A post-graduate masters level thesis looking at how sustainable the European automotive industry is using various ESG metrics to compare and contrast one another. As well as this, this study investigates the relationship between ESG performane and the financial successfulness of the companies in question.

The European companies being analysed are BMW Group, Daimler AG, PSA, Renault Groupe and Volkswagen AG. These were decided upon by being the top-5 producing companies in terms of quantity of production.

As well as this, Toyota will be being used a point of comparison after it was named 92nd on the Forbes 100 Most sustainable global companies list in 2019.