Winner: York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Finalists: Shepherd Group, York Designer Outlet
WITH 8,900 staff and more than 1.5 million people using its sites every year, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s management of its 4.7 million annual business miles saw the organisation win the Best Sustainable Travel Initiative Award.
The Trust has established a Travel and Transport Group covering its operational areas of York, Scarborough and Bridlington to review all aspects of travel including public transport, cycling, taxi journeys, car parking, hire cars and pool cars.
Judges said the Trust has a clear focus, and is committed to all aspects of sustainable travel, including staff travelling to and from the NHS sites as well as for business travel across the organisation.
They praised the Trust for employing a range of initiatives which engage their staff with sustainable travel options and for working in partnership with iTravel York, businesses, the local community and stakeholder groups, stating these partnerships have delivered significant reductions in car dependency and carbon emissions.
As part of its travel strategy to improve safety and reduce costs, a new fleet of ten car-share vehicles are now available for York Hospital staff to use on business.
The scheme also provides the Trust with a daily car rental scheme. The cars produce low levels of CO2 emissions, reducing the Trust’s overall carbon footprint.
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