Global policy

Volkswagen Board of Management member for Human Resources Dr. Neumann announces apprenticeship initiative: Soon more than 10,000 apprentices worldwide

Wolfsburg, 28 April 2008 - Volkswagen will increase the number of apprentices at its sites worldwide to more than 10,000 by 2010. This was announced by the Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft Board of Management member for Human Resources, Dr. Horst Neumann, during an international conference organized by IG Metall in Wolfsburg on Monday. He stressed that “globalization needs an outstanding team. That is why Volkswagen is encouraging the competence, commitment and fitness of its workforce worldwide.”

The FIA has called on the United Nations to adopt the first-ever worldwide target for CO2 emissions in passenger cars.

26.10.2007 -- At its General Assembly in Paris today, the FIA and its member clubs worldwide unanimously agreed to a Declaration which sets a global CO2 emissions benchmark of 140g/km for passenger cars as part of a new international framework for greener motoring.

The FIA’s new policy Declaration, entitled ‘Make Cars Green’, aims to help governments around the world work towards cost-effective environmental policies for the motor vehicle sector.

FIA President Max Mosley is calling for a coherent international strategy to reduce both the toxic emissions and the carbon intensity of the automotive sector.