Reduce the environmental impact of your business transport

Introduction

The mobility of people and goods is a key element of any business, but the way your organisation uses transport can also offer opportunities to improve your environmental performance and reduce costs.

Vehicle use can cause environmental harm. Vehicle emissions, such as carbon dioxide, contribute to climate change. Dust and other air pollutants can also lead to poor air quality and ill health.

In addition to reducing your environmental impact, better use of transport can benefit your business by saving you money, increasing business opportunities and improving its image. This could help attract new employees and increase your customer base.

This guide discusses how to choose and use greener methods of transport, for staff travel and your supply chain, and identifies the advantages. It will also help you to identify the free advice programmes, training, tools and financial incentives that can help your business take action to reduce your carbon footprint and transport costs.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• The benefits of reducing environmental impact from business transport
• Comply with vehicle emissions legislation
• Choose transport methods with the least environmental impact
• Reduce the environmental impact of transport logistics
• Drive work vehicles efficiently
• Choose low-emission vehicles
• Use alternatively-powered vehicles
• Tax breaks for low-emission vehicles

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