Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Stellantis strategically engaged with climate policy in the EU, US and UK in 2023-25 with both positive and negative engagement with science-aligned climate policy. While the company demonstrated positive top-line positions, it advocated to weaken the EU’s CO2 emissions standards for cars and vans and opposed US federal emissions and fuel economy standards.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: According to its 2024 Annual Report, published in February 2025, Stellantis supported GHG emission reductions in line with a 1.5°C target. Stellantis also supported the Paris Agreement in its Vigilance Plan, published in May 2025.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: In the EU, Stellantis exhibited both positive and negative positions on CO2 emissions standards for cars and vans. Former CEO, Carlos Tavares, generally supported the EU CO2 standards for cars and vans in February 2024 comments, and opposed the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)'s attempt to delay the 2025 15% CO2 reduction target by two years in September 2024 comments. However, in January 2025 and February 2025 meetings with the European Commission, Stellantis advocated for flexibilities under the EU’s 2025 CO2 reduction target. Additionally, in July 2025, Reuters reported that the company was advocating for a five-year extension to the EU’s CO2 standards for vans.
In the US, Stellantis was largely unsupportive of emissions and fuel economy standards. While, in November 2024, The New York Times reported that Stellantis was unsupportive of the proposed rollback of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2027-32 GHG emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks, the company advocated to weaken the same standards in July 2023 comments. In October 2023 regulatory comments, the company also advocated to reduce the stringency of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and to maintain flexibilities that further weaken the regulation. In a March 2025 press release, Stellantis endorsed the Transportation Freedom Act, a bill that would repeal existing US federal light-duty GHG emissions standards and CAFE standards, and “eliminates” US heavy-duty GHG emissions standards.
Positioning on Energy Transition: In the US, Stellantis advocated for less ambitious zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) penetration targets in comments on the GHG emissions standards for MY 2027-2032 for light- and medium-duty vehicles in July 2023. More positively, Stellantis entered a partnership with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in March 2024, agreeing to comply with the Advanced Clean Cars II rule independently of CARB’s ability to enforce it judicially. However, in a March 2025 press release, Stellantis supported the Transportation Freedom Act, a bill that would repeal the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Trucks policies, which included zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates, in all participating states.
In the UK, Stellantis appeared to support a 2030 internal combustion engine (ICE)-phase out date in a September 2023 consultation response. In a September 2024 article, Stellantis subsidiary Peugeot also supported the UK zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. However, former CEO Carlos Tavares strongly opposed the UK’s ZEV mandate in an April 2024 Autocar article, saying that it was a “terrible thing for the UK”, that could “kill” the industry. According to a November 2024 Reuters article Stellantis also criticized the ZEV mandate as a key issue ahead of its decision to close its Luton plant, and further advocated for a moratorium on fines in a December 2024 Financial Times article.
In the EU, former CEO Carlos Tavares supported the EU’s 2035 ICE car ban in February 2024 comments to the journal Welt, and appeared to oppose a weakening or delay of the EU’s ICE phase-out target in an October 2024 Financial Times article. Stellantis also supported the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) with major exceptions in an April 2025 consultation response.
Industry Association Governance: Stellantis has provided a partial account of its industry associations' positions and engagement activities with climate policies in its Climate Policy Report 2024/2025, published in March 2025. The company discloses that its CEO, Antonio Filosa, is on the board of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation which has mostly negative engagement with science-aligned climate policy in the US. A senior executive of Stellantis is President of the National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (ANFAVEA) in Brazil, which has both positive and negative engagement with climate policy. According to its Climate Policy Report, Stellantis also has multiple senior executives on the board of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in the UK, which is partially aligned with policy pathways aiming to deliver the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Stellantis rejoined the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) in January 2025 and has a senior executive on the board; the association has both positive and negative engagement with climate policy.
A detailed assessment of the company's review of its climate policy engagement can be found on InfluenceMap's CA100+ Investor Hub here.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q3 2025.