Aston Martin Racing Green: In the Race for CO2 Neutrality

The mid-engine super sports car Valhalla has been announced for a long time: It will be the brand's first plug-in hybrid from early 2024, followed in 2025 by an electric vehicle – probably the DB-11 successor, visually more classic in design. By 2026, all new series should offer at least electrified drive options, which could also mean a 48-volt mild hybrid system. And by 2030, the entire "core range of GT sports cars and SUVs" should be fully electrified. This means that mid-engine sports cars like Valhalla and co. as well as the Lagonda sedan might already become a thing of the past or a footnote.

"Racing Green": Aston Martin's race to catch up in terms of climate neutrality

Recently, Aston Martin has gotten somewhat bogged down with exactly these models: Currently, Aston Martin indulges in four fundamentally different series with sub-versions. Now Aston Martin is repositioning itself: The sustainability strategy bears the traditional name "Racing. Green" and also includes sustainability goals for production and CO2 emissions in the supply chains. By 2030, the plants are to operate CO2-free, and the emissions of the supply chain are to decrease by 30 percent compared to the baseline year 2020. By 2039, all supply chains are expected to achieve net-zero emissions. To plan and review all this, Aston Martin has also joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).

But there are also intended changes in personnel: Within the next five years, Aston Martin aims to have a quarter of all leadership positions filled by women. Aston Martin CEO Tobias Moers explains:

"As we turn towards electrification, we believe our sustainability ambitions need to be broader than just producing emission-free vehicles, and we want to drive sustainability principles across our entire company. With a team that represents society and takes pride in making responsible products with lower environmental impacts, contributing positively to the communities in which we operate."

What does this mean?

In recent years, Aston Martin once again started to falter after stable financial times. After a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll took over the brand and brought in former AMG executive Moers as CEO, a solid foundation for the future is now intended to be established once again.