Brett Group businesses will act to reduce the adverse social and environmental impacts of transport associated with the delivery of our product to customers.
This will be achieved by:
• Minimising transport distance through effective route planning and wherever possible reduce unladen road mileage.
• Monitoring and reviewing distances travelled and types of transport used to deliver constituent materials.
• Promoting alternative delivery methods such as barge or rail.
• Delivery drivers undertaking Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving (SAFED) and considerate driving training courses.
• Considering the use of alternative fuels when purchasing new equipment or vehicles.
• Both National Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) ratings and CO2 emissions to be considered when purchasing vehicles.
• Disposing of vehicles responsibly at end of life.
Measures
• % of delivery drivers SAFED trained
• Product delivered by road e.g. tonnes by road, m3 by road
• Product delivered by rail e.g. tonnes by rail, m3 by rail
• Product delivered by inland barge e.g. tonnes by barge, m3 by barge
• Average delivery distance per unit of delivered product e.g. km/t, km/m3
• Average load size per mode of transport e.g. tonnes or m3 by road, rail or barge
• Average fuel consumption e.g. litres/tonne, litres/m3
• Carbon emissions per unit of delivered product e.g. kgCO2/t, kgCO2/m3
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