Tesla

Multiple fatal crashes linked to Tesla's Autopilot and FSD systems resulted in jury verdicts exceeding $329 million (Miami) and $240 million (Florida 2025), with ongoing NHTSA audits for delayed crash reporting and a California class-action over FSD false advertising cleared to proceed.source ↗

A Delaware court voided Musk's $56 billion compensation as engineered by a conflicted board; Tesla put it to a re-vote in May 2024 rather than renegotiate, drawing widespread criticism from proxy advisors and institutional investors over governance quality.source ↗

NHTSA found Tesla's Autopilot controls insufficient to prevent driver misuse, forcing a recall of ~2.03 million U.S. vehicles and opening a further probe after post-recall crashes continued; Consumer Reports said the fix addressed only minor inconveniences.source ↗

Tesla has not published a responsibility identification or rectification explanation for alleged wastewater pollution incidents at its Texas factory, and injury-rate data are not disclosed at the factory level.source ↗

The Lead the Charge 2024 benchmarking report identified Tesla's Indigenous Peoples' rights performance at only 26% — its worst-scoring ESG category — with no year-on-year improvement despite prior flagging.source ↗

Tesla remains the only major Western automaker without a single collective bargaining agreement anywhere in its global workforce, and holds no published living wage commitment, exposing it to ongoing labor-rights divestment screening.source ↗

MSCI downgraded Tesla's ESG rating to BB — below some tobacco companies — following rejected ESG shareholder proposals at the 2024 AGM and the CEO's public disparagement of ESG frameworks.source ↗

Human Rights Watch found Tesla lacks adequate traceability and audit transparency for cobalt sourced from the DRC, where child labor and dangerous conditions are documented, creating non-compliance risk under due diligence standards.source ↗