Awarded Silver Accreditation status by EcoVadis

Recently Hireco have taken a major step forward in their mission to a more sustainable future. They are extremely pleased to announce that they have been awarded the Silver accreditation status by EcoVadis. Head of UK Fleet at Hireco, Scott McMinigle said “the EcoVadis score for Hireco put us in the top 25% of respondents worldwide. We are delighted with this result, but we are not stopping here. We still have work we want to do to further raise the level of our Accreditation.”

EcoVadis are the worlds most trusted business sustainability assessors, and when Hireco recognised that they needed to do more, they collaborated with EcoVadis on their journey to becoming more sustainable. EcoVadis have tens of thousands of companies in which are partnered with them, and collaborate on sustainability through benchmarks, performance improvement tools and using a universal scorecard. Hireco are hoping to influence and inspire the logistics industry to take the leap and join the sustainable revolution.

New Fleet Manager, Bethany Harvey, who works alongside Scott said “We see this as the beginning of our journey to a more sustainable future. When we are communicating with major companies, we are not only able to talk about green credentials but prove where we are on the journey and what we have achieved to date. We know from talking to them, that our major customers are more likely to trust companies with a proven commitment to corporate social responsibility.”

Environmental, social, and governance issues (ESG), play a major part in Hireco’s future strategies. They intend to take a leadership position with their customers and suppliers to deliver increased fuel and CO2 emission savings, as part of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach.

Hireco are one of the biggest buyers of new fleet commercial vehicles in the UK, and currently manage a fleet of over 7000 assets around the UK and Ireland; over 70% of which are supplied to the top 100 transport companies in the UK. One of the company’s trademarks is the age of its fleet, which is one of the youngest in the industry.

Hireco have also made a big commitment to invest in electric light commercial vehicles, which puts them at the forefront of innovation. This combines years of experience and knowledge in vehicle hire to provide a ’Total Transport Solution’ approach, bespoke to each customer’s requirement.

They are also investing in telematics across all their assets, with data playing a major role in how fleets will be managed in the future. Improved uptime, increased tyre lifespan, route optimisation and real time break performance data with EBPMS, are just some of the benefits to further drive their sustainability innovation.

For further information call:

Poppy Lowe

Tel: 07738 410100
Email: poppy.lowe@hireco.co.uk