Environmental Update

Computer Cab makes the Sunday Times Top 50 Best Green Companies List

Wednesday 14th May, Computer Cab were invited to pick up the Sunday Times Best Green Companies award.

“The 50 companies listed in this report are all enterprising pioneers - enterprising, enlightened and fizzing with new ideas. All have a common sense of purpose about their corporate social responsibility.

There may be plenty of environmental awards but this is the first that has both a robust methodology to measure environmental performance and a survey of each company’s staff to find out whether green sheen is more than skin deep.”

Richard Caseby, Managing Editor - The Sunday Times

“Winning the award and making the list of 50 best green companies and coming 44th in the Top 50 is a great achievement for our team at Computer Cab.

The award recognises the commitment of both our staff and our drivers who are very environmentally conscious and adopt best ‘green’ practice whenever possible. The competition required the full involvement of all our staff in responding individually and anonymously to a questionnaire and our environmental efforts were audited by Bureau Veritas at first hand.

The competition attracted businesses throughout the UK, large and small, ranging from banking giants to smaller companies. Interestingly many of those in London who entered the competition are Computer Cab customers.

We are delighted with our award and we will continue to show our commitment to the environment.”

Andrew Robson, Director of Marketing, Sales & Communications - Computer Cab plc

The Sunday Times worked with environmental consultants. Bureau Veritas were the external auditors and market research group, Munro Global devised the methodology for the competition.

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Going that green bit further

Computer Cab, which has already built up a commanding environmental position, went one little bit green further on the Saturday 29th March when staff were involved in tree planting for the Bromley by Bow residents.

Supporting Trees for Cities, an independent charity which works with local communities on tree-planting and landscaping projects, Computer Cab provided funding and manpower for this project.

The charity was re landscaping an area ion the Bow Bridge estate, with the emphasis on creating an attractive open recreational space for the local community.

Holders of the international environmental standard, ISO14001, Computer Cab has progressively extended its environmental efforts. Last year a major step was taken with the establishment of the ComfortDelGro Carbon Fund. This fund offsets the carbon footprint of account customer journeys - at no extra cost to the customer.

This year Computer Cab is working with leading carbon management company Carbon Clear on several important initiatives world wide.

The projects selected not only offset carbon emissions but will improve the health and livelihoods of the communities involved, and so will help ‘real people’.

Environmental Update

Carbon Offsetting Programme

From November 2007 Computer cab plc will offset the carbon emissions generated by our account customer journeys.

This will be done through the ComfortDelGro carbon offsetting fund, and customers will see their carbon count and the offset each month on their invoice.

Investment in cleaner taxi solutions

Earlier in 2007 Computer Cab plc announced an exciting new partnership with Gastech E&E, an Australian based company which specialises in bringing cleaner engine solutions to market.

Computer Cab committed to a substantial investment in developing an entirely new LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) solution for London taxis. Traditionally most London taxis have been diesel powered and recent emissions regulations mean that those diesel engines are cleaner than ever but Computer Cab has a longer term aim to develop an even cleaner taxi.

About our LPG powered Taxi

What is it?

Why LPG?

Driver benefits

The new engine conversion to taxis means that diesel is dispensed with in its entirety and replaced with an LPG powered engine. For the environment that means a much cleaner running vehicle.

We now have this LPG taxi on the streets and carrying passengers following approval from the Public Carriage Office. Over the coming months the performance of this new engine will be closely measured to verify its excellent green credentials and efficiency.

This commitment to make the air Londoners breathe much cleaner is a perfect accompaniment to our other efforts to reduce the impact our services have on the environment.

Keeping our fleet green

Since 2005 a clear timetable for making London’s taxis cleaner has been laid out by Transport for London and Computer Cab was the only company to offer its taxi fleet some help in meeting these requirements. By providing taxi drivers with discounted systems and a deferred payment system our fleets found it easier than any other to make their cabs greener.

Now all our taxis are Euro 3 compliant and because we have a young fleet a high proportion of the fleet is already compliant with Euro 4.

Most recently Computer Cab issued the popular ‘Make London cleaner by driving greener’ handout to all it’s 3,500 subscribing taxi drivers, helping them to adjust their driving style and vehicle standard to ensure lower emissions and cleaner air as they drive around town.

Re-certification of ISO 14001

Computer Cab was the first taxi company to achieve the ISO 14001 accreditation in 2004. Again in 2007 we have proved our commitment to the environment by successfully achieving the re-certification of ISO 14001.

Recent environmental initiatives include:

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