Nissan Joins “Race To Zero” Campaign, EV Nissans Only By 2030
Nissan has announced that it has joined the “Race to Zero” campaign supported by the United Nations, accelerating the company’s full electrification and carbon neutrality goals.
As the first Japanese automaker to join the campaign, Nissan joins more than 700 companies worldwide in working towards the most ambitious and robust science-based emissions reduction targets.
“Race to Zero” is the largest global alliance that also includes cities, investors, regions and universities committed to working together towards halving global emissions by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the very latest.
The campaign’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C commitment, aligns Nissan with the goal to keep global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Nissan has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a requirement for participation in the campaign. Nissan’s well below 2°C carbon reduction targets have been validated by the SBTi, ensuring that they are aligned to climate science.
Nissan Ariya
“To accelerate global efforts to achieve carbon neutrality, Nissan will continue to address various issues in a responsible manner, including further promotion of electrification. Also, at Nissan we are determined to fulfil our role as a company that will continue to be needed by our stakeholders in the future.” said Nissan President and CEO Makoto Uchida.
Earlier this year Nissan pledged to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050.
Nissan is looking to accelerate these efforts through initiatives like Nissan EV36Zero – the new manufacturing blueprint combining electric vehicle production, battery manufacturing and renewable energy generation.
With a £1bn flagship Electric Vehicle (EV) Hub in the UK, Nissan is demonstrating real leadership in the transition to net zero across the UK.
Central to Nissan’s carbon neutrality plans is its rollout of electrified vehicles and technologies. This began in 2010 with the Nissan Leaf and continues today with the expansion of Nissan’s e-POWER technology and new fully electric vehicles such as the Nissan Ariya crossover.
Nissan Ariya (left) and Nissan Note Aura e-Power (right)
Nissan is aiming for 100% of its all-new vehicle offerings to be electrified in the key markets of Japan, China, the United States and Europe by the early 2030s.
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