Volkswagen Slovakia has a separate department which deals with the environment and coordinates activities in the areas of air protection, water protection and waste management. However, the environment concerns all of us, from our staff in the planning departments and employees in manufacturing to those in non-manufacturing operations.

Care and protection of the environment is an important part of the company strategy which is focused on long-term growth in value. The effects manufacturing processes have on the environment are therefore always taken into account in advance. In carrying this out, the company is governed by principles of environmental and waste management, energy saving, water management and the deployment of the best available technologies.

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This content is currently being reviewed and updated in order to ensure its compliance with the requirements of the Act on Consumer Protection and on Amendments to Certain Acts (No. 108/2024 Coll.) (in Slovak: zákon č. 108/2024 Z. z. o ochrane spotrebiteľa a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), as amended, and of Directive (EU) 2024/825 of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and through better information, which introduce new rules for the use of environmental claims and for the communication of sustainability-related information, applicable from 27 September 2026.

We are carrying out the updates step by step, as they affect a large volume of documentation. At the same time, we must continue to meet disclosure obligations arising from other legal regulations, which is why it was not possible to temporarily withdraw all documents. Until full alignment has been achieved, some information may therefore still be displayed in its original wording or may be temporarily unavailable. Thank you for your understanding.