SP Member News Roundup – February 2025

SP provides a forum for global automotive manufacturers and their large and small suppliers to work together toward a shared vision of an automotive industry with positive environmental impact.

This monthly series collects recent news and updates through February 2025 highlighting efforts of SP member companies and partners to advance initiatives with positive environmental impact.

• AISIN Recognized on the A List of CDP’s Climate Change Category for Two Consecutive Years, AISIN CORPORATION has been recognized as an “A List” company, which is the highest rating in the climate change category of CDP, an international environmental NGO for two consecutive years. Click Here
• BASF Coatings implements 100% renewable electricity at key sites in North America, BASF’s Coatings division has successfully transitioned to 100% renewable electricity at its North American sites in Greenville, Ohio, and Blackman Township in Jackson County, Michigan, effective January 2025. The switch to renewable electricity will bring a significant reduction of more than 11,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually, benefiting, benefiting both BASF Coatings’ operations and customers. Click Here
• Blue Whale Materials Announces Strategic Partnership with Call2Recycle to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling in North America, Blue Whale Materials announced a strategic partnership with Call2Recycle. As a result of the partnership, Blue Whale Materials’ state-of-the-art sorting and recycling facility in Bartlesville, OK. will receive and process batteries brought into Call2Recycle’s national network, which collects spent batteries across the United States. Click Here
• Honda Selected as a CDP “Climate Change A List” Company for Second Consecutive Year, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the company has been selected for the CDP’s “2024 Climate Change A List” for the second consecutive year. The CDP is an international non-profit organization that facilitates environmental information disclosure, and Honda was selected based on its initiatives in the areas of climate change and environmental transparency. Click Here
• Annual Report 2024: Accelerating the green aluminium transition, The green transition is progressing and aluminium demand from sectors supporting it remains robust. Realizing the low-carbon circular economy requires bold moves and Hydro is determined to accelerate the green aluminium transition. Click Here
• OPG Partners with Leading Automotive Supplier on Clean Energy Credits, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will supply Clean Energy Credits (CEC) sourced from its low-carbon hydroelectric facility, the Sir Adam Beck Generating Complex, to global automotive supplier Magna International. Click Here
• Currents Expands Platform Capabilities by Integrating with Midtronics’ Diagnostic Tools for Electrified Vehicle Batteries, Currents, the B2B software platform dedicated to optimizing the end-of-life electric and hybrid vehicle battery supply chain, has announced a joint collaboration with Midtronics. Click Here
• Schneider Electric exceeds its 2024 Sustainability target and approaches the end of its current program, Schneider Electric published details of its sustainability performance for the final quarter of 2024, alongside its full-year financial results. The company’s Sustainability Impact (SSI) score reached 7.55 out of ten, surpassing the 2024 end-year target of 7.40. Click Here
• Driving Energy Efficiency: Stellantis and DTE Energy’s Strategic Energy Management Program Success, In late 2024, Stellantis’ Dundee Engine Plant became the sixth Stellantis facility to meet their energy savings and carbon reduction goals with the help of DTE Energy’s Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program. This accomplishment advances Stellantis’ global Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon in 2038. Click Here
• What’s the Buzz? Toyota Indiana Volunteers Plant a Pollinator Garden, Suspending the assembly of a new vehicle, as was the case last summer with the 2024 Lexus TX, is never a good thing. But team members at Toyota Indiana, which assembles the new three-row luxury SUV, recently found a way to turn that negative into a bit of a positive. It all started when two team members — Production Team Member Jeremiah Tooley and Production Team Leader Jonathan Reimann — approached Environmental Engineer Manager Paul Delor and his team about the feasibility of converting 2,000 square feet of grass on Toyota Indiana’s grounds into a pollinator garden. Click Here
• VLS Environmental Solutions Introduces Carbon Black Program, VLS Environmental Solutions is setting a new standard in sustainable solutions with its innovative Carbon Black Program, operated at the company’s advanced Mauldin, South Carolina, facility. This initiative delivers results for clients’ sustainability goals by transforming challenging carbon black and ink/toner powder waste into fuel products, creating sustainable energy sources while reducing environmental impacts. Click Here

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