Polestar Takes The Lead On Sustainability with Fredrika Klarén
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Robert is joined this week by Fredrika Klarén, Head of Sustainability at Polestar, to hear about their ambitions to become leaders in sustainable EV manufacturing. Working with Volvo and a range of recycling partners around the world, Polestar are building the capability to recycle and extend the life of many of the components used within their EVs, therefore easing the burden on the wider supply chains that these products are sourced from.
Fredrika joined Polestar in April 2020 to drive the company's sustainability ambitions forward on issues such as climate-neutrality, circularity, transparency and inclusion. Fredrika is chair of the board for Agenda 2030 West, an organisation enabling partnership between academia, business, civil society and public sector for the 17 SDGs.
She is a firm believer in the role of business as a catalyst for sustainable development and has held sustainability positions over the past decade at IKEA and Swedish fashion retailer KappAhl. She studied Civil Engineering with a focus on Environmental Systems Analysis at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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| 0:00.0 | So this week's episode is with a very remarkable woman who is pushing the boundaries of sustainability |
| 0:14.9 | and technology. |
| 0:16.4 | So this week's guest is the head of sustainability at pole star cars. |
| 0:20.9 | Frederica Claren is a Swedish woman who has worked in sustainability on a professional level |
| 0:26.5 | her entire career and they are really pushing the boundaries of how you make automotive |
| 0:31.9 | manufacturing a sustainable industry which is a massive challenge, really difficult, |
| 0:36.8 | but poles are at the leading edge of that and we're very grateful that we've had a pole |
| 0:41.4 | star car to drive a bit in Australia and that's really, I'm very grateful to that. |
| 0:45.7 | I just want to say that now because if I sound a little bit biased during this podcast |
| 0:50.6 | that's because I am because I think pole stars are really amazing cars along with many |
| 0:54.6 | other electric cars. |
| 0:56.0 | So I'll just say that right here. |
| 0:58.9 | So while I'm here I know that one of the things that's going to be happening at the Sydney |
| 1:03.6 | fully charged live show is there's going to be pole star cars there and that is on the |
| 1:07.4 | 11th and 12th of March 2023. |
| 1:10.8 | So if you're around the Sydney area at that time please do come along and see us. |
| 1:14.8 | We're really looking forward to it. |
| 1:15.9 | We know now it's going to be an absolutely amazing show with really incredible guests speaking |
| 1:19.9 | there with an enormous array of stuff on show there and test drives and everything else |
| 1:24.3 | you could possibly dream of for an all-electric day out. |
| 1:29.1 | But that's enough of that. |
| 1:30.6 | Please welcome to the fully charged podcast Frederica Claren from pole star cars. |
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