What is GreenFleet?
a set of tools to help businesses:
• Reduce emissions,
• Improve transport efficiency
• Reduce transport costs
• Offset emissions through tree planting.
QUICK LINKS TO GREENFLEET TOOLS...
GreenFleet Tree Planting to offset carbon emissions
GreenFleet Vehicle Procurement Tool
Sustainable Transport Action
The Honda TreeFund was developed to assist in the restoration of bio-diversity. It provides an opportunity for customers to become involved in the greening of their own local community and encourage local bio-diversity.
Everything you wanted to know about riding to work ... but were afraid to ask!
The question of petrol vs diesel and the environment is often debated. Honda's Graeme Seymour sheds his perspective on the issue.
For a business that literally runs on its ability to visit clients face to face across New Zealand, it’s absolutely vital to keep a mobile sales force humming along. Committed to reducing its environmental impact and reduce fuel costs, Hachette NZ called on GreenFleet.
The Ask an Expert Adviceline is a free service for SBN members and GreenFleet participants and provides access to advice from some of New Zealand's top sustainability experts. SBN has amalgamated a panel of specialists from within the organisation, as well as from a number of expert partners, who are able to provide a response or else source the information for you. Whether you're seeking recommendations for a recycling provider, or unsure of what you should be including in your emissions calculations, contact us with any sustainability question relating to your business.
Transport and vehicles are one of the categories on Greenlist, the World’s first Product and Services Directory where listings are compared with sustainable principles.
Flying on an occasional basis can add up to more CO2 emissions than the rest of your personal life combined. Even if your conscience has been overcome and you still need to board that flight to a meeting in an exotic and far-flung location, there are a few measures you can take to help reduce the impact.
Choosing the right vehicle for the job makes a big difference in improving overall fuel efficiency and safety, and reducing environmental impacts. But making sense of the various sources of data on vehicles can make this a difficult job. The GreenFleet Vehicle Procurement Tool enables all vehicle buyers to compare their potential choices by bringing together the variety of vehicle information sources such as Rightcar and manufacturers' own data, to give an 'apples-with-apples' comparison.
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GreenFleet plants trees to help offset vehicle emissions based on on how many vehicles you have, how big they are and how far they are driven each year. For more information on tree planting click here. To Join GreenFleet, click the button below.
Events
The aim is simple: to get every bike in Auckland that is not working out of garages, storage etc to get fixed up and on the road.
10 October 2010 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
For more information, contact GreenFleet or Cycle Action Auckland
The search for New Zealand's best bike lane, most effective promotion, and most cycle-friendly employer is on. The Cycling Advocates’ Network is inviting entries for the ASB Cycle Friendly Awards 2010.
GreenFleet Sponsors
Contact Us
Phone
DDI: 09 826 0954
Mobile: 021 646092
Email: greenfleet@sustainable.org.nz
Postal
PO Box 15677
New Lynn, Waitakere, 0640 NZ
Physical
Level 1
3067 Great North Road,
New Lynn, Waitakere, NZ
Click here for a map
COME AND JOIN THE FUN OF AUCKLAND’S 13TH ANNUAL GO BY BIKE BREAKFAST!
Don’t miss out on Auckland City Council’s 13th Go By Bike Breakfast on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 from 6.30am – 9am! This celebratory cycling event is a great chance for you to join New Zealand’s month-long celebration of Bike Wise Month 2010.
Whether you cycle everyday or just once in a while, the Go By Bike Breakfast is for all cyclists. All you need to do is arrive at the event at Auckland’s Viaduct on a bike on 17 February to enjoy a free breakfast - including a Sierra coffee from our brand new sponsor, Sierra Cafe, as well as some great displays and prizes.
What’s happening at the event?
o Free breakfast – including a free Sierra coffee and muffin
o The return of Urgent Courier’s popular ‘Commuter Challenge’
o Jon Bridges as MC and 91.8 More FM
o Fantastic prizes, including a bike from AvantiPlus, Mt Eden, and other great spot prizes for the biggest workplace team and best fancy dress
o Free bike health checks from Adventure Cycles
o The now-famous ‘Frocks on bikes’.
Location – Eastern Viaduct
Entering the Viaduct at the junction of Quay and Fanshawe streets, cycle straight past Voyager NZ (formerly the NZ National Maritime Museum), and see the event entrance and registration area. Make sure you get a number on arrival to go into the draw for the spot prizes.
Ride along with a cycling bus
We have three cycling buses for those who travel into the city and the first 50 riders to register with a cycling bus will win a back pack! Please make sure you wear a helmet and high-visibility clothing and check that your tyres and tubes are in good condition. Volunteer marshals will ride with the cycling buses to help ensure safety and a police escort will also be present. To register with a cycling bus, please email: gobybike@aucklandcity.govt.nz
o Tamaki Drive – meet on the corner of Watene Street and Tamaki Drive at 6.45am.
o North-western cycleway – meet at the corner of Carrington and Sutherland roads at 6.45am.
o Dominion Road – meet at the Mt Eden War Memorial at 7am.
Want to join the fun but need a bike?
If you don’t have a bike but would like to participate in the event, NextBike (www.nextbike.co.nz) hires bikes in the CBD
o $4 per hour and maximum of $16 for 24 hours
o Pick up a bike from a street stand the night before the Go By Bike Breakfast and ride in next morning, then return it to a stand near your work
o Helmet and bike lock are included. Register at www.nextbike.co.nz
Bike Central also hires bikes. Visit www.bikecentral.co.nz
Flyers and posters
If you’d like a poster to put up at work or in your shop / café window, or would like to give your customers a flyer, don’t hesitate to contact us at: gobybike@aucklandcity.govt.nz
Help spread the news
If you know anyone who you think would like to participate in this fun event and help celebrate cycling as a healthy, fun, sustainable way to travel, please forward them this link.
Further updates
Regular updates about Go By Bike 2010 will be posted on the Auckland City Council website. Visit www.aucklandcity.govt./events
Please contact gobybike@aucklandcity.govt.nz if you have any questions about the event, if your company would like to contribute food or if you would like to become an event volunteer.
We’d like to extend a big thank you to all our 2010 sponsors:
Sierra Café, BikeWise and 91.8 More FM, ARTA
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North Shore based publisher Hachette has extended their tree planting programme to include offsetting for flights.
For many people, cycling and work don't usually go together. SBN member Stephen McKernan runs a successful consultancy business and is an avid cyclist. For Stephen, cycling is part of his business and the way he travels to most meetings.
Demand for oil in New Zealand could almost halve in the next 20 years because of more efficient cars, hybrid and electric vehicles and the use of biofuels, a report featured in the NZ Herald indicates.