PAS 2060 Accreditation

We at Sandown Coachworks have achieved our PAS2060 accreditation. This is an internationally recognised standard to aid in carbon neutrality.

All our Sandown Coachworks sites are preparing for an electric vehicle future with industry standard training and electric point chargers available at all sites.

To aid with our carbon neutrality we offset our carbon credits in support of Solar Photovoltaic Project. The proposed grouped project activity is a step towards supporting the implementation and installation of grid connected renewable solar energy power plants in India.

The main goal of the project activity is to implement renewable energy projects in the country and the significant importance of revenues from sale of Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) to achieve this goal forms the basis of the implementation of this project’s activity. The project’s activity will support the development of new grid-connected renewable energy power plants in India and will cover the solar energy technologies. It seeks to enable investment in large scale grid connected plants that export their generated output to the regional / national electricity grid in India. The total AC capacity of the project activity is 1,207.5 MW and the power produced displaces an equivalent amount of power from the grid, which is fed mainly by fossil fuel fired power plants. Hence, it results in reduction of GHG emissions. GHG emission reductions from the project activity will be 2,078,589 tonnes of CO2e and total GHG emission reductions for the chosen 10 year crediting period will be 20,785,890 tonnes of CO2e.

We aim to reduce our annual carbon footprint on a turnover basis (tCO2e/£M) by 5% per year on an ongoing basis.

Spray booths at car body shops are known to be the single-most contributing unit to energy consumption within the industry, accountable for up to 50% of total energy costs. With multiple booths, this can be even higher – upwards of 70%. We are currently exploring reductions in energy consumption by investigating the efficacy and efficiency of the spray booth(s) and spray booth practices on site. In turn to reduce our carbon footprint.

At Sandown Coachworks it is important to us to reduce our carbon footprint and fight against climate change.