According to the latest green fleet survey from PHH Arval, almost half of all corporate fleet managers are measuring their emissions, and encouraging emissions reductions through driver behavior change, despite the economic downturn.

The findings come from the company's annual industry-wide survey of fleet managers on their environmental initiatives, which found that 49 percent of all fleets are now measuring their emissions, up from 28 percent in 2008.

Although cost of environmental initiatives continues to be a concern -- 42 percent of respondents cited costs as a key barrier to greening their fleets -- the economic downturn has slowed some of those initiatives. In this year's survey 51 percent said the economy had no impact on their progress, while 20 percent said it had slowed them down.

But 28 percent said that the economy served as a spur to increase the speed of their green programs, and 29 percent of respondents have found cost savings as a direct result of reducing the emissions from their fleets.

 

 

Driver behavior has become one of the top ways that companies are focusing on improving fleet efficiency; as the chart below shows, 56 percent of companies say driver behavior is one strategy for cutting emissions.

Overall, the survey finds increased awareness in and action around environmental improvements for fleet managers, with a steady rise over the company's 2009 and 2008 surveys.

The full white paper is available for download from www.phharval.com/greensurveyresults.