Car firm’s bosses take green route
ONE of the UK’s leading car leasing firms, Blackpool-registered UK Carline, has launched a scheme to help the environment. And bosses at the South Shore company claim the CO2 offset initiative is unique among car leasing firms.
The firm has launched the scheme to enable its private and public sector clients to help manage their carbon emissions.
In 2008 it leased more than 3,500 cars and has a sales turnover of £39m with more than 40 years’ experience in vehicle supply, car leasing and contract hire.
One of the projects to benefit from UK Carline’s initiative involves families in Kenya, who are being given energy-saving cooking stoves. The new stoves will prevent three tonnes of carbon being emitted into the atmosphere every year.
About £50,000 will be invested into offset schemes by UK Carline each year.
General manager Simon Booth said: “We have calculated the CO2 output that cars and vans will produce during the period of the contract and we’ve decided we can re-invest that cost into credible and ethical projects that will offset the carbon produced.
“There is a fast growing trend for any organisation that leases cars to look at reducing or offsetting CO2 emissions.
“Many of our corporate clients are already switching to this scheme and we believe our initiative is a bold statement and one that will help clients achieve their carbon targets.
“Until there is sufficient technology to fully replace fossil fuel motoring, carbon offset or balanced motoring is a sensible option.
“This is a fantastic scheme and we are proud to be the UK’s first to offer it on a wide range of vehicles.”
Source: Aug 4, 2009 – http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/business/Car-firm39s-bosses-take-green.5520957.jp
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am very much interested with your noble job you are doing.We can replicate the same here in Western Kenya.
Thank you very much for your noble and profound work you are doing.Thank you and God bless you
With God’s Richest Blessings
Salim