Tata Motors is a leading Indian automotive company producing cars, trucks and buses with subsidiaries including British Jaguar Land Rover and South Korean Tata Daewoo.
Founded in 1945 as a locomotive manufacturer, Tata Motors is now one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in the world, with assembly operations in several countries and around 90,000 employees. It is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and ranks among the top three in the passenger vehicles market. Tata Motors pledges to integrate sustainability into its business strategy, emphasising decarbonization, circular economy principles and the preservation of the natural environment. It aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040 for passenger vehicles and 2045 for commercial vehicles.
Tata Motors joined LeadIT in 2024 to harness the power of global best practices, influence policymaking, and together with other members, strengthen its climate action plans, thereby accelerating its transition towards net-zero emissions.
Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles and Volvo Group have pledged, as part of their LeadIT membership, to work together on a more sustainable heavy-duty transport eco-system in India. In a first-of-its-kind cooperation for the Leadership Group, LeadIT is facilitating collaborative work between the two companies. The aim is to foster dialogues and collaboration to address the challenges of transitioning to a low-carbon transport infrastructure. This infrastructure could encompass both green hydrogen and fossil-free electricity.