REMONDIS receives environmental award.

All winners at a glance

NABU (The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) and Volkswagen Leas-ing are continuing their successful cooperation work to protect the environment and prevent climate change. On 06 September, the management spokesman of Volkswagen Leasing, Lars-Henner Santelmann, and NABU President, Olaf Tschimpke, handed over the prizes to the winners of this year's "Green Awards - The Green Fleet 2011" in Berlin in the presence of the Federal Minister for the Environment, Dr Norbert Röttgen. For the very first time, an 'initiative prize' was awarded in recognition of a fleet strategy that was particularly environmentally friendly. REMONDIS was the winner of this prize.

Climate protection

The ceremony held for the second "THE GREEN FLEET" awards was presented by Claudia Kleinert, who being a weather expert for the German TV channel, ARD, is particularly interested in the subject of climate change, and the figures she quoted were particularly impressive. The 77 participating companies with their approx. 9,200 vehicles have been able to save 1,650 tonnes of CO₂ and just under 630,000 litres of fuel this year. This year's award winners include PCEF GC GmbH and SEAR GmbH (in the category up to 100 vehicles) as well as REMONDIS' long-standing customer, CLAAS KgaA, mbH (in the category over 100 vehicles). Pflegeteam Wentland and HypoVereinsbank were presented awards for the "lowest average fuel consumption" category.

REMONDIS receives award

The special award "for the 360-degree approach" was presented to REMONDIS board member, Max Köttgen. According to the jury, REMONDIS was presented with this award because the company's core business is environmental services and because a very high number of REMONDIS' fleet of vehicles belongs to the 'blue motion low fuel consumption category' and because REMONDIS carries out intensive training courses for its drivers to ensure they contribute towards the fuel savings in a positive and sustainable way. Today, 40% of REMONDIS' fleet of over 1,000 vehicles leased from Volkswagen are environmentally friendly vehicles. "Volkswagen's unrivalled BlueMotion technology, in particular, offers the best possible symbiosis between economics and ecology," explained Herwart Wilms, a managing director at REMONDIS Assets & Service GmbH. In addition, REMONDIS has special incentive systems for its drivers in order to further encourage the selection of environmentally friendly vehicles. This concept is rounded off with ECO driving courses which are held regularly. 250 sales employees have already taken part practising how to drive their vehicles in a way that is kind to the environment. The company's long-term goal is for all employees, who travel for the company, to take part in such an ECO driving course.

The prize, awarded in recognition of a particularly environmentally friendly fleet strategy, was presented for the very first time in 2011.