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sustainability committee
Our Vision
A brighter and greener auto care industry driving the pursuit of environmental sustainability throughout the entire product and service life cycle. For the benefit of every member and beyond.
The mission of the Auto Care Association’s Sustainability Committee is:
Education
emphasize sustainability knowledge
Legislation
influence environmentally driven legislation for long-term sustainability
Best Practices
share best practices across the automotive aftermarket
Recycling
extend recycling initiatives and facilitate the establishment of recycling for maximum value
Our Story
The automotive aftermarket is an industry dedicated to keep your car on the street longer. Keeping your car maintained is an important contribution to support our environment as it reduces consumption and emissions. In short: Maintain is Sustain!
Since many years, the automotive aftermarket has already a strong focus on recycling and remanufacturing to ensure a reasonable handling with our resources and to reduce the impact on our environment. As an industry with over 4.5 million people employed, the Auto Care Association is committed to convince every single person to look even beyond current practices and to become more environmentally friendly. Because: “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” (Helen Keller)
The Auto Care Association Sustainability Committee focuses on the environmental aspects of sustainability and aims to increase the awareness on the importance of sustainability and to support Auto Care members by encouraging industry best practices in a quest to find the balance of meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The automotive aftermarket is a big part of the solution!
Get Involved
You don't need to be a committee member to support our mission.
Reach out to us with any questions, to share your interests, or provide suggestions for content or contribute best practice.
Contact UsAuto Care Sustainability Toolkit
Self Audit
A team of highly motivated industry volunteers is working on compiling a checklist for businesses to perform a self audit.
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Auto Care Impact
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Policy & Advocacy
As a committee we aim to advise and influence legislative policies in the best interest of the environment and for the benefit of the members and their customers. Our auto care industry, as a whole, can benefit from awareness and consistent standards across the USA with reasonable evolutionary timelines.
Programs & Certifications
- EPA Smartway Program
EPA’s SmartWay program helps companies advance supply chain sustainability by measuring, benchmarking, and improving freight transportation efficiency.
- ISO 50001 Certification
Designed to support organizations in all sectors, this ISO standard provides a practical way to improve energy use, through the development of an energy management system (EnMS).
- Engery Star
Major difference between Energy Star and ISO 50001 is that Energy Star certifies achievement of an actual level of energy performance, while ISO 50001 verifies an organization has specified systems requirements in place.
Submit Content
We would like to establish a sustainability community to bring together like-minded people that are passionate about the ecological integrity of our industry’s activities.
Please use the form to let us know your interest or to reach out to us with any question, suggestion for content or to contribute best practices to increase our website content.
For questions
contact the Sustainability Committee Liaison:
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Danielle Thomas-Pollard
PMP, IT Director
danielle.thomas-pollard@autocare.org
(240) 333-1035
Committee Members
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Ben Spitz
Parts Authority
Chair -
Stefan Feder
Continental Corporation
Vice Chair -
Jason Morgan
Babcox Media, Inc.
Executive Committee -
Joseph Stephan
NEXUS Automotive International SA
Executive Committee -
Mike Allen
Federated Auto Parts Distributors, Inc.
Member -
Scott Cannon
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Member -
Michael Cowan
Honest1 Auto Care
Member -
Lee Forman
Dynamic Automotive
Member -
Don Gebhardt
Valvoline
Member -
Lisa Gochenour
Highline Warren
Member -
Troy Hitchcock
AutoZone, Inc.
Member -
Michael Kitching
GB Remanufacturing, Inc.
Member -
Theo Lamperis
BBB Industries
Member -
Mike Leupold
EnerSys Batteries
Member -
Thomas Pajer
Bridgestone Corporation
Member -
Micah Thompson
Advance Auto Parts
Member -
Thomas Beer
SSF Imported Auto Parts LLC
Member -
Whitney Britt
Schaeffler Group USA Inc.
Member -
Kris Goldman
Alliance Parts Warehouse
Member -
Danielle Thomas-Pollard
Auto Care Association
Staff Liaison