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Corporate Environmental Sustainability: The Context
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A recent study by McKinsey & Company, supported by leading scientists and corporations,
says it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions enough to contain global
warming to 2 degrees Celsius, but only if all major sectors and regions take ambitious
action within the next few years.
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Coastal Car Worldwide Environmental Commitment
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Coastal Car Worldwide is a leader in environmental responsibility. As members of
Green Ride Global™, Coastal Car has committed to GHG emissions reductions from all
areas of the company’s business operations of 20 percent over the next 5 years.
If every North American chauffeured ground transportation company committed to producing
results similar to Coastal Car’s, collectively the industry would be making a significant
contribution toward the reversal of global warming by annually saving over 490,000
metric tons of greenhouse gases -- the equivalent of removing 100,000 vehicles from
the road, avoiding 1-million barrels of crude oil, and growing and protecting over
400,000 acres of carbon-absorbing forest.
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Coastal Car’s Environmental Program Consists of the Following:
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A comprehensive environmental policy that touches the entire company and addresses
the prevention and reduction of potential environmental impacts from all areas of
business operations
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The implementation of an ISO 14001-compliant Environmental Management System
- Baseline year GHG inventory
- Ongoing quarterly measurement and monitoring of GHG emissions and validation by
Green Ride Global to ensure that Coastal Car is on track to reach the 5-year target
of 20 percent reductions
- Enforcement of environmentally responsible driving practices across the entire fleet
- Transition to the latest low-carbon vehicles and fuels
- Testing of non-fossil fuels as they become available
- Reduction of energy and electricity consumption in each office and garage facility
- Monitoring of employee commute and business travel and implementation of efficient
travel practices
- Reduction of waste through a reuse and recycling program
- Greening of the supply chain
- Partnering with global affiliates whose environmental policies have the same intent
and effect in their own geographic areas
- Tracking the carbon footprint of every trip and providing to each client regular
GHG emissions reports that can be used in that client’s own transportation supply
chain Carbon AccountingTM
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Protocols and Standards
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Green Ride Global ensures that Coastal Car’s Carbon Accounting™ procedures follow
the emissions factors used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC). Coastal Car’s environmental measurements follow the ISO 14064 GHG
Measurement Standards, and the principles and protocols of the World Business Council
for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Resources Institute (WRI).
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Coastal Car is also a partner of the US EPA Climate Leaders Program. The Climate
Leaders program is a US EPA industry-government partnership that provides recognition
to companies developing long-term climate change strategies. Program participants
set aggressive long-term greenhouse gas reduction goals and are required to annually
report their progress in reaching these goals
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How Do You Know a Supplier is Truly ‘Green’?
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Quite simply, the only way to truly know whether a ground transportation supplier’s
claims of being “green” are valid is to ask what the company’s carbon footprint
is. If that supplier is not continuously measuring and monitoring the GHG emissions
and disclosing results through regular, third-party environmental reports to stakeholders
and clients, that company’s claims of “greenness” are questionable at best.
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Coastal Car Worldwide, through the company’s independent third-party relationship
with Green Ride Global, is held environmentally accountable. Coastal Car issues
regular stakeholder and client environmental reports documenting the carbon footprint
from all areas of business operations.
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How Does Coastal Car’s Fleet Stack-Up Environmentally?
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The following table represents all the types of vehicles suitable for the demands
of a typical chauffeured sedan fleet. It includes the newest hybrid, clean diesel,
and biofuel vehicles. (Not included are the vans, mini buses, shuttles and coaches).
Of particular note is the carbon footprint of each vehicle. Even traditional fossil
fuel powered vehicles would have a lower carbon footprint in Coastal Car’s fleet
than the industry norm. This is being achieved through the Green Ride Global program.
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The carbon footprint of Coastal Car’s fleet is tracked and audited by Green Ride
Global. Green Ride Global issues quarterly environmental sustainability reports
to Coastal Car’s management team and stakeholders tracking the overall emissions
against the annual emissions reduction targets.
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Coastal Car’s participation in the US EPA Climate Leaders Program also requires
compliance with annual emissions reduction targets and reporting.
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