CBI climate change breakfasts: Steve Helliwell, managing director, logistics, Amey

Strategies For A Competitive FleetCan carbon management and reporting become ‘business as usual’?

Steve HelliwellManaging Director - Logistics

1.Amey overview

2.Our Carbon Footprint

3.Our Travel & Transport Contribution

4.Our fleet Strategy

5.In Summary and to answer the question

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Amey overview

Amey overview

Figure 1 – Amey’s Market Approach

Our Carbon Footprint

Our Carbon Footprint is approximately 50,000 Tonnes per annum

– 80% Travel & Transport – 20% Premises

• 1,000 company cars 10%• 700 car allowance users 15%• 500 car derived vans 10%• 2,000 light commercials 30%• 1,000 heavy goods vehicles 30%• Public Transport (flights etc)5%

Our Travel & Transport Contribution

Our Fleet Strategy

Amey

FleetBusiness

Environment

Drive Less Drive DifferentlyDrive Better

VehiclesOffset Carbon

Emissions

Practical steps taken: • Fuel monitoring – providing employee visibility• Group wide introduction of Masternaut Telematics• Cycle2Work, Liftshare, Video Conferencing etc.

Challenges faced:• Robust process and ‘keeping it going’• Support for the business case – investment• The Data Protection challenge• Reduction in fleet size

Key benefits:• Demonstrable reduction in fuel costs• Reduced emissions• Reduction in fleet size• Changes in behaviour

Drive Less

The most efficient vehicle is the one that you don’t

need

Drive Differently

Practical steps taken: • Speed limiters on all LCV and CDV• Introduction of Eco-Start vehicles• Introduced driver training

Challenges faced:• Change in working methods• Capturing meaningful data

• Key benefits:• Demonstrable reduction in fuel costs• Reduction in driving offences• Reduction in unrecoverable vehicle damage costs• Changes in behaviour

Drive Better Vehicles

Practical steps taken: • Greener and lower emission company cars• Change in car allowance policy• Replacement of euro 2/3 vehicles with euro 4/5 vehicles

Challenges faced:• Vehicle reliability and performance• Change in employee T&C’s• Capital investment• Demonstrating the benefits – the Business Case

Key benefits:• Lower emissions• Reduced after sales cost base• Greater respect for fleet

In Summary and to answer the question• We are improving operational efficiency

• Not yet fully embedded but gaining momentum

• We are delivering demonstrable benefits

• We have a carbon management plan that is reducing our carbon footprint and it is increasingly becoming ‘business as usual’