Why should your fleet go Green ?

C1 Mobile isn’t just a great way to save money on fuel and increase the efficiency of your in-field teams. It also allows you to make fleet decisions based on your fuel usage, carbon footprint and route to minimize pollution.

Given that larger fleets will, within the next 5 years, have mandatory emissions targets to be met, C1 Mobile is a necessary step towards managing your fleets environmental impact and social responsibility.

Regardless of which side of the global warming debate will bear out, the fact stands that industrialised countries around the world are being called upon to reduce their carbon footprint. In the year 2000, Australia was one of the highest emitters of greenhouse gases per capita in the developed world, which has since prompted an increased focus on energy policy.

Australia is now looking at the Emissions Trading Scheme to start up in 2010, and the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target policy to be in place by 2020. In addition, the removal of the fuel subsidies will make petrol prices rise by as much as forty cents on the litre, an increase of nearly a third. And finally, the 2004 white paper "Securing Australia's Energy Future" includes a recommendation that there be new requirements for business to manage their emissions wisely.

"Managing your vehicle fleet wisely" is actually what the C1 Mobile system is all about. It includes methods to track your fuel usage and carbon footprint, allowing you to increase the efficiency of your fleet in the field. Through the C1 Mobile system, your business is equipped to control its environmental impact, thus allowing it to keep a standard of industrial responsibility.

The cost savings benefit is not to be overlooked, either. Keeping a fleet running efficiently requires the skills of a general, where the dispatchers, drivers, and field service representatives all have to be co-ordinated so that there is as little waste as possible. With an efficient fleet management system in place, your business will see the improvements in operating expenses year after year.