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Axalta partners with CESVIMAP to drive sustainability
- 17/07/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
Axalta has announced a new partnership with CESVIMAP R&D Centre to give the paint manufacturer's refinish customers access to CESVIMAP’s Move2Green sustainability programme, which offers an online self-assessment questionnaire to evaluate the current environmental impact of bodyshops. The partnership will [...] -
SMMT urges government to support industry’s green success
- 10/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is urging the new government to support the industry drive the country’s green agenda after a new report revealed that emissions from vehicle production has more than halved since 1999. Its 25th SMMT Sustainability Report showed that emissions during [...] -
Copart to open new St Helens Operation Centre
- 08/07/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
St Helens is set to become Copart’s fourth new Copart Operation Centre to open its doors in recent months, following Corby, East Kilbride, and Gloucester. In yet another strand of the company’s ongoing ‘Land and Expand’ strategy, the 19-acre site in Merseyside will provide further storage capacity for up to [...] -
Silverlake wins awards for its green business practices
- 21/06/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Silverlake Automotive Recycling has been recognised for its commitment to sustainability and the environment, receiving two awards in seven days at both a national and regional level. At the national UK Green Business Awards 2024 on 12 June, Silverlake was a finalist in the Circular Economy Project of the Year [...] -
Copart lends weight to Global Car Recycling Day
- 20/06/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart is urging the industry to join it in supporting Global Car Recycling Day. The international event, taking place today for the second time, is being held to encourage the industry to make recycling vehicles and their parts a greater priority in order to protect the environment. With more than 1.4 billion [...] -
SYNETIQ initiative supports sustainability strategy
- 18/06/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SYNETIQ is enhancing is sustainability credentials by carrying out a project to calculate the carbon emissions of its auction vehicles. The IAA company is undertaking the study with sustainability consultants Oakdene Hollins as part of its ‘Road to Tomorrow’ strategy which aims to calculate the company’s [...] -
GKN Automotive makes significant sustainability strides
- 10/06/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
GKN Automotive has published its 2023 Sustainability Report, revealing that it reduced emissions by 10.5% in the last year. The company achieved these reductions mainly through on-site energy savings by replacing energy intensive production equipment and implementing upgrades to air conditioning and heat [...] -
New EV battery passport due in 2027
- 10/06/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New regulations will be introduced in 2027 requiring vehicle manufacturers to prove the origins of raw materials used in electric vehicle batteries. The new ‘electric battery passport’ will apply to vehicles sold in the UK as well as Europe, and will also require manufacturers to state how much of the battery [...] -
Europcar Mobility celebrates recycling successes
- 30/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Europcar Mobility Group UK has announced that recycling parts from its own fleets helped it save more than 76,000kg of CO2 last year. This equates to the emissions generated by 9.2 million mobile phones. Mark Newberry, commercial director and sustainability spokesperson at Europcar Mobility Group UK, said: “At [...] -
Axalta announces key collaboration with Solera
- 22/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Solera and Axalta have agreed a new partnership that will drive sustainability within the sector by providing emissions data for products and processes used in individual repairs. As part of the collaboration, Solera will integrate Axalta’s Fast Cure Low Energy (FCLE) refinish paint systems into its own [...]