Leasedrive launches Carbon:Manager to assist clients towards running a 'greener' fleet
The Leasedrive Group, the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group in the UK, has teamed up with leading climate change business The CarbonNeutral Company to launch Carbon:Manager, allowing company car drivers to offset their CO2 emissions to become CarbonNeutral drivers.
Commercial director, Roddy Graham said: "The issue of climate change is becoming increasingly critical and companies are looking for ways to significantly reduce their CO2 emissions as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility. The Carbon:Manager programme is a simple, effective first step towards running a greener fleet. Fully integrated within Drive:Manager, our online total vehicle management system, Carbon:Manager allows our clients to measure and reduce to 'net zero' the amount of CO2 emissions associated with their fleet. It has been successfully tried and tested by one of our major blue chip clients."
Carbon:Manager is a low-cost green option for employers, which is easy to implement. It can form part of a corporate CSR programme and will produce reports allowing management to monitor progress. For company car drivers, Carbon:Manager offers them the 'feel-good' factor of having taken positive action to help the environment through low monthly payments. These are calculated on a 'per tonne' basis (i.e. for every one tonne of CO2 a vehicle produces, the company and/or driver pays for one tonne of CO2 to be saved through a CarbonNeutral project throughout the world). The cost varies between £3 and £8 per month depending on the vehicle type and estimated annual mileage.
The sign-up process is simple to complete and participating drivers receive a CarbonNeutral e-presentation containing a personalised CarbonNeutral certificate and details of their chosen project.
Vehicle fleets running on fossil fuels are a major contributor of CO2 emissions, producing in general up to 20 per cent of a company's total CO2 output. Each company car produces on average its own weight in CO2 per year.
Examples of offset projects include technology transfers (e.g. replacement of fossil fuel-based energy with solar energy) and forestry projects (where trees soak up CO2 directly into the atmosphere).
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Leasedrive Velo is the largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group in the UK and comprises two main operating divisions.
Leasedrive Velo Vehicle Management
Working in partnership with fleet managers, or delivering a complete outsourced service, Leasedrive Velo offers blue chip clients a range of bespoke fleet management services. Major investments in the finest asset management system and pioneering, flexible, web-based customer service technology have resulted in Leasedrive Velo offering customers a truly world class fleet management service capability.
Leasedrive Velo Rental Management
One of the largest short-term vehicle rental management companies in the UK, with access to an almost unlimited choice of vehicles and locations throughout the country, Leasedrive Velo Rental Management offers a simple and transparent pricing policy with no hidden surcharges. For rentals of 28 days or more, it offers the Stopgap mid-term vehicle rental solution. Rates are substantially reduced compared to daily rental.
The headquarters for Leasedrive Velo is at hi-tech offices at TRL in Wokingham. Leasedrive Velo is the winner of the 2006 Fleet News Award for 'Best Contract Hire/Fleet Management Company', the 2006 GreenFleet Award for 'Leasing/Rental Company of the Year', The 2006, 2007 and 2008 Thames Valley Business Awards for 'Business Management Team of the Year', the 2007 ITM Award for 'Independent Vehicle Management Company' and the 2008 ITM Award for 'Fleet Management Company'.
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