Running a green fleet 'doesn't cost more'

The Energy Saving Trust claimed that implementing "green fleet management" could actually save British firms as much as £2.6 billion collectively each year.

Their 'Behind the Wheel' report also revealed that over half (58%) of consumers want to see more evidence of what companies are doing about climate change. However, fewer than half of the companies surveyed (48%) had an environmental policy, and of those only 42% took the impact of their vehicles into consideration.

Philip Sellwood, chief executive of the Energy Saving Trust, said: "When it comes to company car fleets, the business case is the environmental case. Yet we frequently find that fleets are not being discussed at the right

level in companies. Very few organisations discuss their company car fleet as a boardroom agenda item.

"Yet, the companies who have shown leadership at a high level are the ones who are implementing green fleet policies with tremendous success - in terms of carbon and monetary savings."