Why Enter the Greener Bodyshop Awards?
The NBRA Greener Bodyshop Awards are the only UK awards dedicated to recognising excellence in sustainable vehicle repair. This is your chance to:
Showcase your environmental achievements to the industry and customers
Gain national recognition for your team’s innovation and green leadership
Build trust with environmentally conscious clients
Join a community of likeminded repairers
Categories For 2025
GREENER BODYSHOP AWARD 2025
To qualify for the Greener Bodyshop Award, your business must provide evidence of the carbon neutrality, sustainability, greener and recycling initiatives currently in place within your site or group.
Based on the information submitted, your organisation will be assessed and placed into one of the following recognition levels:
Award Not Achieved
Bronze Award
Silver Award
Gold Award
Platinum Award
Show us how you’re making a difference towards a greener future.
INDUSTRY INNOVATION AWARD 2025
To enter the Industry Innovation Award, please provide a clear description of the innovation your business has implemented.
You must also upload supporting evidence that demonstrates how this innovation has been applied and the impact it has had within your organisation.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR BODYSHOP AWARD 2025
This category recognises a supplier, insurer, work provider, or similar partner who has gone above and beyond in supporting your business as an NBRA or VBRA member.
To complete your entry, please outline how this company has made a meaningful impact on your business. We’re particularly interested in examples that show:
- Their dedication and passion for supporting the Bodyshop sector
- Specific ways they’ve helped your operations or team
- How their support contributes to sustainability and the wider goal of a greener industry
Let us know why they stand out and how their support truly makes a difference.
BODYSHOP WELLBEING 2025
This award recognises a Bodyshop or Bodyshop group that has demonstrated exceptional commitment to supporting the wellbeing of its team.
We’re looking for organisations that have gone above and beyond to create a positive, healthy, and supportive working environment.
To enter, please tell us:
What wellbeing initiatives you have implemented in the workplace
How these initiatives have made a positive impact on your team’s mental, emotional, or physical wellbeing
Any measurable outcomes or feedback you’ve received
Why wellbeing is a core part of your business culture
Whether it’s mental health support, flexible working, training, physical health initiatives, or fostering a culture of openness and inclusion we want to hear how your team’s wellbeing is being prioritised.
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2025
The Sustainability Award celebrates a Bodyshop or Bodyshop group that has shown outstanding commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and advancing on the path towards Net Zero in a measurable and accountable way.
We’re looking for businesses that are embedding sustainability at the heart of their operations – whether through energy efficiency, waste reduction, green technologies, supply chain improvements, or carbon reporting.
To enter, please outline:
The initiatives or strategies you’ve implemented to reduce your environmental impact
Any certifications, benchmarks, or sustainability standards you’re working with (e.g., interested in the ARIES Standard)
The results or impact these efforts have had on your business and the environment
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD 2025
This award recognises a Bodyshop or Bodyshop group that has actively embraced diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workplace and fostered a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
Please tell us how your organisation promotes D&I and what you have implemented in the workplace to support your initiatives, what are the positive outcomes or changes you have seen because of your efforts.
THE ‘BOB LINWOOD’ GREENER APPRENTICE AWARD 2025
We’re looking for an apprentice who has gone above and beyond in your Bodyshop site or Group. If you have an apprentice that embraces and has an understanding of sustainable practices, we want to hear from you.
CHARITY AWARD 2025
This award recognises an individual, Bodyshop, Bodyshop group, or supplier who has gone above and beyond in their support for charitable causes – making a real difference in their community or the wider world.
Whether it’s fundraising, volunteering, donations, or long-term partnerships with charities – we want to hear your inspiring story.
NBRA SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD 2025
This award is based on special recognition. This award honours an individual or organisation that has gone above and beyond, doing something truly exceptional for a business, colleague, friend, customer, or the wider repair industry.
This award is about celebrating the people and actions that don’t always fit into a category but absolutely deserve the spotlight.
CARBON FOOTPRINT BIGGEST YEAR ON YEAR IMPROVER AWARD 2025
Have you made significant progress in reducing your carbon footprint?
The Carbon Footprint – Biggest Year-on-Year Improver Award celebrates a company that has demonstrated the most substantial improvement in its environmental impact over the past year, showing clear progress on the journey towards Net Zero.
How to Enter
Entries are open now and close on July 31st, 2025.
Submitting your entry is quick and simple – just tell us how your bodyshop is making a difference.
Enter here!
- PREVIOUS AWARDS
2024 NBRA Greener Bodyshop Award Winners
The 2024 Greener Bodyshop Awards celebrated some of the UK’s most innovative and sustainability-focused bodyshops and individuals. These winners exemplify environmental excellence, leadership, and dedication to a greener future for the automotive repair industry.
Recognising outstanding commitment to sustainable practices:
Motofix ARC, The Vella Group, Jenkins & Pain, Autocraft Telford, Coachworks Renovations, D. Gawthorpe ARC, ABL1Touch, Crash Care Centre Hitchin, Fix Auto Penzance, Fleetline & Crash Repairs Croydon
- Bob Linwood Greener Apprentice Award: Vitalijis Simonenko
- Bodyshop Staff Wellbeing Award: Flyde Coast ARC
- Diversity and Inclusion Award: Accident Express
- Industry Innovation Award: Plastrepair EU
- Charity Award: James Alpe
- Outstanding Support for Bodyshops Award: AGEAS
- Pride of Bodyshop Award: Patrick Mackin
- Carbon Footprint Year-on-Year Improver (Commercial): CarComm Coachworks
- Carbon Footprint Year-on-Year Improver (Repairer): Autocraft Telford
- Sustainability Award – Group Repairer: Steer Automotive
- Sustainability Award – Independent Repairer: PJB Accident Repair
- Sustainability Award – Commercial Repairer: CarComm Coachworks
NBRA Special Award: Mark Moring
