Last week’s Fleet Hero Awards saw O’Donovan Waste Disposal named winner of the Commercial Vehicle Management award for the third consecutive year at the ceremony which celebrated the work of those organisations which have implemented solutions, policies and innovations to reduce their fleet’s carbon footprint and fuel costs.
Organisations both large and small from across the UK gathered at the event held on 26 November at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. O’Donovan Waste Disposal, one of London’s leading independent waste management companies was presented with the award in recognition of its sustained approach to trialling and testing initiatives as part of its Greener Vision Strategy, which in a twelve month period from 2014 to 2015, has resulted in a reduction of CO2 per kilometre travelled by 21.5 per cent and an increase in kilometres per litre of fuel used by 27.5 per cent.
The Energy Savings Trust Fleet Hero Awards are now in their tenth year and with the UK’s commitment to achieving an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, the organisation works with householders, government and businesses to provide help, consultancy and pioneering world-renowned research to work towards this goal.
On winning the award, O’Donovan’s Managing Director Jacqueline O’Donovan said “As a waste company, we recognise that we are at the ‘dirty end’ of logistics, which is why we work harder to achieve our successes and continue to improve our safe, green and efficient credentials and reduce our environmental impact. To be pitted against two huge brands, Carlsberg and TNT in this category, collecting the award for the third year running is an amazing recognition of all of the hard work by the entire O’Donovan team.”
