Hot Topic Archives: CleanRun recognised with industry environment award
DEC’s CleanRun team scored a victory recently by helping its program partner, Toll IPEC, scoop a national industry award.
Transport company Toll IPEC was awarded the Australian Fleet Managers Association (AfMA) Fleet Environment Award at their annual awards in Melbourne last month.
The company won the award following the success of an Australian-first trial conducted by CleanRun that worked with drivers to voluntarily reduce unnecessary idling. Based on the outcomes of the trial, a program was developed which is being rolled out with drivers across the industry to reduce emissions through better driving habits.
(Left to right) CleanRun community education coordinators Gareth MacRae and Tina Stockport with Toll IPEC State Manager Kenton Muller and drivers Darryl Mills and Murray Frost.
It is expected that a company of 80 drivers who participate in the program can save $45,000 each year in diesel and reduce CO2 emissions by 65 tonnes.
The AfMA Awards celebrate the achievements of businesses across Australia’s transport sector. Criteria for the Fleet Environment Award include evidence of innovative practices, reporting of measurable results and adaptability of initiatives to other fleets.
CleanRun’s Gareth MacRae attended the dinner with the Toll IPEC management team.
“It was a great occasion for both Toll IPEC and the CleanRun Behaviour Change Initiative,” Gareth said.
“Hopefully, this will show other transport companies that changing driver behaviour is a viable and immediate means of cutting emissions and saving fuel.”
CleanRun’s Gareth MacRae (second from right) with Toll IPEC representatives at the award ceremony – General Manager Rodney Johnston (left), State Manager Kenton Muller (second left) and Driver Trainer Murray Frost (right). Photo courtesy of AfMA.
Toll IPEC’s WA State Manager, Kenton Muller, collected the award on behalf of his fleet’s drivers.
“Our employees were really the ones who embraced the idea and helped develop the program,” he said.
Toll IPEC driver Fernando Lopez said drivers appreciated being recognised for their efforts.
“Because of this award maybe other companies will take on this program,” he said.
The company is now implementing the anti-idling initiative as a standard operating procedure across the national fleet.
The CleanRun behaviour change program is one of a suite of initiatives within DEC’s CleanRun program that seeks to improve Perth’s air quality by reducing vehicle emissions.
Toll IPEC was also a finalist in the WA Environment Awards in the Corporate Business Leading by Example category for their participation in the CleanRun behaviour change program.
For more information contact Gareth on 6467 5123 or email or Tina Stockport on 6467 5140 or email.
Published as a DECmatters article 14th October 2008
