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
It is very important to check your tyre pressures on a regular basis. You can save petrol as well as maintain the proper handling of your vehicle. Look below to find an instructional video and even more details about this simple process. And remember, if you have any issues, a local tyre shop can help you!
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
Honda invite SBN members to a special advance viewing of the all new Honda Insight.
The Insight is Honda’s newest hatchback vehicle and features a IMA Hybrid engine, providing exceptional fuel economy and ultra low emissions.
Date: - Friday September 17th
Location: Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre
Time: 1:00 pm
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.
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Email: greenfleet@sustainable.org.nz
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Hachette planting takes flight
North Shore based publisher Hachette has extended their tree planting programme to include offsetting for flights.
News
Keeping your tyres inflated to the recommended pressure is an important part of driving sustainability. The GreenFleet YouTube video 'Flat Feet' is a guide to checking and inflating your tyres
Mobile Phones and Email have to a large extent driven change in our workplace over the last couple of decades and use of the technology is now part of our culture. The new wave is Video and it is set to revolutionise how we do business yet again. From the boardroom to the classroom, video conferencing and collaboration tools contribute to make our interactions more experiential, are a great way to save time and reduce emissions.
Fourteen Marlborough companies have joined forces to buy 2.5 million litres of biodiesel.
Cycling isn’t all about lycra and carbon fibre. Biking to your next meeting or appointment can be done with style and panache.
Green energy systems are no longer just a ‘nice to have’ but are essential in securing our energy supply and protecting the environment, according to a new report from Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight and UK think tank Chatham House.
As cities like Auckland grapple with ever increasing demand for road space, places like Barcelona are working to to spread the road space around different modes.
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.