Addison Lee

“Green500 has provided a vast amount of knowledge and expertise that would have otherwise been hard to source.”Lee Wickens, CSR & Quality Manager

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

Addison Lee was established in 1975 and is one of the leading organisations in the London private hire industry. It has a fleet of more than 2,500 vehicles, offering a range of transport services, including motorcycle and van couriers, international and overnight deliveries and a fleet of chauffeur driven Mercedes Benz.

A commitment to carbon reduction is demonstrated by Addison Lee through its environmental management systems, fleet choice, emissions reduction, driver training and recycling schemes.

ADDISON LEE’S ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY

Addison Lee has established sound environmental management by meeting or improving upon relevant legislative, regulatory and environmental code of practice requirements. Amongst others, this includes:

Developing objectives which target environmental • improvements

Incorporating environmental issues into the decision-• making process

Promoting the efficient use of resources, energy and • fuel throughout the company’s operations

Implementing a management system compliant with • the international requirements of ISO 14001:2004

THE GREEN500 ACTION pLAN

In addition to its existing environmental strategy, Addison Lee has now committed to the following in its Green500 action plan:

Key actions identified:

Undertaking an EST ‘Green Fleet Review’•

Developing a robust system for monitoring fuel • consumption and benchmarking performance

Investigating opportunities for ‘new to market’ • technologies, including bio-fuels

Senior management and board members taking • an active role in carbon management

Developing and publishing an environmental • commitment document

Monitoring energy consumption in energy intensive • activities, including ICT

Implementing a staff awareness campaign through • internal publications

GREEN500 CASE STUDY 02 | TRANSPORTATION

EXpECTED SAVINGS FROM THE ACTION pLAN ARE:

8344.86 tonnes of CO• 2 per year

£185,000 per year•

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Key actions identified (continued):

Communicating environmental commitment through • corporate PR

Implementing a ‘green procurement strategy’•

Server ‘virtualisation’ •

Configuring IT equipment to switch off automatically•

Ensuring that heating and air conditioning operate only •

when the building is occupied

Installing double glazing throughout the premises•

THE GREEN500 jOURNEY SO FAR

Addison Lee has started implementing all of the points highlighted in its Green500 action plan and it has already noticed a difference that these small steps have made in combating its energy usage and carbon emissions.

Its Green500 assessment showed that it was possible to achieve a 5% reduction in heating costs through changing the first floor windows to A-rated ones. Further to this

advice, Addison Lee has fitted the entire building with such windows, as the benefits of replacing them on the first floor were instantly apparent.

Once this was complete, the company took further advice on reducing the ambient temperature by between 1-3 degrees and reduced its heating load by 16%.

ON BEING MEMBERS OF GREEN500

The biggest asset from Green500 has been the combination of the EST Green Fleet Review and the implementation of fuel monitoring and benchmarking systems.

The cost of Addison Lee’s energy for its sites is increasing long term, and managing it, and ultimately reducing it, is crucial throughout the company. Green500 has helped Addison Lee develop an energy management policy which shapes future decision-making and enables it to strive to improve its environmental performance.

“Addison Lee has always strived to excel in all its operations. For a transport firm like this, the reduction of emissions while increasing business is imperative, but undoubtedly a challenge. Joining the London Green500 was the perfect scheme to join; it was incredibly helpful and professional. Its assessment covered all areas, and highlighted, even the feeblest to us, issues that it thought were salient when targeting carbon emissions. The energy breakdown enclosed in the report was a real eye opener and the action plan it drafted really helped in setting the company’s directions and adjusting operational targets.”

Lee Wickens, CSR & Quality Manager