Tuksy Chauffeurs Limited recognises the services we provide can have an impact on both the local and global environment. We are committed to helping deliver an environmentally sustainable service to our clients, including the media production industry.
We understand our responsibility to the community, and aim to minimise the adverse effects our business has on the environment wherever possible. We are seeking to better understand and manage our impact, implementing initiatives to act on the opportunity we have to make a meaningful difference.
Our impacts are:
- Vehicle tailpipe emissions
- Vehicle maintenance and component waste
- Vehicle cleaning pollution
- Plastic, paper and other waste
Our potential to make a difference:
- Regularly evaluate more environmentally efficient vehicles and alternative fuel options, and, where appropriate, introduce them into the business
- Develop systems to ensure that environmental factors are included in decision making
- Communicate environmental issues and work alongside our clients to address them
- Increase staff and customer awareness through information and training
- Review this environment policy, its procedures and performance on an annual basis and never assume that we have done enough
Our actions:
Greener Vehicles
We have begun the process of investing in, and are currently operating, greener vehicles. From now on, we will only be purchasing electric or hybrid vehicles. We anticipate it taking a couple of years before we can have a full fleet of hybrid/electric cars, due to the requirements of our customers. However, we will offer green vehicles as a preferred option for all journeys that can work within their restrictions.
CO2 reporting and Offsetting
Until we switch to a full fleet of green vehicles, we will continue to offset our tailpipe emissions using PAS2060 guidance to demonstrate carbon neutrality. We will communicate the environmental impact through the use of our services to clients and provide a detailed account of this at the end of each year, including the steps we are taking to offset this.
Green chauffeuring, route planning and ride sharing
We encourage all our chauffeurs and suppliers to practice an environmentally friendly and responsible way of driving their vehicle. Smooth acceleration, progressive braking and gentle steering make for an efficient journey. These practices yield improved fuel economy and result in less wear and tear on a vehicle’s components.
Our drivers shut off their engines when they are not driving, and plan their routes to maximise fuel use, therefore reducing individual emissions. We are making every effort to improve the environmental efficiency of our operation by reducing the amount of dead mileage we travel. With careful planning and allocation of work, when practical, we ensure that our vehicles are travelling without a passenger(s) for as little time as possible.
To maximise this, we are currently in discussions with our IT system developer about practicalities and options to build a system which offers a ride sharing service between clients and customers.
Reduction of cleaning and maintenance waste
We ensure that all of our vehicles are maintained as per manufacturer specification on time to keep our vehicles running efficiently. All maintenance and repairs are carried out with suppliers that operate in an environmentally considerate manner, ensuring that all waste vehicle oil disposal is carried out by a licensed operator specialising in waste oil disposal. All used components are returned to the supplier for disposal in an approved and environmentally satisfactory manner.
Water drainage is the primary problem associated with a car wash. Many soaps contain harmful chemicals that degrade water quality. The pollution problem is only compounded when the soapy water is mixed with the grime, dirt and grease removed from a vehicle. Most washes use at least 40 gallons of water for a single car. To minimise the impact of cleaning, we encourage our chauffeurs and suppliers to get the cars washed as little as possible and, when possible, incentivise them to use waterless car wash systems. We are currently looking for a supplier that provides high pressured steam technology in our area which allows cars to be cleaned using less than a gallon of water per car, with practically no water runoff.
Reduction of plastic, paper and other waste
We have zero paper based systems, all of the bookings are sent to chauffeurs electronically. Chauffeurs use tablets instead of placards for airport collections. All our billing and invoicing is done electronically.
We collect all rubbish left in our vehicles during our journeys and recycle it where applicable.
All of our cars have reusable water bottles that we wash and sterilise after each client use, and we continue to switch to recyclable options in all areas of the business where feasible
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