Renault continues to reduce carbon footprint

By Jamie White – Head of Communications

Renault has achieved an automotive industry first – by reducing its carbon footprint by 10 per cent between 2010 and 2013.

The policy is part of the Renault Group’s determination to reduce the greenhouse gases – CO2 in particular – emitted by its products and activities, and to play an active part in the fight against global warming.

Renault has committed to pursuing its efforts throughout the duration of the strategic plan, the objective being to reduce its carbon footprint by an average three per cent a year between 2010 and 2016 in line with its world sales forecasts.

To that end, Renault is rolling out action plans across the entire life cycle of its products and all its activities.

In 2013, Renault moved to the top spot in Europe as the carmaker with the lowest CO2 emissions in use, at less than 115 g/km of CO2, through an increasingly economical range of internal-combustion vehicles and the breakthrough launch of a range of all-electric vehicles.

Because the extraction of the raw materials required to produce vehicles accounts for a significant share of its carbon footprint, Renault is pursuing its efforts in the use of recycled materials. It is a leader in the use of recycled plastics, with an average rate of 11 per cent – a figure on the constant increase.

Mystery Shopping and Performance Improvement company, Douglas Stafford, has been working with Renault UK for more than 10 years, providing the manufacturer with tailored and bespoke nationwide mystery shopping programmes to include  Telephone Mystery Shopping, Email Mystery Shopping and Video Mystery Shopping.