Decarbonising Large Fleets

Thursday 16th July at 10.30am

From the multi-modal energy approach to handle heavy-duty tasks to infrastructure collaboration to overcome the high costs of grid upgrades, this webinar brings together a panel of fleet experts who are leveraging renewable energy, adopting increased tracking of emissions and fuel as well looking at evolving route optimisation tools all designed to put sustainability and lower operational costs at the centre of large fleet management.

Agenda

10.30	Welcome & Event Overview GREENFLEET Host Gill Nowell
10.40	Case study: The Zero Carbon Council blueprint: Infrastructure, investment, and impact Owain Pearce, Transport Manager, ODS - Oxford City Council
10.50	Sponsors presentation Josh Pilgrim, Geotab
11.00	Case study: The realities of operating a large electric fleet in Central London Edward Yendluri, Contracts Manager (Operations) - Westminster City Council
11.10	Net Zero: Decarbonising a Large Fleet Duncan Webb, Fleet Director, The AA
11.20	Making the right plan Kevin Ledger, EV Charging Specialist, Drax Electric Vehicles
11.30	Panel Discussion / Q and A session GREENFLEET Host Gill Nowell talks with today's panel and is also joined by Rob Anderson from Mitie, to answer audience questions.
11.50	Event Close - Event timings and speakers may be subject to change

Speakers

Gill Nowell

Event HostGREENFLEET

Gill Nowell brings over 25 years of experience in energy and environmental technologies, with well over a decade dedicated to the electric vehicle sector.

Kevin Ledger

EV Charging SpecialistDrax Electric Vehicles

Kevin has a wealth of experience in sales and account management, working predominately with B2B customers across a range of sectors.

Rob Anderson

Principal ConsultantMitie

Rob has over 25 years’ experience in delivering transport decarbonisation research and fleet consultancy projects, joining Mitie in 2022 to help develop and manage their Transport Consultancy team.

Edward Yendluri

Contracts ManagerWestminster City Council

With over 18 years of expertise in local authorities, Ed has become a prominent figure in the realm of sustainability.

Owain Pearce

Transport ManagerOxford Direct Services & Oxford City Council

Owain worked in waste management and fleet support from 2011 to 2014 and in 2014 became a Fleet Technical Officer. During this time he raised the profile of ODS, achieving a number of fleet awards.

Duncan Webb

Fleet DirectorThe AA

Duncan leads the iconic AA fleet, overseeing 12,000 vehicles across roadside assistance, driving schools, mobility services, company cars, salary sacrifice and grey fleet.

Josh Pilgrim

Senior Business Development Manager EMEAGeotab

Josh takes pride in simplifying complex solutions to deliver maximum value to organisations, often highlighting operational areas for improvement

Geotab

Geotab is a global leader in connected transportation solutions. We provide telematics — vehicle and asset tracking — solutions to over 50,000 customers in 160 countries.

Drax Electric Vehicles

We believe in the value of end-to-end electrification partnerships. From assessing suitability and helping build the business case to installing and maintaining cost-effective, future-proofed EV charging solutions, we’re with customers for the journey.

The AA

The AA is the UK’s largest roadside assistance organisation and much more. We’re proudly a multi-service provider, helping drivers and businesses with a wide range of services and solutions to keep them on the road and ‘Always Ahead’.