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PPG unveils new sustainability services for bodyshops
- 23/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
PPG has unveiled a new suite of products, processes, digital tools and consulting services designed to help bodyshops reduce energy, waste and greenhouse gas emissions throughout the automotive repair process. Sustainability CO₂NCEPT utilises three core pillars to support repairers in achieving their [...] -
Copart awarded environmental accolade
- 22/08/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has been awarded a milestone badge from the Ecologi platform for planting 1,000 trees across the UK, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Senegal, and Ethiopia. The award supports Copart’s ongoing Plan Net Zero commitment. Copart’s investment into a virtual forest with Ecologi gives the business [...] -
Fix Auto Edinburgh West achieves PAS 2060
- 31/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto Edinburgh West is the latest franchise partner from within Fix Auto UK’s network to achieve carbon neutral status in line with PAS 2060. The Scottish business has invested in energy efficient LED lighting and undertaken numerous other measures to successfully gain its PAS 2060 certification. To assist [...] -
SYNETIQ supports global sustainability
- 25/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SYNETIQ has invested in carbon projects in the UK, India and Turkey to complement its own decarbonisation plans. Working with Highland Carbon, specialists in carbon market solutions for climate action, SYNETIQ is financing projects around the world to support the transition to a low-carbon global economy. Among [...] -
AkzoNobel introduces Sustainable Repair Network in Europe
- 29/06/2023
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
AkzoNobel has launched its Sustainable Repair Network, a new programme to help bodyshops reduce their carbon footprint. By certifying the operations of its customers, AkzoNobel will partner with them to help measure, monitor and improve CO2 emissions. It will leverage its leading position in sustainability to [...] -
New white paper supports SMEs go green
- 29/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Made Smarter has launched a whitepaper to help SME automotive manufacturers accelerate their net zero plans. The report, Decarbonisation through Digitalisation: manufacturing made smarter and greener with technology, offers insights about how a variety of technologies enable manufacturing and engineering businesses [...] -
Repairify celebrates ISO 14001 accreditation
- 28/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Repairify has been awarded ISO 14001 for its Luton and Peterlee offices, becoming the first company within the Repairify group to achieve the environmental accreditation. ISO 14001 sets out the standard for an environmental management system. Repairify met the required certification by ensuring its UK sites are [...] -
Synetiq support vital in parts supply crisis
- 09/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Leading integrated vehicle salvage, dismantlers and recyclers Synetiq is continuing its support for bodyshops by reducing vehicle off-road time. While parts supply continues to be a challenge, its mygreenparts platform is proving to be an invaluable tool for customers who are searching for readily available green [...] -
Fix Auto UK pair celebrate PAS 2060
- 08/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto Mid Devon and Fix Auto Worsley are the latest franchise partners to celebrate achieving PAS 2060 accreditations. The two repairers have worked successfully with the network’s outsourced procurement partner Purchase Direct to complete their Driving Net Zero programme and achieve their respective carbon [...] -
Auto Windscreens celebrates World Environment Day
- 07/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Auto Windscreens marked World Environment Day with its fourth litter pick of 2023 as part of its ‘cleaner community’ initiative. A team of seven volunteers, led by business support director Shaun Atton cleared the area of plastic and rubbish around McGregor’s Pond, near its head office in Chesterfield. This [...]