E.ON UK, one of the country’s leading green generators, will be cutting the emissions of its company cars by only ordering new vehicles with a carbon dioxide rating of 165g/km or less.
The change in arrangements is effective immediately and the company’s leasing provider has been informed of the decision.
Derek Parkin, managing director of business services at E.ON UK, said: ‘Tackling climate change is at the heart of everything we do, from reducing the emissions of our power stations to such measures as this decision on company cars.
‘We want to change energy in the UK and, to do that, we have to act on our operational footprint - our generation portfolio - and on our non-operational business - our offices and vehicles.
‘We also need to change the way that our customers look at energy and that can often mean setting a good example. This is something that we’re very serious about and we’re sure that our employees and our customers will want to join us on this journey.’
E.ON believes that the vehicle decision alone will reduce average emission levels across its company car fleet to 140 kg/km, a reduction of over 12%. (E.ON: October 18).
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