FCA today announced the release of its 2016 Sustainability Report at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
The FCA 2016 Sustainability Report communicates to stakeholders the most relevant social, economic and environmental topics addressed by the Group, and progress toward achieving long-term targets. FCA’s global activities support the transition toward a circular economy and contribute to achieving the aims of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative, which is intended to address the global challenge of a collective journey to sustainable development.
Watch the 2016 Sustainability Highlights video and discover how FCA is working toward its 2020 commitments through a balanced approach that contributes to the environment and society as a whole.
Notable achievements include:
- Began production of the industry’s first electrified minivan, the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, achieving a fuel economy rating of 84 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe)
- Announced a collaboration with Google (now Waymo), to integrate Waymo’s self-driving technology into a fleet of Pacifica Hybrid minivans
- Launched the initial version of a new global family of small gasoline engines, the fuel-efficient Firefly
- Reconfirmed European leadership on natural gas, with more than 720,000 natural gas-powered cars and commercial vehicles sold since 1997
- Licensed more than 329,000 Flexfuel and TetraFuel vehicles in Brazil
- Invested approximately €4.2 billion in Research and Development activities
- Created the Chrysler Portal Concept vehicle, a forward-thinking interpretation of a next generation of family transportation, focused toward the millennial generation
- Reduced CO2 emissions in our plants by 25%, water used by 36%, and waste generated by 22% per vehicle produced in the past 6 years
- Decreased work-related injuries at plants worldwide for the 10th consecutive year
- Collected more than 2.6 million suggestions from employees on potential improvements to products and processes
- Committed about €24 million to local communities around the world, with employees volunteering approximately 200,000 hours to nonprofit activities during work time.
Learn more about FCA’s sustainability journey through our microsite or downloadable pdf:
http://reports2016.fcagroup.com/sustainability/2016/
