All employees entitled to a company car will be offered the opportunity to switch over to electric vehicles by May 2024. Compass has also taken an active role in improving access to charging points at the Birmingham and Chertsey offices.
Ian Cranna, future food offer and new channels director at Compass Group UK & Ireland, commented: “COP26 has again brought into focus the necessity of taking action to reduce and reverse climate change and we are proud that our market leading net zero commitment and roadmap to net zero outline how we will make our contribution to this effort. Our move to 100% electric fleet vehicles is an important milestone towards achieving our goals in partnership with clients, suppliers and employees.”
The Government announced they were committing an additional £620m to electric vehicle charging infrastructure as part of its net zero strategy.
Ian Murphy, managing director of Foodbuy (Compass’ procurement business), added: “We’ve worked with our car partner, to research a comprehensive and forward thinking policy and range of cars that suit our peoples’ needs - this is an ambitious and significant investment.
“Our next step will be to look at our vans across the business - we’re already tracking activity and mileage to assess the viability of moving them across to electric vehicles, so we hope to make progress in this area very soon.”