Trust to expand following demand from green fleets

So many fleet buyers are turning green that the Energy Saving Trust (EST) says it may need to double the number of consultants it employs to meet demand.

Sara Pearce at the Energy Saving Trust (EST) is reported as saying that a surge in interest for Green Fleet Reviews has led to the need for more green fleet consultants.

As a result, the EST – which already has a panel of 12 independent fleet management specialists - is comprehensively re-evaluate the scale of its offering.

Tamsin Olejnik, also from the EST, went on to say that environmental issues have undoubtedly worked their way up the business agenda in the last year or two.

And the reputation of the Energy Saving Trust within the fleet industry as the best source of independent advice and evaluation has increased, she added.

In future, the EST will increase the number of Green Fleet Reviews it carries out and will encourage the take up of its new-look Motorvate initiative with its accreditation scheme and awards.

Commenting on the news, a spokesperson for the Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) said that quite a number of its members have already benefited from the EST’s Green Fleet Reviews and the organisation’s commitment is to be welcomed - primarily as a positive signal of the government’s longer-term commitment to greener fleet management.