Buy Sustainable - Quick Wins

Transport

Purchase of transport and services with low carbon and noise emissions, to reduce carbon footprint and noise pollution

2008 MINIMUM Mandatory Specification(s)

The Government has set carbon emissions for its administrative car fleet. These are that by 2010/11 the fleet average of new cars purchased for administrative operations should be no higher than 130g/CO2/km.

NB This specification is set by Department for Transport (DfT)

2008 BEST PRACTICE Specification(s)

Complies with the EU Green Public Procurement comprehensive criteria

Pages 6 – 8: Passenger cars and light-duty vehicles
Pages 12 – 13 and 16 – 18: Buses
Pages 16 – 18: Public transport services
Pages 21 and 25 – 27: Waste collection trucks
Page 25 – 27: Waste collection services