Sustainability Accounting
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| Activity Metrics | Metric: Number of vehicles manufactured | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Number | Code: TR-AU-000.A | Response/Comment: 6,130,748 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metric: Number of vehicles sold | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Number | Code: TR-AU-000.B | Response/Comment: 6,829,000 (2020 10-K page 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topic: Product Safety | Metric: Percentage of vehicle models rated by NCAP programs with an overall 5-star safety rating, by region | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Percentage (%) of rated vehicles | Code: TR-AU-250a.1 | Response/Comment: US—56% China—88% Australasia—100% South Korea—71% Asean Region—50% Latin America—31% |
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| Metric: Number of safety-related defect complaints; percentage investigated | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Number, Percentage (%) |
Code: TR-AU-250a.2 | Response/Comment: There were 3,345 submissions to our internal Speak Up For Safety program in 2020. All submissions are investigated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metric: Number of vehicles recalled | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Number | Code: TR-AU-250a.3 | Response/Comment: 1.8 million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topic: Labor Practices | Metric: Percentage of active workforce covered under collective-bargaining agreements | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Percentage (%) | Code: TR-AU-310a.1 | Response/Comment: 64% global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metric: Number of (1) work stoppages and (2) total days idle | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Number, Days | Code: TR-AU-310a.2 | Response/Comment: There were zero work stoppages and lockouts in all regions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topic: Fuel Economy & Use-phase Emissions | Metric: Sales‑weighted average passenger fleet fuel economy, by region | Category: Qualitative | Unit of Measure: Mpg, L/km, gCO2/km, km/L Methodology: Average F/E calculated by model year as required for regulatory purposes. |
Code: TR-AU-410a.1 | Response/Comment:
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| Metric: Number of (1) zero emission vehicles (ZEV) sold, (2) hybrid vehicles sold, and (3) plug-in hybrid vehicles sold | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Vehicle units sold | Code: TR-AU-410a.2 | Response/Comment:
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| Metric: Discussion of strategy for managing fleet fuel economy and emissions risks and opportunities | Category: Discussion and Analysis | Code: TR-AU-410a.3 | Response/Comment: Reducing Carbon Emissions; CDP Climate Change 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Topic: Materials Sourcing | Metric: Description of the management of risks associated with the use of critical materials | Category: | Code: TR-AU-440a.1 | Response/Comment: As we develop electric vehicles, we are mindful of the raw materials necessary to support their deployment on a commercial scale. As with all raw material inputs for our vehicles, some of these materials involve inherently higher risks, such as cost, supply availability, reputational and human rights risks. The identification of these risks is part our product development process, and we work to reduce these risks through a variety of methods, including re-engineering of components, supplier diversification, and reuse and recycling efforts. See also: Designing for the Environment—Sustainable Materials Supporting Supplier Responsibility—Supply Chain Risks, Raw Materials Sourcing |
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| Topic: Material Efficiency & Recycling | Metric: Total amount of waste from manufacturing, percentage recycled | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Metric tons (t), Percentage (%) |
Code: TR-AU-440b.1 | Response/Comment: Includes hazardous and nonhazardous waste from manufacturing operations and some nonmanufacturing and JV facilities, excluding event waste from construction, demolition and remediation. Event waste is recycled to the greatest extent possible and tracked separately. Waste figures may also include vendor tooling used to produce proprietary GM parts.
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| Metric: Weight of end-of-life material recovered, percentage recycled | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Metric tons (t), Percentage (%) Methodology: Percentage is weight of recovered and recycled EOL material divided by total EOL recovered material. |
Code: TR-AU-440b.2 | Response/Comment: GM does not compile this information outside of the EU where the End of Life Vehicle (ELV) law requires OEMs to have programs to retrieve and recycle our vehicles. No other region of sale has this requirement. However, the automobile is considered the most reused and recycled product in the marketplace. In North America and other regions, there is a well-established automotive dismantling industry that manages this activity. Per the Automotive Recyclers Association, professional automotive recycling industry recycles over 4 million motor vehicles annually in the U.S. and Canada alone. The U.S. automotive recycling industry employs over 140,000 people in the United States at more than 9,000 locations around the country, generating $32 billion in sales nationwide. Per The Balance Small Business Sustainable Businesses /Metal Recycling website*, each year, over 25 million tons of materials are recycled from old vehicles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metric: Average recyclability of vehicles sold, by weight | Category: Quantitative | Unit of Measure: Percentage (%) by sales‑weighted weight (metric tons) Methodology: Percentage is weight of components/ materials in vehicle sold that are recyclable divided by total weight of all vehicles sold. |
Code: TR-AU-440b.3 | Response/Comment: We enable, by mass, more than 85% reuse or recycling of our current vehicles at the end of their life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Auto or Car Recycling Facts and Figures, Facts about car or automobile recycling, by Rick Leblanc updated September 09, 2016.