Founded in the 1960s Asda is one of the UK's leading retailers. It has over 180,000 dedicated Asda colleagues serving customers from over 550 stores, and operates 26 depots and ten recycling centres across the UK (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). It has its main home office in Leeds, Yorkshire and its George clothing division based in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Asda serves over 18 million shoppers a week in store and its growing home shopping business serves over 98 per cent of homes.
With such a large operation it’s easy to rack up the road miles and Asda has been working hard in its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint, from energy saving buildings and increased recycling to its investment in fleet management. Asda was awarded a Five Star Rating from the ECO Stars scheme in recognition of its existing best practice from local depot operations to its significant investment in new technologies, newer, cleaner vehicles and a commitment to fewer, cheaper miles, resulting in 17 million fewer food miles since 2005 and reducing carbon emissions by 42%.
ECO Stars was impressed by the investment to support better fuel management, improve driver skills development and vehicle specification/maintenance being well covered. 86 vehicles based at the Falkirk Distribution Centre are registered with Dundee ECO Stars.
National Transport Manager, Chris Hall, said: “The Five Star rating is a true reflection of the commitment and investment we have made towards becoming a leaner, greener and more efficient operator, both as a logistics provider and across the whole business. Our drivers and colleagues have a real passion for their work and we our proud of their driving record. Our next step is to continue the training and develop of the 2,700 drivers across the network, to ensure their continuous learning & development. Couple this with our investment in new fleet technology & we remain firmly on-track to achieve our corporate target of reducing fleet emissions by 50% by 2015”
Contact
Email: pollution.control@dundeecity.gov.uk
Tel: 01382 433710 Option 6