Trimble Shortlisted for Prestigious Green Award
Trimble is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted in the ‘Industry Supplier of the Year’ category for the Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards 2012.
The prestigious awards aim to celebrate public and private organisations that are successfully reducing fuel bills and lowering carbon footprints through better transport policies and improved fleet efficiency. The awards also recognise companies that supply cost and fuel saving products or services to fleets.
“Trimble solutions have helped our fleet and field service customers achieve fantastic results, enabling reduced emissions and supporting them in reaching their carbon footprint reduction goals,” said Mark Forrest, general manager, Trimble Field Service Management. “We are delighted to have had this innovation recognised and proud to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award.”
Established as a leading event in the green awards calendar, this year’s awards attracted over one hundred entries.
Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive of Energy Saving Trust, said: “The Fleet Hero Awards recognise organisations that are helping the UK to significantly reduce their carbon emissions. This plays a vital role in meeting the UK’s sustainability targets.
“This year we’ve had an overwhelming response, so choosing the shortlist proved to be a difficult task! We do, however, have an extremely strong collection of organisations that have impressed the judges with their commitment to green fleet management. We look forward to celebrating their success at the awards ceremony in November.”
The 2012 ceremony will be held at the Institute of Directors (IoD) in London on Tuesday, 20 November and will be attended by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, along with other notable business leaders and government representatives.
The 12 award categories are: Best Public Sector Fleet; Best Private Sector Fleet; Smarter Driving; Grey Fleet Management; Business Mileage Management; Industry Supplier of the Year; Transport Solutions Supplier of the Year; Innovation in Car & Van Manufacturing; Innovation in Services and Systems; Innovation in Fleet Management; Leadership Award; and Commercial Vehicle Management Award (including HGVs and large passenger carrying vehicles).
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Eilidh Macleod
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Energy Saving Trust
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Trimble
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About the Energy Saving Trust
Energy Saving Trust (EST) gives impartial, accurate and independent advice to communities and households on how to reduce carbon emissions, how to use water more sustainably and how to save money on energy bills.
EST provides impartial advice to fleets to help them reduce fuel use and improve efficiency with benefits to both fleet finances and the environment. Many of the Energy Saving Trust transport advice services are subsidised by the Department for Transport.
EST works in partnership with government, local authorities, third sector organisations and businesses. EST’s activities include:
delivering or managing government programmestesting low-carbon technologycertification and assurance for businesses and consumer goodsdeveloping models and tools
Energy Saving Trust is a social enterprise with charitable status.
Energy Saving Trust was formed in 1992.
About Trimble Field Service Management
Trimble’s Field Service Management Division provides visibility into field and fleet operations so businesses can streamline efficiency and increase productivity. The Field Service Management suite includes fleet management, work management and scheduling, worker safety and mobility solutions that transform the effectiveness of work, workers and assets in the field. The cloud-based portfolio allows Trimble to offer customers industry-specific, enterprise-level solutions for exceptional performance and ease of use.
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About Trimble
Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location: including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilising positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilised to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
For more information about Trimble and its products visit: www.trimble.com