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E.ON UK to order new cars only with CO2 ratings of 165g/km or less
18th October 2007
The power generator Powergen’s parent E.ON UK has announced that it will be cutting the emissions of its company cars by only ordering new vehicles with a CO2 rating of 165g/km or less, with immediate effect.
Derek Parkin, Managing Director of Business Services at E.ON UK, said: "We've already reduced the non-operational carbon intensity in our buildings by 16.7% per employee in 2006 and we aim to reduce the carbon intensity of our generation by 10% by 2012, having already cut it by 20% since 1990.”
E.ON believes that this car procurement policy will reduce average emission levels across its company car fleet to 140kg/km, a reduction of over 12%.
E.ON employs around 18,000 people in the UK; its non-operational carbon intensity dropped by 15.5% per employee in 2006. It's release did not confirmthe size of its car fleet.
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