A Midlands-based AM100 car dealer group has begun a group-wide sustainability project which will bring long-term cost savings and carbon footprint reductions.
Reducing Pendragon's carbon emissions by 5%, increasing female representation in management positions and bringing at least two new OEMs on board are among the three-year targets set for the AM100 dealer group's chief executive Bill Berman and chief financial officer Mark Willis.
Over 1,000 automotive professionals from 100 businesses have now achieved Carbon Literate status to help achieve their wider sustainability objectives.
Independent specialist electric car dealer Drive Green owner Richard Norris shares its approach to sustainability, including having a composting toilet and upcycling furniture.
UK automotive is among all businesses that need to be net zero by 2050. Carbon emissions will need to be drastically cut from all dealership operations to limit global warming.
Green NCAP has recognised the Dacia Spring as the most environmentally friendly new car as it reveals the results of its 2022 efficiency tests.
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has switched on its 135 solar panels, bringing the business a step closer to achieving carbon neutrality.
Transport for London’s (TfL) plans to expand its Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) have been branded the “wrong move at the wrong time” .
Motor retail groups are putting more focus on tackling their environmental impact and carbon footprint through technology and property solutions
Recycling lives, processor of end-of-life vehicles, has completed its acquisition of John R. Adam and Sons for an undisclosed sum.
The June issue of AM magazine is here in digital form, free to read, full of insights that will get dealers thinking about their strategy for the future.
Auto Trader has been awarded Gold Carbon Literate Organisation accreditation from the Carbon Literacy Project (CLP).
Skoda is introducing new power hubs across its dealer network that use old electric vehicle (EV) batteries to provide sustainable power.
Swansway Group has invested more than £300,000 to replace all the light bulbs across its business with LED units.
Polestar has outlined its goal to build a car that is truly carbon neutral by the end of the decade.
Green NCAP has published the results from its latest round of testing, which highlights the most environmentally sustainable new cars on sale.
Renault is converting its Flins plant into a new ‘Re-Factory’, which will be used to refurbish used cars and convert ICE models to more carbon-neutral powertrains while also developing new sustainable technology.
Banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 puts motorists and automotive industry workers at risk, warns the IMI.
Tesco is the latest business to join the UK Electric Fleets Coalition, a group of 27 companies calling on the Government to bring forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to 2030.
The government’s Air Quality Expert Group has published a report today which warns that particles from brake wear, tyre wear and road surface wear directly contribute to more than half of the particle pollution created by road transport.
