Restore enterprise Steer Automotive Group has achieved PAS 2060 accreditation throughout all 98 restore retailers.

This worldwide recognition, outlined by the British Requirements Establishment (BSI), confirms that each one of Steer’s websites are actually carbon impartial underpinning its dedication to quantifying, lowering, and offsetting greenhouse gasoline emissions throughout its operations.

PAS 2060 encompasses Scope 1 and a pair of emissions, in addition to Scope 3 emissions contributing greater than 1% of the whole footprint. Steer has achieved this accreditation by way of a mixture of operational enhancements and carbon offsetting initiatives.

This follows Steer’s first impartial ESG efficiency audit by Sustainable Benefit in October 2023, which offered a ranking of 71%, thought-about to be “ESG Wonderful” and the appointment in June of Peter Randhawa as director of ESG & particular initiatives to offer strategic path.

Wanting forward, Steer has set out on a brand new formidable plan to realize web zero and carbon neutrality solely organically, with out counting on carbon offsetting, throughout all its websites’

To grasp this purpose, Steer will construct upon the numerous enhancements already carried out throughout the enterprise, together with sustainable paint utilization, inexperienced components integration, sustainable and renewable vitality and sustainable firm autos.

Richard Steer, CEO of Steer Automotive Group, mentioned: ““This accreditation not solely strengthens Steer’s clear dedication to sustainability, but it surely dovetails with the group’s continued give attention to new applied sciences and supporting the restore and upkeep of electrical autos. Our journey continues and we consider we’ve got the fitting processes and plans to proceed making operational enhancements and tackle new sustainable initiatives, with the intention of being carbon impartial with out using carbon offsets.”