The Council was restructured in the reporting year. External specialists in business, science, politics, and civil society advise the Executive Board and top management regarding the strategic focus of sustainability regularly. The members are independent and not bound by instructions. The Executive Board has given the Council far-reaching rights to information and consultation, as well as rights of initiative.
In 2023, the Porsche Sustainability Council held two meetings with members of the Porsche Executive Board. The key topics addressed included decarbonization and related measures, the link between sustainability and digitalization as part of Corporate Digital Responsibility, the materiality process to identify strategic and communicative areas of focus and ESG management in the context of the capital market.
Council members also held regular meetings with representatives of its office and with experts from Porsche in 2023. Additionally, Porsche regularly involved members of the Council in the development of the company’s sustainability strategy.