PSA Peugeot Citroen: We're clean

PSA Peugeot Citroen has been identified as a French leader for the quality of climate change related information that it has disclosed to investors and the global marketplace through CDP, the international not-for-profit organisation that drives sustainable economies.

The car company has therefore been awarded a position on the French Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), which was announced on November 4, 2015, in the France and Benelux CDP's annual global climate change report.

This comes three weeks ahead of the UN climate change conference, where national leaders meet to agree on a global deal to reduce carbon emissions and limit temperature warming.

PSA earned its position on the index by disclosing high quality and reliable carbon emissions and energy data through the CDP's climate change program. Marked out of 100, the reported data has been independently assessed against the CDP's scoring methodology, with organisations that are graded in the top 10 per cent being added to the CDLI.

PSA Peugeot Citroen scored a perfect 100/100.

CDP recognises the PSA's historical commitment in favour of transparency and environment in both industrial and product ranges.

The award is consistent with the PSA Group's initiative taken on October 26, to publish real-world fuel economy figures for its main vehicles as soon as possible, with the process overseen by an independent body.

PSA also emphasises its leadership in CO2 emissions with an average of 105.9 grams of CO2 per kilometre, compared to the European market's average of 120.9 grams per kilometre by the end of August.

The CDP's annual global climate change report, along with the climate scores of all companies publically taking part in CDP's climate change program this year is available on CDP's website.

While cynics might presume that PSA is aiming to capitalise on the Volkswagen Group's discomfiture from its own goal – 'defeat device' software for diesels – it's also true that PSA is distancing itself from a broader anti-diesel sentiment in the marketplace that has the potential to hurt Peugeot and Citroen sales also.