Price, performance, pollution. Choose two.

There’s no reason for battery performance to come at the cost of the environment. And clean shouldn’t mean costly.

We’ve committed to powering cell production with fossil-free energy, invested into innovation of process design to optimize use of resources and established an in-house battery recycling business to reduce consumption of mined raw materials.

Production

Fossil-free energy powering our operations (through 2024)

CO2/kWh

Northvolt's target for the carbon footprint of cell production in 2030.

Recycled material

Our target that by 2030 half of what goes into new Northvolt lithium-ion cells will come from recycling.

The real challenge is to do it right and do it fast

Recycling, and other things worth repeating

Ethical sourcing

Mined with peace in mind

Sustainability goes beyond carbon footprint and emissions, and for batteries it begins with base raw materials.

We’re sourcing raw materials in accordance with international standards and practices, as well as introducing some of our own standards to secure a supply chain free from corruption of people or planet.

And if we’re not extracting it, we’re recycling it – reducing our consumption of fresh raw material through a world-first recycling setup.

Sourcing at Northvolt
Fossil-free energy

Powered by the forces of nature

There’s no getting around the fact that battery cell production requires a lot of energy. But by harnessing the power of renewable energy, we can make an enormous difference to the carbon footprint of battery products.

That’s why, wherever we operate and manufacture, we have a commitment to using clean, locally sourced fossil-free energy.

Recycling

Put recycling on repeat

Northvolt's model for handling end-of-life batteries and circular processes is grounded in state-of-the-art technologies and driven by environmental and industrial logic.

Through our program for recycling, Revolt, we aim to circulate valuable metals contained in batteries back into manufacturing flows to reduce the need for mining raw materials, lower the environmental impact of batteries and drive down battery costs.

Recycling at Northvolt

Sustainability & Annual Report 2023

This is Northvolt’s second integrated Sustainability & Annual report. It outlines what we are doing, how we are doing it, and the challenges we face as we work to enable the future of energy.

Northvolt reports its sustainability work for 2023 in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards.

Read the report

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