No year at Sono can be classed as ‘normal’ and 2021 was no exception to this. In November we went public at the NASDAQ, which was a massive step towards bringing us closer to fulfilling our vision: A world without fossil fuels.
– Laurin & Jona
In 2021, our team consisted of 27.5% female colleagues and 72.5% male colleagues.
In 2021, our female colleagues remained underrepresented.
Our mixed team is comprised of experienced professionals and motivated young talents, with an average age of 35 in 2020. Therefore, we aged slightly by 1 year compared to 2020.
Our team consists out of experienced professionals and motivated young talents.
While the team grew by 120%, the turnover rate decreased to 13.5%. Compared to previous years, more employees decided to continue to put their skills to use at Sono.
Despite a challenging year we grew exponentially by 120%.
A diverse team, in which everyone is respected and accepted, fosters innovation and creativity. Our team is more multicultural than ever, with 27 different nationalities.
Our team is more multicultural than ever – with 27 different nationalities.
The majority of our workforce are engineers, which is traditionally a male-dominated profession which tends to be more highly-paid. This is something we are very aware of and that our Diversity Circle is addressing.
We stand up for fair pay and equal opportunity.
We measured the 'Employee Net Promoter Score' for the first time, where our team indicated an average satisfacion of 8.2 out of 10 in our dedicated monthly survey.
We measure satisfaction and won the kununu employer award.
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 1.9%. The total rate of absence was slightly higher, mainly due to parental leaves.
We managed to stay healthy, despite the ongoing global pandemic.
We always want to be both socially and environmentally conscious and fair. Therefore we remain part of the Fair Cobalt Alliance, despite having switched to a battery that does not contain any cobalt. We are, however committed to continually addressing issues of human rights violations and creating an environment in which cobalt can be responsibly sourced.
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 2021 this resulted in 51t of direct Scope 1 emissions, 4t indirect Scope 2 emissions, and 77t activity based Scope 3 emissions.
In 2021 our corporate carbon footprint was 132 metric tons CO2-eq.
The emission intensity reports on the GHG emissions (Scope 1&2) per employee using the average number of employees in 2021. This results in 318 kg CO2-eq per employee.
To better compare our footprint given our growth, we now report emissions intensity.
We only use 'green' electricity, not only to light up our offices, but also to charge our two electric company vehicles. We also use environmentally friendly green gas for heating.
We rely on a sustainable energy supply in all buildings.
We strive to ensure that we are continually reducing our water consumption. In 2021, however, we filled approximately 2,667 150 l capacity bathtubs, slightly more compared to 2020, 2,240. This can in part be related to our exponential team growth.
In 2021 we filled approximately 2,667 bathtubs.
In 2021, we produced around 34 tons of waste, which is sorted and recycled by the local authorities. The main portion is mixed waste, at 30t, followed by 2.7t of paper waste and 0.5t of organic waste.
Our first solar projects caused a waste increase.
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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.
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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