Driver and vehicle focus improves fleet performance for Univar

Univar Solutions is driving a range of safety, compliance and operational improvements through better driver engagement and vehicle utilisation. 

As a global supplier and distributor of chemicals, compliance is key for the winner of Fleet of the Year (up to 250 vehicles) at this year’s Fleet News Awards.

It means ensuring drivers are at the top of their game and its vehicles are up to the demands of the job.

Key is ensuring that drivers understand how a moment’s inattention may impact their safety and the safety of others. 

“We try and drill that into our drivers,” says Edward Wilcox, UK transport manager at Univar Solutions. 

“It’s important to make them realise that it might just be a split second of them doing something that they shouldn't do, that can cause changes to any individual's life.” 

As a fleet, it is also working to achieve the Mission Zero quality standard, providing it with a roadmap towards the vision of zero collisions, zero emissions and zero prohibitions.