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CAHR strives to be a source of expert opinion and information on labour market and human resource issues for the automotive industry.
CAPC provides a forum for industry, government, labour and the research community to discuss common issues and identify a course of action to strengthen Canada's automotive industry.
Environmental Leadership
- In 2005 Canada's auto industry voluntarily agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's vehicle fleet by 5.3 million tonnes by the end of 2010 (exceeding the GHG reduction goal of 2002 Climate Change Plan).
- Vehicles sold in Canada are among the cleanest in the world. It would take twelve 2007 model-year cars to produce the same emissions produced by one 1993 model-year and 37 new cars to produce as much as just one 1987 car.
- Since 2005, Canada's automakers have introduced over 70 different advanced technology and alternative fuel vehicles, several of which are produced in Canada.
- Improvements in the Canadian automotive manufacturing processes have reduced Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from assembly plants by over 50% on a kg/vehicle basis from 1990 to 2002. Today's Canadian assembly plants do not register in a ranking of emissions intensity across key industrial sectors. Energy conservation achievements at Canadian manufacturing facilities also rank among the highest across many industry sectors.
- Environmental considerations begin at the vehicle design process including the selection of materials that go into building a vehicle. New vehicles are almost 90% recycled and among the most recycled of any consumer products. Increasing attention is now focused on the introduction of bio-materials from plants into parts and components.
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