PARTICIPANTS
single operators with one lorry and it is quite
a challenge to penetrate something like that.
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DFT INDUSTR
T The guidance from government is very useful,
CHAIR MINISTER
EXPER
but I think that, if I were to read it as a single
operator, I would think that it did not apply
to me and that it just applies to big companies.
Tom Idle: Does big business have a responsi-
bility to share best practice further down the
supply chain?
TOM IDLE PAUL CLARK MP MARK BROWNING
EDITOR, SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT DIRECTOR, HALCROW
Mark Browning: Yes, we all have a responsi-
bility to pass it down. It is a matter of how
you pass it down and how it might look in the
future. We might even see contractual obliga-
tions being passed down to other suppliers, as
a performance requirement where you have
to meet certain energy and carbon targets
within contracts.
IAN BERRILL NICK COAD STEVE DAVIS NATIONAL
Paul Clark: These are decisions that need to
FLEET DIRECTOR, SAINT GOBAIN GROUP ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING MANAGER, TNT
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL EXPRESS be taken by individual companies or groups
with small vans. It is about giving them a
choice and the information. If we had 90% of
HGV drivers on eco-driving training, we
could save some 3M tonnes of CO
2
over a
five-year carbon budgeting period, and cut
some £300M a year off the bottom line in
terms of fuel costs.
RICHARD HASTINGS ROWLAND HILL DEAN KERWICK-CHRISP
Ian Berrill: And yet, how can we convince a
HEAD OF PLANNING & DELIVERY, CSR & SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, SUSTAINABILITY & CLIMATE
NESTLE LOGISTICS MARKS & SPENCER CHANGE, HIGHWAYS AGENCY small operator that investment upfront on
training will give them a longer-term benefit?
We have spent significant time on training in
the last two years and that has had quite a
payback – but it is a massive upfront cost.
Rob Wright: There is a great deal of opportu-
nity now. The Government has introduced a
driver CPC [Certificate of Professional
COLIN MARRIOTT STEPHEN STEELE ROB STUBBS
Competence] scheme for HGV drivers. One
HEAD OF FLEET SERVICES, HEAD OF FREIGHT UNIT, FLEET DIRECTOR, VEOLIA
BRITISH GAS TRANSPORT FOR LONDON thing you could do to take that a step further
is to make it mandatory that part of the 35
hours of training that an organisation has to
give to HGV drivers is SAFED [Safe and Fuel
Efficient Driving] training for drivers.
Paul Clark: That’s something we’re looking at.
Colin Marriott: The link that has made sig-
ROB WRIGHT NATIONAL
nificant difference for our business is that safe
LOGISTICS CONTROLLER,
UNITED BISCUITS and fuel efficient driver training are intrinsi-
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