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Capgemini fully electrifies its fleet by 2030

The consulting and IT services company Capgemini intends to only allow electric or hybrid cars for its own company fleet.

Capgemini only allows plug-ins and pure electric vehicles. The former are also to be phased out by 2030. | Photo: G. Soller
Capgemini only allows plug-ins and pure electric vehicles. The former are also to be phased out by 2030. | Photo: G. Soller
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Gregor Soller

By 2030, Capgemini aims to have completely swapped its company fleet: the currently operating 12,000 combustion engines in the fleet are to be gradually replaced. In this context, Capgemini joined the EV100 initiative, which connects companies on their way to a 100 percent electrically powered vehicle fleet. Member companies include corporations such as E.ON, DB Schenker, or the British BT Group, but also AstraZeneca, Centrica, and Ikea.

Accordingly, Capgemini also plans to have new vehicle policies and corresponding contracts in place with selected leasing companies and manufacturers, without specifying details. But the goals are ambitious: In 2021, 13 percent, and in 2022, a further 24 percent of the fleet is to be replaced, so that by the end of 2022, more than 50 percent will consist of purely battery-electric or plug-in hybrids. By the end of 2025, all combustion engines are to be replaced, and in a further step, by 2030, the plug-in hybrids are to be replaced by purely electric cars. Sabine Reuss, Head of the Corporate Social Responsibility Board of Capgemini in Germany, sums it up:

“Worldwide, concern about the impact of CO2 emissions on climate change and its consequences is growing stronger than ever. As a global company, we are committed to transitioning to sustainable mobility. The move towards a fully electric vehicle fleet is an important step in this direction. We look forward to taking it together with other organizations in the EV100 initiative and coming closer to our net-zero goal.”

The necessary charging infrastructure is to be built for the electric fleet at the locations. In this process, the power supply is also to be fully switched to renewable energies by 2025.

What does this mean?

Capgemini is making the switch—and doing so very decisively. The company has calculated that before the pandemic, the fleet caused up to ten percent of the CO2 emissions due to employee car travel. The new vehicle policy is only part of a broader program in this context: because travel is generally to be reduced, and more sustainable means of transport are to be utilized.

Translated automatically from German.
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