibilities.
Even before the Sion is on the road, we are taking responsibility for our organizational carbon emission. In 2020 we emitted a total of 60 tons CO2-eq, 50t of which were direct emissions and 10t indirect Scope 2 emissions.
In 2020 our corporate carbon footprint was 60 metric tons CO2-eq.
The green electricity we purchase does not only light up our office buildings, but also charges our electric company cars. Additionally, we heat the office buildings with climate-friendly gas from renewable sources.
We purchase sustainable energy only.
We strive to reduce our water consumption. In 2020, we filled approximately 2240 bathtubs with a capacity of 150 liters, almost 500 bathtubs less than in 2019.
In 2020 we filled 2240 bathtubs with water.
We produce around 3.4 tons of waste, which is sorted and recycled by the local authorities. The main portion is residual waste, at 3t, followed by 0.3t of organic waste and 0.02t paper.
Working digitally saves waste.
We are committed to offsetting all unavoidable emissions. Therefore, we support a gold-standard certified carbon offset project in Bolivia. This project replaces inefficient wood-burning stoves with solar stoves and thus protects from deforestation and promotes the health of the local population.
We support a certified carbon offset project in Bolivia.
The UN Agenda 2030 set 17 goals for sustainable development (short SDGs). These aim for social, economic, and ecological improvement of the world. The goals are universally valid for all countries. We intend to contribute to them by providing fair working conditions, preserving natural resources and pioneering climate friendly mobility with our Sion.
We use the potential of the sun! Modern design meets full-surface solar integration to capture every ray of sunlight and charge the battery in an environmentally friendly way. The Sion is a spacious electric car with a range of up to 305 kilometres that charges itself via the energy of the sun.
Bidirectional charging enables the Sion to not only draw and store the solar power it produces, but also share it. This means that all common electronic devices, as well as other electric cars and high-voltage devices, can benefit from the Sion's solar energy. In combination with Sono Solar, the Sion becomes an environmentally friendly power plant on wheels and makes you less dependent on the grid.
The Sono app combines three sharing concepts into one vehicle: Power Sharing, Ride Pooling and Car Sharing. Your smartphone enables you to share your Sion, electricity, or even a ride. In this way, the Sion becomes not only a sustainable alternative for you, but also offers others a climate-friendly way of getting from A to B.
Setting up a new production facility requires a lot of time, resources, costs and expertise. With the objective of sustainable production in mind, we decided to use existing resources and produce the Sion with an experienced partner. The Sion will therefore be manufactured in Trollhättan, Sweden, by NEVS, a strong partner with a strong vision. The former SAAB plant will be used and powered by 100% renewable energy.
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If we talk about a sustainable future, we also have to talk about the Sion's battery, the cobalt required for it, and the mining conditions thereof. We see it as our responsibility to ensure improvements in the supply chain, and have therefore already anchored the topics of environmental protection and social justice in our purchasing conditions and joined the Fair Cobalt Alliance.
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