Partnership approach vital to help fleets deliver net zero

Bringing together multiple industry stakeholders is crucial to the UK delivering transport net zero.

Zemo Partnership policy and operations director Jonathan Murray told delegates at a Fleet200 Strategy Network meeting in Leeds that it was important small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) get the help they need to electrify their fleets.

“Larger fleets have the expertise,” he said, “but we also have SMEs who will be critical to making sure we deliver this, and they are also important to the second life of the vehicle.”

In the same week as the Fleet200 event in Leeds in December, Zemo Partnership published a roadmap setting out the policies required to deliver net zero transport and transform UK industry.

Its Delivery Roadmap for Net Zero Transport in the UK highlights the areas where policy interventions are most urgently needed. 

These include measures to accelerate the rollout of electric vehicles (EVs) by working with the private sector to identify how many and what types of chargers are needed and where, while ensuring fairness in VAT rates for charging.   

It also calls for a package of measures to boost production and demand for low carbon fuels to decarbonise the existing fleet, and to encourage low carbon travel choices by providing greater support and information on walking, cycling, public transport, car clubs and lift sharing.