This environmental policy outlines Equity Transport Group (ETG) and its subsidiaries commitment to improving the environment. Through both our administrative and on-the-road activities, we rise to meet the challenges of making our world a better place for the next generations.
ETG commit themselves to conduct their day-to-day business in a way that limits their impact on the environment by meeting the following objectives:
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Administrative Operations and General Business Practices
- Recycling and reusing paper and cardboard whenever possible
- Recycling glass, plastic, batteries, electronics rubbish, and printer cartridges whenever possible
- Limiting water and energy consumption in their offices
- Turning off electrical equipment and lights when they are not in use
- Heating and cooling their offices in the most efficient, environmentally-friendly manner possible
- Cultivating an attitude of environmental awareness among employees in every department, including management
- Reviewing their environmental practices periodically to ensure they continually meet their objectives
- Using the most environmentally friendly cleaning products and processes possible
- Ensuring that any building expansion plans include improving energy efficiency
- Making their environmental policy available to the public and all their employees
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On-The-Road Operations
- Limiting our environmental impact by using late-model cars to optimize energy efficiency
- Minimising fuel consumption whenever possible through finding more efficient routes
- Promoting and achieving environmental best practices in fleet maintenance, driving behaviours, and purchasing decisions
- Purchasing the most energy-efficient replacement vehicles possible
- Promoting combined rides among customers who plan to attend the same event
- Encouraging our drivers, contractors, and their supervisors to be environmentally conscious in all their activities
- Providing information about current environmental developments to our drivers, contractors, and their supervisors
- Complying with, and exceeding whenever possible, limousine environmental regulatory requirements
- Assessing the environmental impact of new policies, products, or vehicles
- Minimising driver waste through reusing and recycling as many materials as possible, including paper, cardboard, and waste petrol products
- Using environmentally friendly products to clean vehicles, inside and out
- Purchasing the most efficient fuels with fewest emissions whenever possible
- Reporting any breaches of best environmental practices to the management
- Monitoring and improving environmental performance
- Reviewing and altering all environmental policies as needed