OUR ENVIRONMENT
Fleet
We invested in 16 new efficient heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) over the last year. The new HGVs are performing well reporting in excess of 10 miles per gallon. After the new editions, over 90% of the fleet now meets the Euro 6 emission standards.
Our company car fleet has grown in size over the last 12 months, and now 30% of the fleet is either fully electric or hybrid powered. As part of our continued investment in forklift trucks (FLT), we currently have 39 electric FLTs across the Group.
We have run various trials on electric and gas powered vehicles over the last 18 months, which have highlighted the developing technologies available to the business in the future. We have taken the learnings from the trial and plan to further trial electric vehicles and explore how electric recharging and biogas refuelling could work across our trading area.
Fleet KPI's
HGV
MPG
- Bulk = 9.9 MPG
- Non-bulk = 10.8 MPG
- Store to farm = 27.6 MPG
Euro 6 standards
- 90% of fleet
Company Car
- 30% of car fleet is full electric or hybrid.
- 24 EV charging points installed, including 2 rapid chargers.
Forklift Trucks
- 32% of FLT fleet is fully electric
Renewable Energy
We have continued to invest in renewable energy generation at our freehold sites. We have now installed over 1,000kWp of solar photovoltaic panels in nine locations. To date, the systems have generated over 700,000kWh which is the equivalent of 144 tonnes of carbon emissions saved (CO2e).
Renewable Energy KPI’s
- 1,091kWp of solar PV installed
- 9 sites utilising renewable energy
- 703,821kWh generated
- 144t CO2e saved