Volvo Cars | Driving a sustainable automotive future

Volvo Cars is setting the pace for electrification globally and even more so here locally with the ambition goal to be fully electric by 2026.   Join Kiarne as she sits down with Stephen Connor, the Managing Director of Volvo Car Australia, the local arm of a global automotive business that has had safety, sustainability, and environmental care at its core since day one.     Key Discussion Points:   Industry Leadership: Stephen shares the many ways that Volvo Cars has been an industry leader in social and environmental impact since their inception in 1927 including the the history of the three-point seatbelt and why the Founders chose to share their technology with the world rather than keeping the patent as a competitive advantage, a decision which is estimated to have saved 1 million human lives. Ambitious goals: Hear why the Australian arm of Volvo Cars aims to be all-electric by 2026, setting their sights ahead of the company’s global ambition of 2030 as the pair discuss Volvo’s company-wide targets of net zero by 2040, how they’ll get there and the collaboration required to reach such audacious goals. Batteries, end-of-life and who is responsible: Kiarne asks Stephen who should be responsible for the end of life of vehicle batteries and Stephen shares a surprising answer along with some exciting innovations happening in the space and what Volvo Car Australia has is planning to launch to tackle battery recycling as early as 2025. What’s new at Volvo Cars: Plus hear about the launch of Volvo EX30 and how the newest fully-electric vehicle is proving that electrification doesn’t mean compromise.   Plus Tune in to learn about the environmental project Volvo Car Australia is tackling in the Great Barrier Reef and how Volvo Cars is taking action for the better as part of their overarching sustainability program.     MENTIONS: Volvo Sustainability About Battery Recycling and Disposal Ads for Volvo cars planted 420 baby coral on Great Barrier Reef Volvo EX-30     LINKS: Check out Volvo’s Sustainability Tracker Profile Learn more about SustainabilityTracker.com Learn more about The Sustainable Transformation Podcast Follow The Sustainable Choice Group on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok Follow Nova Podcasts on Instagram for videos from the podcast and behind the scenes content – @novapodcastsofficial   CREDITS: Host: Kiarne Treacy Producer: Eddie Bye Find more great podcasts like this at novapodcasts.com.au Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we produced this podcast, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.