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Vital Energi Named GreenFleet Finalist

Vital Energi have once again been named as a finalist in the annual GreenFleet Awards. The news is particularly timely as Vital Energi’s Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles have just passed the 1 million mile mark, much of which has been provided by solar charging.

Vital Energi won a place on the shortlist in the Private Sector Fleet of the Year category and Fleet Manager, Paul Carberry explains, “We have always been conscientious of our environmental responsibilities and were early adopters of hybrids, which now account for over 50% of our cars. We also promote video conferencing and public transport as ways of reducing our emissions and we’ll continue to improve, year on year, to ensure we have the greenest fleet possible.

“These awards are fantastic because they celebrate the environmental efforts companies are making to protect the environment and drive down CO2 and NOX emissions and we would like to congratulate everyone on the shortlist for their achievements and wish them good luck on the night.”

Vital Energi’s combined efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their fleet has seen emissions drop from 106g/km in 2014 to 80g/km in 2016. Their Hybrids have completed 2 million miles of driving and their Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles account for 1 million of those miles.

This marks the second time in successive years Vital Energi has been shortlisted for this award, which will be announced on November 17th in a ceremony at Edgbaston Cricket Stadium.

In 2016 Vital Energi became one of the first organisations to join the government-backed “Go Ultra Low” initiative, designed to promote the use of Electric Vehicles by public and private organisations and open to companies whose fleet contained 5% or more Electric Vehicles.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Gordon Coates .