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A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London has begun.
Tesco is trialing the use of clean fuel derived from naturally occurring methane from landfill on a fleet of delivery vehicles for its online shopping service.
Tesco has launched a car-sharing trial at some of its stores in an effort to improve the carbon footprint of its shoppers.
Carmaker Peugeot is looking to break into the growing UK car club market, launching a pilot vehicle rental service in two English cities.
UK green energy company Ecotricity is set for rapid expansion following planning permission for it to build an £8 million eco-headquarters in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
More and more businesses across the UK are making green measures a priority in the workplace, but the vast majority still do not have a green travel plan in place, according to new research.
Better performance monitoring and efficiency could cut up to 20 per cent of van and lorry fuel costs – saving the UK commercial road fleet sector £3.34 billion a year.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) could significantly reduce its fuel consumption and CO2 emissions over the next three years, having a signed a contract with GreenRoad to use the company’s automated driver coaching service in 4,578 of the Ministry’s vehicles.
Sainsbury's is to roll out the UK's biggest fleet of electric vans, purchasing an extra 51 zero emission vans to add to its existing fleet of 20 online grocery delivery vehicles in London.
A new strategy to help businesses improve the fuel efficiency of their vans, saving money and reducing carbon emissions in the process, has been launched by the Department for Transport (DfT).
IBM, the international information technology company, has officially launched a new consulting service to help UK companies reduce their costs, improve their efficiency and lower their environmental impact.
A Swedish company claims to have developed the first piece of software that allows businesses to monitor, measure and evaluate the environmental impact of their entire operations, and the related costs to business.
In what it is claiming to be a world first, East Midlands Airport is conducting a six month trial to run an airport passenger transfer bus on liquid biomethane (LBM), a carbon neutral fuel.
Car manufacturer BMW Group is to provide a fleet of BMWs and Minis to support the Energy Saving Trust’s ‘Smarter Driving’ programme, which helps businesses get their employees to drive more efficiently.
Fledgling UK car manufacturer, Axon Automotive, has unveiled its latest low emission vehicle – a plug-in hybrid electric car that combines technology associated with racing cars and has seats fashioned out of jeans and recycled pinstriped suits.