Symphony Meets Hybrid Fleet Target 1 Year Early – a Testament to its Commitment to Carbon Reduction
With over 50 years’ experience in the industry, Symphony knows how important it is to operate in a responsible and sustainable way. Fully committed to consistently learning, innovating and implementing its actions to limit its impact on the environment, the Group has successfully met its hybrid fleet target a whole year early with 75% of its fleet now being hybrid vehicles.
Selection of Symphony Group’s Hybrid Car Fleet at its Head Office in Barnsley
In April 2021 Symphony’s fleet funding and management partner JCT600 VLS helped the company successfully launch its new PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) inclusive choice list. Working in partnership, it was identified that plug-in hybrids would future-proof Symphony’s fleet while also supporting its sustainable agenda with significant carbon savings.
“At JCT600 VLS, we have a really strong partnership with Symphony going back many years,” says Ben Creswick, Managing Director at JCT600 VLS, “and this close working relationship helped to deliver a high quality, seamless and well-received transition. Using Symphony’s existing fleet data, including a detailed review of the different user groups and their operational requirements for the vehicles, VLS presented what the future could look like.
“This included modelling different fuel types, whole life costs and operational logistics, alongside a step-by-step plan on how the transition could work. The results speak for themselves, with over 75% (250 PHEVs) now operating as part of the Symphony fleet. Symphony’s partnership approach and commitment to carbon reduction has been exemplary, and we are proud to have been a part of its leap towards a more sustainable future.”
L-R: George Burtoft, Sustainability Analyst at Symphony, John Dunsford, Group Finance Director at Symphony, Ben Creswick, Managing Director at JCT600 VLS, Kevin Sykes, HR and Fleet Administrator at Symphony, Lindsay Francis, Customer Service Director at JCT600 VLS, and Joel Walls, Key Account Manager at JCT600 VLS
George Burtoft, Sustainability Analyst at Symphony, explains further, “Our fleet funding and management partner JCT600 VLS has supported us on our green agenda to make significant carbon savings through a detailed vehicle requirement review. This included modelling different fuel types, whole-life costs and operational logistics alongside a step-by-step plan on how the transition could work. We are so proud to say that we have met our target of having over 75% hybrid vehicles in the business a year early.”