Nissan has been named one of the world’s greenest brands for 2013 in Interbrand’s third annual Best Global Green Brands report. Noted for its leadership in zero emissions mobility with the Nissan LEAF 100% electric vehicle, Nissan was ranked fifth place overall out of 50 brands that were selected.

Before Philippe Schulz became Renault’s Expert Leader, Environment, Energy and Raw Materials, he worked for the oil industry.

But he could see the writing on the wall and that led him to his current role at Renault, as one of the driving forces behind its expansive electric vehicle programme.

Some of the world’s greatest thinkers are gathering at TEDGlobal in Edinburgh this week to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the world… and while they’re here they will discover how the Renault-Nissan Alliance has started the electric vehicle revolution with the aim of delivering sustainable zero-emission mobility for all.

British broadcaster and businessman Mark Goodier has today replayed his number one motoring moment by becoming the first person in Europe to take delivery of the all-new and UK-built 100% electric Nissan LEAF.
 
The former host of British music TV show Top of the Pops, best known for his time presenting on BBC Radio One, was the first UK customer to collect the original Nissan LEAF - the world's bestselling electric car - when the ground-breaking model was launched in Britain in May 2011.

Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., and Keiko Ihara, currently the only Japanese female driver competing in the World Endurance Championships (WEC) — the highest form of sports-car endurance racing in the world — have signed a partnership agreement to promote zero emission mobility.

Net Zero, Climate Positive – the theme of the 2013 Business for the Environment (B4E) Climate Summit in London this week – should be the driving force for the business community.

That was the message beamed out after Day One of the conference. Instead of focusing purely on profit, businesses need to consider sustainability first and foremost. And fast. 

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will use motor racing to improve the next generation of electric vehicles.

Jerry Hardcastle, Nissan’s Chief Marketability Engineer and Technical Director for Global Motorsport, told the Alliance-backed B4E Climate Summit being held in London: “The electric car has come to the road before it made it to the race track where, traditionally, technical innovations were developed.

Since 2011, more than 100,000 battery and plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in America. That’s some performance… especially as fewer than 20,000 were sold in that first year as the country’s car drivers took their tentative first steps towards embracing this new technology.