| Corporate fleets continue to innovate for GHG emission reductions, USA |
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Novo Nordisk, Poland Springs and Carrier Corporation are demonstrating that lower mileage, selecting more efficient vehicles and choosing fuel sources with lower-carbon emission are basic principles of the greenhouse gas management approach. EDF has long advocated for corporate fleets to utilize. |
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Background & ObjectivesNovo Nordisk is a leading healthcare company with a fleet of 2´500 cars in the US.
Poland Springs is a Maine-based company with 36 tractor-trailers and 75 tanker trailers.
Carrier Corporation is part of UTC; the company operates a fleet of over 300 vehicles in North America, including service trucks.
ImplementationThree Companies have found out similar ways to reduce the greenhouse gas emission. These are as follows:
Novo Nordisk: right-sizing of vehicles and driver trainings concerning fuel-smart driving practices.
Poland Springs: usage of on-board computers (which slashed truck idling and reduced the top speed) and the roll-out of waste-based B5 vehicles.
Carrier Corporation: leveraging data from on-board computers, vehicle right-sizing and reduction of the vehicle weight, on-board data system in all vehicles (reduce idling and excessive speeding), improving the routing. It has been focused on service vehicles (largest percentage of emissions).
ConclusionsThese three companies represent very different industries and operate distinctly different fleets. Yet, they were all able to reduce emission and costs with tools available for them today.
Novo Nordisk achieved 21% reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 (compared to 2007). |
The Carrier Corporation reduced fleet emission by 30% through changing to smaller vehicles.
They encouraged all companies to follow the lead of these three companies and search for the fuel-saving solutions that made sense for them today in order to keep finding opportunities aiming at even greater reductions in the future.
AuthorJason Mathers
Contact Karin Steinwender
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