AkzoNobel takes sustainable agenda to bodyshops

AkzoNobel Car Refinishes has launched a new UK service that provides bodyshops with advice and support to help them become more sustainable.

AkzoNobel Car Refinishes has launched its ‘Bodyshop Sustainability Quick Scan’ in the UK, a new service that provides bodyshops with advice and support to help them become more sustainable.

The initiative, which is currently in developmental stages, is being piloted with a group of Acoat Selected bodyshops within the UK market.

The concept is based on a three-stage process comprising a sustainability questionnaire, a carbon reduction plan and carbon offsetting.

The ‘Quick Scan’ process begins by taking individual bodyshops through a detailed questionnaire to help them establish which ‘sustainable level’ they are on.

On completion of this process, AkzoNobel will then work with bodyshops to help them introduce practices to reduce carbon emissions and become a more sustainable business.
AkzoNobel believes that sustainable solutions will become very important to bodyshops and their customers in the near future and so practices and processes must be established now to make sure the industry is ready.

“Sustainability is all about meeting today’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” AkzoNobel’s UK services manager, Bobby McConville, said.

“As a company AkzoNobel is committed to operating sustainably and because so many of our customers share that commitment we are actively engaged in developing the products, processes and tools to help them achieve their business goals in a sustainable way.

“We know that the future belongs to those who understand that ‘business as usual’ is not an option over the long term; we must be looking to the future. The Bodyshop Sustainability Quick Scan is a valuable tool which will advance the achievement of sustainability in bodyshops.”

Using the Quick Scan process AkzoNobel is aiming to develop a network of proven sustainable bodyshops which will be marketed to insurance companies and work providers who increasingly require proof of environmental commitment from their partners.