Santos Brasil changes light-vehicle fleet fuel to reduce CO2 emissions
25/09/2011
As of today, Santos Brasil's light-vehicle fleet will be fueled
by ethanol. The fleet has 58 vehicles used for the transportation
of employees and materials, inspections and other internal services
in Tecon Santos and the Company's logistics units (customs
logistics and industrial centers in Santos and Guarujá,
distribution centers in São Bernardo and Jaguaré - SP). Previously,
gasoline had been used, although the entire fleet already consisted
of flex-fuel vehicles, which enabled the change. The idea is to
reduce CO2 emissions and sugarcane ethanol's great
advantage is that it virtually eliminates them. According to the
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), this measure
will reduce emissions by up to 73%. The idea was suggested by a
Santos Brasil employee in June of this year during Environment
Week, when the Company promoted an internal campaign to raise
awareness.
Since 2007, Santos Brasil has mapped greenhouse gas emissions in
Tecon Santos. These inventories, which have also included the
Company's logistics units since 2008 , measure direct emissions
such as fuel consumption and indirect emissions from the use of
power as well as other sources such as fuel consumption by the
employee transportation fleet. One of the main objectives of the
inventory is to reassess the energy matrix and seek cleaner and
renewable energy sources for the Company's operations, such as this
initiative with the light-vehicle fleet.
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