Sustainability as an Opportunity

The sustainable development of the Volkswagen Group is already a model success story. It safeguards the company’s future and opens up the opportunity to extend our lead as Europe’s biggest automobile group. In the process, we stand by our social and ecological responsibility for people and the environment. Above all, we are a pacemaker in the development of a sustainably mobile society. In the research sector we are working on new powertrain and fuel strategies, on new ideas for greater active and passive safety, and on meaningful and intelligent traffic control systems.

Sustainability as a business case In the past, sustainability was regarded exclusively as a risk and cost factor. Today it is commonly seen as a value driver. The Volkswagen Group was quick to embrace this point of view and gear its business policy to the generation of sustainable success and earnings. Read more

Powertrain and Fuel Strategy as an opportunity Be it internal combustion engine technology, electrical, hybrid or fuel cell vehicles, the optimisation of powertrains and development of second-generation alternative fuels lays the foundations for a sustainably mobile society. The Volkswagen Group is a pioneer in this field. Read more in an interview with Dr. Wolfgang Steiger, Director of Group Research Powertrain...