Inchcape win second green award for environmental management system
Inchcape Fleet Solutions, the Portsmouth-based vehicle leasing and fleet management company, has won the Bronze Award in the Green Apple Environment Awards for its Environmental Management System (EMS), which includes a range of online tools to help fleets and drivers cut CO2 emissions. The award comes hot on the heels of its previous prestigious silver Green Apple Award in recognition of its EMS technology in December last year making the system a multiple award winner.
It means that the company is in the running to represent the UK at the European Business Awards for the Environment in Brussels next year. The Green Apple Environment Awards are a major international environmental awards scheme, and a feeder into the European awards.
At a presentation ceremony at the Tower of London Inchcape Fleet Solutions was presented with both its Bronze Award and a ‘Green Hero’ plaque by organisers The Green Organisation.
Terry Bartlett, managing director of Inchcape Fleet Solutions, said: “Winning another award for our fleet Environmental Management System clearly shows that we are leading the fleet industry in helping public and private sector organisations to cut emissions from their vehicles.
“We will continue to invest in our online solutions and environmental assessments. Cutting emissions cuts costs and that is vital both for Inchcape Fleet Solutions and our customers. We regularly receive enquiries as to our emission-reducing standards and environmental performance from both prospective and existing customers.”
Online initiatives introduced by Inchcape Fleet Solutions to help customers reduce their carbon footprint include:
- CO2 tools, which highlights the tax burden of a fleet or a driver’s chosen company car and alternative models with lower CO2 emissions, which not only reduces the carbon footprint but also driver and corporate tax bills. Companies can also profile the impact that choosing lower emissions vehicles will have on their overall CO2 performance.
- E-Quotes, which enables direct vehicle-to-vehicle CO2 comparisons
- Grey Matters, a system developed for customers’ employees who drive their own car on business trips, which includes information related to cutting emissions and fuel use through smarter driving
- Environmental best practice news and emission-reducing driving advice in regular newsletters
Additionally, all drivers receive a CO2 welcome pack containing a wide range of essential information on how to cut emissions when taking delivery of a vehicle.
The EMS initiative also embraces the measures that Inchcape Fleet Solutions continues to take to reduce its impact on the environment. In addition to the company’s own transport use, measures embrace the reduction of energy use in offices, saving water, waste disposal and recycling. Additionally, all employees undergo environmental awareness training.
Winning a second Green Apple Award comes just months after Inchcape Fleet Solutions achieved international environmental management standard ISO 14001.
Inchcape Fleet Solutions is a former winner of the Green Leasing/Rental Company of the Year in the GreenFleet Awards supported by the Energy Saving Trust and the winner of Green Apple Awards in previous years.
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