At Arnold Clark, we are committed to ensuring our group of companies consider the social, economic, and environmental tenets of sustainability throughout all aspects of our business operations.
SENSE is our new sustainability strategy that aims to transform our business into a driver of the future of sustainable personal mobility and includes reducing our greenhouse gas emissions in line with the UK's climate change targets.
It is an absolute priority for us all to be sensible to our actions and their consequences today if we are to safeguard our futures of tomorrow.
Our objective is to conduct our business in a responsible way that positively impacts the world around us, while identifying, reducing, and mitigating any negative impacts so we can preserve and improve the quality of life for future generations.
Bring our emissions, waste, paper, and water use to sustainable levels.
View our Carbon Reduction Plan.
Enable our society's transition to sustainable personal mobility.
Visit the Innovation Centre.
Foster and recognise a culture of sustainable behaviours amongst our people.
To continue with our progress to achieve net zero, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets vs our 2021 baseline:
For more information on our sustainability policy, then click here.
Pablo Levi
Group
Sustainability Manager
Debbie Hubner
Senior
Sustainability Officer
Marcello Fabbi
Sustainability
Officer
Sofia Backlund
Sustainability
Officer
Thomas Harley
Sustainability
Officer
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In 2023, we opened our brand-new BWM branch at Hillington, Glasgow, installing a rooftop solar PV system over the main branch and valet buildings.
We expect this system to generate 62.4 MWh of clean electricity for the branch every year for at least 25 years. This will help us reduce the branch’s Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 13tCO2e every year (325 tCO2e over its 25-year lifespan).
Going forward, we will seek to include rooftop solar PV systems in all our new sites, as well as exploring opportunities to retrofit them into our existing branches.
To date, we’ve installed 12 fast-acting insulated roller shutters (Arctic Hare) across the portfolio, with the majority of these replacing existing standard single skin galvanised steel roller shutters that offered no thermal value (U value).
The Arctic Hare shutters have a U value of 1.1 W/M2K for the lath (door curtain) and a value of 3.3 W/M2K for the total door. They also close in just 10 seconds, compared to the old-style shutters in 30 seconds.
These upgrades will massively improve the thermal performance of the door systems in the existing branches. Plus, the doors are powered by the GFA Safedrive Fi motor which is designed for the high duty cycle, and therefore more energy efficient.
The Arctic Hare door also improves acoustic performance, producing a 22dB level difference from inside to out, which can be a huge benefit for a workshop located in a built residential area.
To date, we’ve installed 12 fast-acting insulated roller shutters (Arctic Hare) across the portfolio, with the majority of these replacing existing standard single skin galvanised steel roller shutters that offered no thermal value (U value).
The Arctic Hare shutters have a U value of 1.1 W/M2K for the lath (door curtain) and a value of 3.3 W/M2K for the total door. They also close in just 10 seconds, compared to the old-style shutters in 30 seconds.
These upgrades will massively improve the thermal performance of the door systems in the existing branches. Plus, the doors are powered by the GFA Safedrive Fi motor which is designed for the high duty cycle, and therefore more energy efficient.
The Arctic Hare door also improves acoustic performance, producing a 22dB level difference from inside to out, which can be a huge benefit for a workshop located in a built residential area.
