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Fleet companies give green advice; small fleets don’t ask for it
10th May 2007
A new 16-page guide designed to help car fleet managers make their operations more environmentally friendly has been produced by GE Commercial Finance, Fleet Services. The booklet, entitled "Setting Your Green Fleet Agenda”, covers subjects including driver training, car scheme design, fuel choice, carbon offset vs. reduction, reducing mileage and telematics.
The guide is being issued to GE Fleet Services’ entire customer base and is also available free to anyone who would like copy by e-mailing Angela Goulding at angela.goulding@ge.com with their name, organisation, job title, and address.
- Companies running fewer than 100 company cars are failing to make the link between ‘green’ fleet management and reducing overall operating costs, according to a survey by fleet management consultancy Jaama, undertaken at its Fleet Management Essentials workshops.
The findings contradict recent surveys from a number of organisations, which have typically focused on larger fleets, where reducing the environmental impact of corporate motoring has been the number one issue.
The managers in charge of sub-100 fleets put their top 10 issues as:
1. Driver licence checking
2. Legislation/duty of care/corporate manslaughter - ensuring the business is taking all reasonable steps
3. Risk management and ensuring risk assessments are completed
4. Policies/procedures - the updating and management of company policies
5. Smoking ban - making employees aware of the ban, which is already in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and is due to come into force in the UK on July 1, and enforcing/monitoring compliance
6. Keeping on top of general day-to-day fleet administration
7. Introducing measures to reduce the overall cost of running the fleet
8. Putting in place key performance indicators to highlight cost increases
9. Taking measures to ensure employees look after their vehicles
10. Taking steps to ensure drivers understand end-of-contract recharges if vehicles are damaged beyond laid down fair, wear and tear standards.
www.gefleetservices.com , www.jaama.co.uk
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