Avis looking after the environment since 1998

The environment is a very hot topic at the moment but rest assured Avis isn’t just ‘jumping on the bandwagon’. In fact, it has been working with The CarbonNeutral Company (previously known as Future Forests) for the last eight years, and was actually the first car rental company to become CarbonNeutral.

The CarbonNeutral Company works with Avis to help it measure and reduce its CO2 and then offset (or neutralise) any unavoidable emissions – this means that every tonne of CO2 Avis produces is offset through climate-friendly or forestry projects.

The facts….

Avis is already CarbonNeutral across Europe and has offset 94,500 tonnes of CO2 since 2000

It offers its customers the option to offset their car rental carbon footprint for just £1– last year 23% more customers offset their rentals with Avis

Avis is committed to continuing to reduce its carbon footprint

Green Champions appointed in each country

“There is board-level commitment to reducing the environmental impact of Avis’ operation,” says Daniel McCarthy, Commercial Director, Avis UK. “Further to our efforts over the past decade, we are putting formal programmes and initiatives in place to meet more stringent targets this year and into the future.”

Last month Avis UK introduced 20 Prius vehicles onto its fleet following the announcement, in February, that Avis Germany introduced natural gas VW Tourans to its fleet at 19 locations in 15 cities across the country.

Avis Portugal introduced hybrid cars to its fleet in 2005 and currently operates 50 hybrids across the country, reducing its CO2 emissions by over 50 tonnes. Avis Scandinavia also offers customers the chance to rent environmentally friendly vehicles with over 400 ethanol-powered Saab 9-5 BioPower cars, 75 Ford Flexi-fuel and 20 Toyota Prius vehicles on its fleet.