According to the report, Saving fuel, saving costs,<\/i> corporate fleet managers have more power over the composition of our atmosphere than most politicians, or even most oil executives.<\/p>\n
\u201cFleet managers have a surprising amount of power over all of our futures, and with the rapid progress being made in clean tech, they can use that power for good, and on a grand scale,\u201d said Barbara Stoll, senior climate campaigner, Greenpeace. <\/p>\n
The report reveals that transport is responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions, and road transport accounts for 72-81% of that. Europe\u2019s corporate fleets produce around 380 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, significantly more than the entire emissions of Spain. The report adds that air pollution causes more than 29,000 premature deaths in the UK every year \u2014 10 times the number killed in road accidents \u2013 and the majority of this pollution is from road transport. <\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully the enormous potential cost savings will help \u2013 instead of asking for sacrifices, we\u2019re just asking them to sacrifice a bit less to oil companies,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n
The report also reveals fleet operators are responsible for 50% of new car purchases in Europe, and 54% in the UK, and can facilitate the shift to cleaner cars for private drivers, as well as improving the efficiency of freight transport.<\/p>\n
Forty-five percent of the total GHG emissions from road transport in the EU come from company fleets, but the report says the impact of fleet managers\u2019 purchasing decisions is far greater than this, as the majority of company cars are sold into the second hand car market, and so fleet managers control a large proportion of the supply of used vehicles in the private market.<\/p>\n
The report adds emissions can be cut by up to 20% through eco-driving and retro-fitting \u2013 adding one aerodynamic feature to an HGV can cut fuel use by 4% \u2013 as well as better tyres and switching from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, hybrids, trains, barges and teleworking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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