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Ford, Mercedes, and Tesla have the least problematic EV supply chains

Ford and Tesla, in particular, did the best.

Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla occupy the top three spots in a new ranking of 18 global automakers based on their efforts to eliminate carbon emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations from their supply chains. Tesla, which only recently began reporting numbers on its supply chain emissions, secured the largest score increase, jumping from ninth to third place. Overall progress in 2023 was “lackluster,” the group concludes, and the auto industry risks missing its climate goals without a more serious effort to rein in carbon emissions and a more forceful embrace of human rights.

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