Sustainability in the Automotive Industry

Jun 06, 2024

ESG Excellence to Support Sustainable Business Operations for Repairshops and Dealerships

Repair shops or car dealerships that serve car manufacturers, insurance providers and/or private customers are increasingly encouraged to strive for sustainable business practices based on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) targets and guidelines. We conduct a multi-level assessment to meet your ESG requirements and commitments.

Our multi-level ESG assessment helps you:

  • Define achievable goals and meet evolving market demands
  • Adopt sustainable practices to reduce the environmental footprint and improve social impact
  • Ensure safety in the workplace, promote fair and ethical processes, and support positive change
  • Understand ESG practices and sustainability strategies across your supply chain

Introduction of our ESG assessment for Repair Shops and Car Dealerships

Repair shops and car dealerships are impacted by the demands of the automotive and insurance industries, with an increasing need to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles to work together to ensure responsible business practices in line with regulatory requirements and meet stakeholder requirements and consumer expectations.
In order to maintain a consistently high quality standard in the industry, the ESG Assessment represents a transparent and neutral evaluation concept especially for repair workshops and car dealerships or body and paint shops, which both highlights the potential of the individual company and enables independent comparability on the market.
We help you optimize your business operations and processes so that you are resilient to potential risks and can build stakeholder trust.
We provide a comprehensive assessment of your strategies so that your ESG-related measures can be implemented appropriately and effectively, both for you and for your supply chain partners. At DEKRA, we understand that every individual path to success is unique.
Assessment according to your needs and maturity level:
Our holistic approach offers four different areas to meet your sustainability goals and business needs. The assessment levels include:
Assessment according to your needs and maturity level:
Our holistic approach offers four different areas to meet your sustainability goals and business needs. The assessment levels include:
Participant Level:
For those starting their ESG journey for the first time, this level provides an easily accessible assessment that identifies the key areas for improvement. The result is a quick action plan that identifies opportunities for improvement.
Silver Level:
For repair shops and car dealerships that have already taken the first steps, our experts will help consider a wider range of ESG aspects, including decarbonization, circular economy and governance issues, so you can validate your findings and scale up your efforts.
Gold Level:
Our comprehensive assessment provides strong support to interested businesses that want to engage in more detail on ESG principles, enabling workshops and dealerships to refine their processes, increase their credibility, adapt to evolving ESG standards, and develop a seed plan with measurable milestones.
Platinum Level:
The Platinum level is the pinnacle of ESG excellence, covering all facets of workshop and dealership operations and providing a comprehensive complement to best practice ESG practices.