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Audi accepts responsibility. For our employees, but also for the people and the natural world in the regions where our sites are located and beyond. The company promotes education and charitable organizations, culture and sports. We also encourage volunteer work and lend a hand in response to disasters. Through the Audi Environmental Foundation, Audi supports research into new technologies and scientific methods for a livable future.

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Protecting biodiversity

Sustainability

01/08/2024

Protecting biodiversity: projects at all Audi locations

In addition to decarbonization, resource efficiency, and water use, Audi’s cross-site environmental program Mission:Zero also focuses on biodiversity as one of its four key areas of activity. From fields of flowers and colonies of wild bees to reforestation projects: As a member of the “Biodiversity in Good Company” initiative, the brand with the four rings again took action in 2023 with a variety of projects to protect biodiversity at all Audi locations.

Christmas donation: Audi employees support regional organizations with 720,000 euros

Company

12/12/2023

Christmas donation: Audi employees support regional organizations with 720,000 euros

For the 47th time, the Audi Works Council has called on the staff to participate in the traditional Christmas donation. An impressive 99.6 percent of Audi employees heeded the call and donated a total of 493,032 euros to charitable and social institutions, organizations, and associations in the region. As every year, the company also contributed to the staff donation, rounding up the amount to 720,000 euros.

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Strategic topics

09/28/2023

Dialogue on future-oriented sustainability: Audi at the One Young World Summit

Innovations for a changing world: The One Young World Summit, held in Belfast from October 2nd to 5th, will bring together more than 2,000 young people to discuss the social tasks of our time. Audi will also be represented at the event again. Bentley, Volkswagen subsidiary Elli (Electric Life), Audi, and the Audi Environmental Foundation are sending a total of 34 employees and scholars from all over the world to Northern Ireland – with future-oriented projects and ideas in tow. Xavier Ros, Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources at AUDI AG, sees curiosity and openness to impulses from outside, along with never stopping learning, as fundamental tasks of our time and part of Audi’s DNA.

Using high-tech and local partners to combat plastic garbage in Thailand’s rivers

Sustainability

09/14/2023

Using high-tech and local partners to combat plastic garbage in Thailand’s rivers

The Audi Environmental Foundation, together with the Ferry Porsche Foundation, is supporting the green start-up everwave to rid the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok of plastic garbage. Since May, a garbage collection boat from Germany equipped with high-tech equipment has been removing waste from the river - up to five tons daily under ideal conditions. By cooperating with the local non-governmental organization (NGO) TerraCycle Thai Foundation, the project partners aim to establish in the medium term a stable infrastructure for waste processing in the region around the Thai capital of Bangkok.

Audi and Litro de Luz will take solar lighting to indigenous communities in São Paulo, Brazil

Company

08/23/2023

Audi and Litro de Luz will take solar lighting to indigenous communities in São Paulo, Brazil

Audi do Brasil, Litro de Luz and the Audi Environmental Foundation have joined forces for a social project that will have a marked impact on the lives of residents of indigenous and local communities on the south coast of São Paulo. Between September 7 and 10, 180 pieces of lighting equipment will be donated, including solar energy lamps and solar posts, to communities without access to permanent electricity in the cities of Mongaguá, Peruíbe, Itanhaém, Cananeia and Ilha do Cardoso (São Paulo). In total, 147 families from 12 different communities are expected to benefit. The equipment will be fully installed and delivered by the end of this year.

The Audi Environmental Foundation funds research into new recycling process

Sustainability

07/12/2023

Recovering high-tech metals from electronic waste: The Audi Environmental Foundation funds research into new recycling process

The Audi Environmental Foundation has joined forces with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology to research new ways of recovering raw materials through recycling. Elements such as indium, gallium, or even tin are both finite and essential for modern technologies such as fiber optics, photovoltaics, and semiconductors. Every electronic device is made up of parts that contain these elements. A selective extraction process is planned that will recover these raw materials from incinerated waste. Currently, such materials are lost when the electronic parts that contain them are thrown away with household waste. The new process is designed to keep these valuable high-tech metals in the cycle.

Audi Social Day

Strategic topics

06/22/2023

Audi Social Day: Audi employees worldwide get involved in good causes

A very special date for Audi is almost here: Audi Social Day. On June 24, 2023, staff from all Audi production sites worldwide are joining forces to support social institutions and take positive action in the regions where they are based. With the event, the Four Rings are promoting a sense of belonging among employees and strengthening the social fabric of the communities to which Audi itself belongs.

Audi at the GREENTECH FESTIVAL 2023 in Berlin

Technology

06/07/2023

GREENTECH FESTIVAL: Focus on circular economy – pilot project for glass recycling becomes standard

For the windshields in the Audi Q4 e-tron, the company with the four rings will use glass made of up to 30 percent recycled material from car windows damaged beyond repair in the future. In doing so, Audi will successfully shift the “GlassLoop” pilot project into standard production. Audi, in cooperation with its partner companies, is the first premium auto manufacturer to set up a glass cycle of this kind. Until now, car windows damaged beyond repair – mainly windshields and panoramic roofs – have been used for less demanding purposes, such as bottles or insulation, in what is known as downcycling. The pilot project was the first to demonstrate that glass could be reused at comparable quality. Audi will show just how that works from June 14 to 16 at the 2023 GREENTECH FESTIVAL in Berlin. The company has supported the sustainability conference as a founding partner since 2020.

Clean water in Thailand

Sustainability

04/21/2023

Clean water in Thailand: Audi Environmental Foundation, Ferry Porsche Foundation and everwave collaborate to clean up Bangkok rivers

Together for clean water: The Audi Environmental Foundation and the Ferry Porsche Foundation will help clean up rivers and waters in Thailand through a new long-term collaboration with green start-up everwave. The focus is on the capital city of Bangkok, where almost 385 tons of plastic are washed into the sea every year.(1) Under the motto "Building Bridges," the partnership aims to make a global commitment to waste disposal.

Peatland protection through climate certificates

Company

04/20/2023

Peatland protection through climate certificates: Study funded by the Audi Environmental Foundation and LEADER* highlights opportunities for the Donaumoos

Peatlands are considered efficient long-term carbon reservoirs. By storing enormous amounts of carbon in layers of peat, they thus help reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere. How the transition from drainage-based to a sustainable peat-preserving use of land can be achieved, is the subject of the feasibility study “CO₂-regio”, funded by the Audi Environmental Foundation. The study examines how measures for rewetting in the Donaumoos could be reconciled with the needs of local farmers.

Strategic topics

04/17/2023

AzuBioTop project: New Audi recruits committed to environmental protection in the region

A new habitat for endangered animal and plant species is currently being created a few kilometers outside Audi’s Ingolstadt plant gates: the Audi AzuBioTop. The idea for the project came from new recruits. Since October 2022, employees have been gradually planting meadows of fruit trees and flowers as well as a replacement habitat for sand lizards. The first tree to be planted in the fall was recently followed by another planting event. Together with Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources and project sponsor Xavier Ros, Board Member for Production and Logistics Gerd Walker, and Chairman of the General Works Council Peter Mosch, the trainees have planted several native fruit trees.

Audi Environmental Foundation

Company

04/12/2023

Audi Environmental Foundation supports US coastal restoration

Audi Environmental Foundation (AEF) has awarded grants to two U.S. non-profits – Save The Bay and The Chesapeake Bay Foundation – providing $100,000 to each organization alongside Audi of America employee volunteer opportunities. The joint initiative is launching as “Restore our Bays”. Audi of America partnered with AEF to select the non-profit groups, recognizing the importance of its work to improve climate resilience along each coast. Water conservation and ecosystem protection are priorities for Audi, as we continue to work toward a global commitment to cut water consumption per vehicle produced in half by 2035 compared to 2019 levels*.

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

Audi at the One Young World Summit

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