Energy Saving Trust honours 2013’s Fleet Heroes
Carbon-cutting, eco-minded fleets were honoured recently as part of the Energy Saving Trust’s Fleet Hero Awards 2013.
The fourteen winners were announced during a ceremony at the Institute of Directors (IoD) in London, attended by Baroness Kramer and other notable business leaders and government representatives.
The Fleet Hero Awards aim to identify organisations that are successfully reducing fuel bills and lowering carbon footprints through better transport policies and improved fleet efficiency, while also recognising companies that supply cost and fuel saving products or services to fleets.
The Environment Agency came away with the honour for best public sector fleet while Red Bull Company was deemed to operate the best business sector fleet.
The plugged-in fleets award went to Urban Planters London West with City of York Council won the prize for grey fleet management.
Commercial Group was recognised for its innovation in fleet management while GreenRoad was given the nod for its progress in innovating fleet services and systems
BT Fleet won the leadership award and came runner-up in the CV management category.
Dave Bowen, MD for BT Fleet, commented: “This award represents another significant endorsement of BT Fleet’s commitment to helping our customers reduce their fuel bills and reduce their carbon footprint and tops a fantastic year of award wins for BT Fleet.”
And the winners were:
Best public sector fleet: Environment Agency
Runner up: West Yorkshire Police
Best business sector fleet: Red Bull Company Ltd
Runner up: Willmott Dixon
Plugged-in fleets award: Urban Planters London West
Runner up: Oxford City Council [pictured]
Grey fleet management: City of York Council
Runner up: Avon & Somerset Probation Trust
Business mileage management: London Borough of Croydon
Runner up: City of York Council
Smarter driving award: Job Worth Doing Ltd
Runner up: Z-Tech Control Systems Ltd
Industry supplier award: Ford Motor Company Ltd
Runner up: Alphabet
See who came out top in 2012’s winners list
Transport solutions supplier of the year: Gnewt Cargo
Runner up: Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services
Innovation in car and van manufacturing: BMW UK
Runner up: Ford Motor Company Ltd
Innovation in fleet services and systems: GreenRoad
Runner up: Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Innovation in fleet management: Commercial Group
Runner up: London Borough of Croydon
Leadership award: BT Fleet
Runner up: University of Birmingham
Commercial vehicle management: O’Donovan (Waste Disposal) Ltd
Runner up: BT Fleet
Motorvate member of the year: Tennant UK Ltd