Supporting Renewi in the roll out and implementation of its new brand.
Rebranding
Brand Management
Renewi's challenge
With more than 200 locations, 2,500 vehicles, 8,000 employees and 300,000 vehicle containers, Renewi is one of the largest players in waste processing. Renewi is the result of a merger between Shanks and Van Gansewinkel and, as a ‘waste-to-product’ company, believes in a second life for waste using recycling and recovery processes. (For example, Renewi flags are made from recycled PET bottles and the new containers consist of recycled plastic.)
Since February 2017, Renewi has been rolling out its new name and identity across its various brand carriers (locations, vehicles, work clothing and containers). Renewi sought support for the technical and organisational side of its rebrand and asked VIM Group to help advise and roll out the programme.
Our solution
The main challenge for Renewi was to carry out the rebrand without interrupting the constant need for its vehicles to be on the road. The improving economy has meant that the need for waste collection has increased, so it was not feasibile for vehicles to be taken out of the fleet for rebranding. VIM Group executed a ‘hands-on’ approach, converting the many carriers over to the new brand while making sure the process was being done efficiently and without impacting operational hours.
In addition, VIM Group provided continuous insight into the progress of the project. Every week a well-organised report was produced and presented to the management team. VIM Group were on hand to convert the brand guidelines into practical application methods and to select suitable suppliers for each of the brand touch points.
As well as our supporting role within the rebrand, we had a leading role in the development of the Renewi signage. The newly designed ‘house style’ was translated into technical solutions that match the chosen brand image, giving its facilities brand new signage and wayfinding.
Marco Kalverda, Integration Director of the Netherlands Division
The results
The organisational and technical support of VIM Group enabled Renewi to focus on their primary business. In the supporting role, VIM Group was able to share substantive knowledge and keep the rebrand process moving forward.
The weekly reporting enabled the management team to quickly identify bottlenecks in the process and to take action. This kept the project moving at pace and important stakeholders engaged. The knowledge and experience of VIM Group has ensured that savings have been made on various purchased materials and services.
The rebranding of more than 200 locations, 2,500 trucks and hundreds of thousands of containers within Renewi is a complex and lengthy process. We did not have the specialist knowledge, experience and the network that is needed for this. With the support of VIM Group, we have been able to organise the rebrand project efficiently and at lower costs.
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