Daimler AG Summary

Brief Description of the company:
Daimler is a leading supplier of premium automobiles and the world’s biggest manufacturer of heavy and medium trucks, with a wide range of first-class trucks, vans and buses. With over 273,000 employees throughout the world, including 22,476 in the United States, Daimler reported annual revenues of $135 billion in 2008.

As part of its environmental commitment, Daimler developed a roadmap for sustainable mobility with a three-point emphasis: further improving the conventional drive systems, developing hybrid concepts and enhancing fuel efficiency, as well as zero-emission driving with battery-powered or fuel cell vehicles.

Daimler's Targets

• Daimler wants its passenger cars to be “best in class” in terms of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions (new models will be more efficient than predecessors – 8 percent for small cars; 15 percent for larger cars).
• For 2012: CO₂ emissions reduced by 40 percent in European new-vehicle fleet (from 1995) and commercially available battery-electric vehicles.
• Daimler has also committed to lowering carbon dioxide emissions from production operations to result in 20 percent lower specific emissions in 2015 as compared to 2007. Visit Daimler's site to learn more.

Chairman & CEO of the Daimler AG Board
Dieter Zetsche

CEO quote on Climate Change
"Sustainability is the basic principle governing our business operations" - Dieter Zetsche

 Read Daimler's 2009 Sustainability Report. Also explore Daimler's interactive sustainability report.