Sustainability, new economics and policy: Greening pathway for the auto industry

There have been several arguments from scholars on the question of how we can attain sustainable development (SD). The aim of the article is to explore realistic policies and programmes for achieving sustainable auto manufacturing with a question of ‘how do we manufacture vehicles in a way that is sustainable?’ To discuss how we can achieve sustainable auto manufacturing, I draw on a framework consisting of four innovations–technological, organizational, institutional and social change–and three sustainability pillars–economic development, the environment and employment. All four kinds of innovation need to receive attention in a coordinated manner and careful government policies are needed, thereby reaching a certain sustainability goal.