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
THE Green500 action plan
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.
In addition to its existing environmental strategy, Addison
Lee has now committed to the following in its Green500
action plan:
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 decisionmaking 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
GREEN500 CASE STUDY 02 | TRANSPORTATION
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
EXPECTED SAVINGS FROM THE
acTION PLAn ARE:
• 8344.86 tonnes of CO2 per year
• £185,000 per year
“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
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.
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.
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
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