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2009 GreenFleet Awards winners revealed at the Guildhall, London


Held at the spectacular Guildhall, The GreenFleet Awards once again recognised the pioneers of environmental fleet management.  Motoring journalist and Fifth Gear presenter Tiff Needell revealed the 2009 winners in 23 categories. Big winners on the night were BMW, scooping the Industry Innovation Award and the Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year.

Electric Vehicle of the Year went to the Mitsubishi iMiEV, after an impressive launch earlier in the Year.  The GreenFleet Outstanding Achievement Award went to Calvey Taylor-Haw from Elektromotive, who is largely responsible for introducing the first electric car charging network to the UK.

Judged by representatives from the Institute of Car Fleet Management,  WhatGreenCar? and GreenFleet magazine, the awards are a key date in the transport industry calendar.

The full list of winners:

ALTERNATIVE FUEL SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Autogas Limited
A valid concern about the use of alternative fuels has been lack of availability at filling stations. Autogas Ltd helped to address this by opening more sites, and has developed point of interest files for Sat Navs, which, once downloaded and installed, show the driver the nearest filling station wherever they are in the country.

BREAKDOWN & RECOVERY COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Winner: ETA – (Environmental Transport Association)
Through its network of over 1700 repair and recovery agents, this years winner has an 80% success rate of fixing vehicles roadside. Its breakdown cover is already rated as the greenest on the market by Ethical Consumer magazine.

DRIVER TRAINING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Winner: DriveSense
During a 50 minute lesson from DriveSense, the average fuel saving achieved by participants was a staggering 20.5 percent – equivalent to saving over two month's fuel in a year.

GREEN MOTORING JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR, sponsored by ROCKINGHAM
Winner: Paul Lucas from thegreencarwebsite.co.uk
In the last few years, there have been several high profile websites launched that are dedicated to green motoring. Put simply, this years winner pools together the resources of its parent company, and files more news than any other green car website. Its content editor does a fantastic job of organising a wealth of articles and other information into easy to follow sections.

IT INNOVATION AWARD
Winner: CMS SupaTrak
After months of thorough industry research and development, CMS launched EcoTrak a driver management tool which allows fleet managers to monitor and manage their drivers’ behaviours in real time, using CANbus technology.

LONDON FREIGHT OPERATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD sponsored by TfL FORS
Winner: Hanson Cement (formerly Castle Cement)
Hanson Cement has worked hard to reduce its carbon footprint within both production and distribution. As well as using LPG vehicles, it operates a rigorous training policy and uses fuel monitoring technology to keep costs low.

RENTAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Green Motion
Green Motion works hard to ensure that the principle activities of its business have the lowest possible impact on the environment.

LEASING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Winner: LeasePlan - GreenPlan
GreenPlan, introduced as LeasePlan's environmental option in 2007, combines emissions offsetting, professional driver training and improved journey planning.

LGV MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Volvo Trucks
In 2009, Volvo launched a range of trucks that exceed Euro 5 and meet the even lower particulate and smoke emission levels specified in the Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicle (EEV) standards -  a voluntary framework applied by local authorities to speed up the introduction of vehicles with a significantly reduced environmental footprint.

LCV MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Citroen
Under the LCV Scrappage Scheme, Citroen has made the replacement of older, less fuel efficient LCVs a more affordable proposition, with one van available from just £4,995 +VAT with emissions of just 116 g/km.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE OF THE YEAR Award, sponsored by EDF ENERGY
Winner: Mitsubishi iMiEV
With the launch of the iMiEV, Mitsubishi has managed to create a much more positive attitude amongst the public regarding the future of electric vehicles. It has also dispelled all the old myths that electric vehicles demand compromise, as it features electric windows, a CD player and even air conditioning.

CITY CAR OF THE YEAR
Winner:  Fiat 500 (Start&Stop Dualogic)
The Fiat 500 now comes now comes with Start&Stop, which further reduces its CO2 emissions down to 110g/km. A true 4-seater, it gives fantastic value to the consumer as well as being one of the greenest cars in its class. 

FLEET CAR MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
Winner: BMW
Since 2000, this years winner has invested more than £1 billion in its UK operations. As well as a total contribution to UK GDP of over £2.5 billion and 55,000 jobs, the company is working hard to limit its  environmental impact, and is committed to dealing with resources in a sustainable and responsible manner. Independent research has found the winner to have the lowest average CO2 emissions of any premium car maker for the second year in a row.

EUROPEAN FLEET OF THE YEAR AWARD
Winner: City of Malmö -  Sweden
Instead of using their own vehicles, many of the 18,000 employees at this years winning organisation have now gained first hand experience of eco-friendly cars, thanks to the Civitas Smile project. Highly visible during daytime traffic, the success of its ‘demonstrator effect’ is helping to change perceptions of low carbon vehicle use.

FLEET INNOVATION AWARD
Winner: Commercial Group
The Commercial Group has reduced its audited fleet emissions by a staggering 29%, and with the help of a dynamic routing system, has removed 140,000 miles from its total fleet distance.

PRIVATE SECTOR FLEET OF THE YEAR (under 500 vehicles) sponsored by TomTom WORK
Winner: DHL TradeTeam
Continued Driver Training programmes and defensive driving initiatives at TradeTeam have increased fuel efficiency and reduced emissions by ten per cent.

PRIVATE SECTOR FLEET OF THE YEAR (over 500 vehicles) sponsored by GARMIN
Winner: TNT
In May 2008, TNT announced it was investing £7m in 100 Newton vehicles – giving the company the largest zero emission electric fleet of delivery vehicles in the world.

PRIVATE SECTOR FLEET MANAGER OF THE YEAR sponsored by VOLVO
Winner: Robert Paddock - Commercial Group
This years winning fleet manager was responsible for developing a detailed fuel and mileage monitoring system. Initially used for the vans, it is now being implemented for the car fleet and allows a high level of vehicle management. This, along with a variety of other efficiency measures, has been responsible for a staggering 52 per cent reduction in CO2 over the last two years.

PUBLIC SECTOR FLEET OF THE YEAR (under 500 vehicles) sponsored by CALOR
Winner: Gateshead Council
The measures introduced by Gateshead have reduced the fleet annual mileage by 62,000 miles between 2007 and 2008. These include limiting of all new vehicles to a maximum speed of 56mph, the purchase of ‘low rolling resistance’ tyres and a CO2 cap when procuring new vehicles.

PUBLIC SECTOR FLEET OF THE YEAR (over 500 vehicles) sponsored by O2
Winner: Essex County Council
Essex CC's drivers are trained to SAFED standards, and are monitored by telematics. Car sharing and teleconferencing are encouraged in an effort to reduce business mileage. Together with the procurement of lower emission vehicles, is estimating impressive CO2 reductions for the next two years.

PUBLIC SECTOR FLEET MANAGER OF THE YEAR sponsored by Civica
Winner: Alan Hocking - Humberside Police
Alan Hocking is a true pioneer, and has been largely responsible for saving Humberside Police £250,000 on fuel each year. He continues to offer advice to other fleet operators keen to explore the environmental and financial implications of alternative fuel sources.

INDUSTRY INNOVATION AWARD sponsored by Modul System
Winner: BMW
With EfficientDynamics, BMW has introduced technologies that have led to a staggering amount of financial and environmental savings. Already, it is estimated that these advancements have saved more than 33 million gallons of fuel and equate to a reduction in CO2 of 373,000 metric tonnes in Europe.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD sponsored by Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Presented to: Calvey Taylor-Haw, Elektromotive
Calvey Taylor-Haw has been instrumental in bringing  the first electric car charging network to a country which is rapidly getting used to the idea of electric vehicles as a viable choice for low carbon city motoring. He is awarded the 2009 GreenFleet Outstanding Achievement Award for his pioneering work to bring Electric Vehicle infrastructure to the UK.