Nuro 2021 ESG Report: Letter from the founders

We recently shared our first ESG report, which details how we are striving to operate responsibly in order to better everyday life through robotics. Below is a letter from our founders, Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson. You can read the full report here .?

At Nuro, our mission is to better everyday life through robotics. We measure our success by how many people’s lives are substantially improved by our products.

We believe that the work we are doing at Nuro can promote more efficient use of our resources, our time, and our attention. For everyone. But only if we do it correctly. We aim to deliver a service that will have a meaningful impact on sustainability and to take action to improve sustainability in our own business.

The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that the need for action is increasingly urgent: if current global trends continue, many effects of climate change will be irreversible. Transportation is the top contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and we must collectively work to make a zero-emission transportation future.

This 2021 ESG Report explains how our service can help make the way goods move more sustainable and details the actions we have undertaken to create a sustainable company in our first five years—focusing on 2021 and our plans for 2022. This report presents a snapshot of how we are thinking about environmental, social, and governance issues and how we are organizing our efforts. We are focusing on eleven material topics across three subject areas: Governance, Sustainable Products, and People. Following our discussion of each material topic are key metrics so that stakeholders can follow our performance.

We hope that, ultimately, our technology will be a part of daily life, driving on the streets where our children play, our pets walk, and where we live. We have to make sure that what we are doing is right, clean, and safe, not just the easiest path. Contributing to a more sustainable world for future generations is a vital part of our mission. We believe that, by being transparent and working together, we will create groundbreaking technology and have an enduring impact.