Leading figures in the automotive industry have announced ARIES to replace PAS 2060 as the sector’s environmental standard.
PAS 2060 will no longer be an internationally recognised standard from the end of 2025, with ARIES (Accident Repair Industry Environment Standard) being created to take over and provide a new carbon reduction framework for businesses of all sizes.
Contributing to the development of the new standard are experts from Accident Express, Admiral, Ageas, Akzo Nobel, AND-E, Allianz LV, Alton Cars, AutoFlow, AXA, Covea, Direct Line Group, ECA, esure, First Central, Ford, Hastings Direct, LKQ, Markerstudy Group, Morelli, Motability Operations, NBRA, NFU Mutual, Nissan, Steer, Stellantis, Vizion, Vizion Vehicle Solutions, Zurich.
The ARIES mission statement read: “Our mission is to collaborate to achieve a standards framework, where everyone can participate in the delivery of measurable carbon reduction, regardless of their company size and resources.
“Our sector, country, planet is on a journey of environmental reform, that is incredibly important. The working group will meet these challenges in the coming weeks and feel positive regarding the outcome. We will continue to update the industry as we move forward and share progress openly.
ARIES to replace PAS 2060
Chris McKie, chief executive officer, Vizion Network, added: “We are beginning a process in an attempt to standardise the automotive industries approach to carbon management. This is an immense project that the collaborating team have been working on for a total sector benefit.
“We have collectively brought this together to protect the sector and deliver an environmental standards mechanism fit for the future, something with significantly better balance, that is more effective, sustainable environmentally, but also sustainable from a commercial perspective, something structured and supported by all parties for the common good.”
Developed to provide a support system for the smallest to the largest business and a common platform that can be shared and used by everyone, ARIES will be accessible and applicable to the entire sector.
McKie continued: “It is clearly a choice, and others may see a different path to carbon compliance, but the collective hope is that this will become the foundation to build on and help everyone whatever their path.
“The group of businesses have a genuine will to help and bring uniformity and consistency, and also predictability to the outcome so dates to achievement can become reliable and realistic. There will be more information to follow from the ARIES team after this initial notification, and I very much hope we can all work together on this message.”
