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GBRf staff save thousands on a range of electric vehicles with Octopus EV

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Written by sam.batey@gbrailfreight.com sam.batey@gbrailfreight.com

GBRf launched its first Carbon Reduction Plan in 2023. The Carbon Reduction Plan committed to GBRf reducing our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and set out a number of carbon reduction projects. One of those was GBRf helping our colleagues reduce their emissions.

In 2023, we partnered with Octopus EV to introduce a salary sacrifice scheme to lease only electric vehicles and the results have been astounding.

With their great salary sacrifice scheme, our employees have saved £1000s driving a range of amazing electric cars, all whilst helping reduce emissions.

  • Employees are saving £300 – £350 a month with home charging
  • 120 EVs on the road, fully maintained and insured
  • The partnership has 140 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

To see a little more about the partnership; watch this video and hear from those involved in coming up with the scheme and two of our staff who have used it.