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Helping business customers tackle climate change
At Avis we are working to help our corporate customers reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and meet carbon reduction targets.
Developing the Avis corporate carbon offset programme
We are working with carbon emissions specialists to develop new ways to help our business customers to reduce their environmental impact and meet their climate change targets, as well as increasing our commercial EV fleet.
Through our Carbon Offset Programme, we can measure the level of greenhouse gas emissions created by the car rental journeys for each business customer. Then we calculate the annual carbon footprint based on the rental miles with Avis and offset the carbon emissions linked to their car rental usage by investing in projects that reduce or remove the level of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) generated.
- Initiatives we’ve supported through this scheme range from investment in renewable energy through to electric rail systems.
- We are proud that in 2022, our Carbon Offset Programme helped our corporate customers mitigate the effects of climate change by offsetting nearly 50,000 metric tons of CO2 – that’s equivalent to 4,911,591 gallons of diesel consumed*.
Delivering environmental benefits for our business customers
In 2022, our colleagues at Zipcar U.K. partnered with three London boroughs to launch an electric van service for small businesses. The programme reduces the number of high-emission delivery vehicles, cuts the need for parking and helps small businesses to operate in ultra-low emission zones.
In partnership with Uber, we offered low emission vehicle options to thousands of their drivers in cities across North America during 2022. This was cost effective for the drivers, reduced emissions and cut wear-and tear on their personal vehicles.
*Using the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator; Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA