Transform: Auto
Transform: Auto provides automotive suppliers with voluntary tailored guidance and dedicated expert support to help facilitate the procurement of renewable energy.
Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), an association of global automakers and their suppliers, in partnership with sustainability and energy advisory company Trio, has announced the formation of the “Transform: Auto” program, aimed at driving the adoption of renewable energy across the automotive supply chain.
Emissions accounting can be separated into three different scopes. Scope 1 emissions come from sources owned by a company, Scope 2 are the indirect emissions from purchased electricity, and Scope 3 are indirect emissions from the supply chain and use of sold products. The program, initiated in collaboration with founding sponsors Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Magna and Toyota Motor North America, aims squarely at reducing Scope 3 supply chain emissions in the global automotive industry by providing automotive suppliers with tailored guidance and dedicated expert support to help facilitate the procurement of renewable energy to reduce their Scope 2 emissions.
The Transform: Auto program – which is available at no cost to Tier 1 suppliers of Cummins, Ford, GM, Honda, Magna and Toyota and SP member companies – is designed to help suppliers reduce indirect emissions from energy consumption, known as Scope 2 emissions.
Transform: Auto is custom-built to meet these suppliers where they are to help reduce emissions on their respective decarbonization journeys. The program helps suppliers explore renewable energy options and give them the tools to pursue a renewable energy pathway on their own or through an organized cohort of suppliers.
“Increasing use of renewable energy through the supply chain is a key lever in the industry’s journey toward carbon neutrality. Through the leadership of the founding sponsors in collaboration with Trio, Transform: Auto has been designed to support automotive suppliers of all sizes in this effort by providing educational resources tailored to different decarbonization maturity levels, while increasing supplier access to renewables through the offer of expert support and facilitated renewable energy aggregation opportunities,” Kellen Mahoney, Executive Director, Suppliers Partnership for the Environment.