POLESTAR AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING UK PLC

Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC manufactures and sells electric vehicles that incorporate animal-derived materials into their interior components. The company’s vehicle configurations offer leather upholstery as a standard or optional feature across its model lineup, which constitutes commercial exploitation of animals for their hides.

While Polestar publicly discusses its ambition to develop fully vegan interiors and has introduced some animal-free material options, the core business currently relies on traditional leather supply chains. The company’s own modern slavery statements identify high risks of human rights violations in its production supply chain, which extends to the sourcing of raw materials like leather. There is no public evidence that the leather used is sourced exclusively from by-products of the meat industry or from farms with verified animal welfare standards, leaving the scale and conditions of animal exploitation inherent to its supply chain unaddressed.