Swish Transport Report 2014

Swish is committed to continuous improvement in the environmental performance of its delivery fleet in order to minimize its impact on the environment.

In order to do this we monitor the number of miles that our delivery vehicles cover and the fuel that they consume over that distance. We can then tell how efficient we are in our delivery operations and as a result monitor the effect of strategies we put in place to reduce our fuel usage.

The Company's Transport achievements during 2014 and since 2008 (benchmark year), look like this:

As a result of forthcoming changes to our warehousing arrangements during 2015, we will be viewing 2015 as a bench mark year and not setting a CO2 reduction target.

To achieve the considerable efficiencies since 2008 we have put in place some carefully monitored actions:

• The Swish transport fleet is regularly updated to continue to take advantage of improvements in vehicle emission levels and fuel usage. Our current vehicles are Euro5 compliant but in June 2015 we will be taking delivery of Euro6 compliant trucks which are extremely efficient
• All our vehicles are regularly maintained  to a high standard ensuring that they all perform at their optimum
• Because our fleet is so efficient we use our own vehicles on longer routes and use subcontract vehicles only when necessary.
• We monitor load utilisation and have invested in software to maximise loads and reduce mileage.
• We train all our drivers to help them improve fuel usage and on our new vehicles we will have driver assist information to advise drivers in real time on optimum driving techniques to reduce fuel consumption.
• Some of our vehicles have had their maximum speed lowered in order to reduce fuel consumption.
• During 2015 Swish will consolidate its two distribution centres into one new centralised facicity. This will reduce transport movements, saving fuel and wear & tear on vehicles.