Your Chance to Honor Someone Special is Here!
While nominations are closed for NAFA's FLEXY Awards, Bill Schankel, CAE, Interim CEO at NAFA, reminds us that national awards program nominations are now being accepted in the following categories until February 14th.
- Distinguished Service Award
- Honorary Membership
- Excellence in Education Award
- NAFA Outstanding Service Award
Click here for more information about the award categories
Entry is simple. Prepare and submit a convincing, documented, written explanation of the individual’s work. Be sure to include details and substantiation, as each entry is judged solely on this written entry. Here is the entry form: 2020-NAFA-National-Service-Award-Program
The service awards are open to all fleet managers and suppliers. You can nominate yourself, you can nominate other fleet colleagues, or you can nominate your clients if you are a supplier.
Nominating someone special for one of these prestigious awards is a lovely way to say Happy Valentine's Day!
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
eDriving Partners with Driver Risk Management for Australasian Distribution of Mentor
Photo: Cory Fee (center) with DRM's Kim Ledger (l) and Alister McRae
eDriving, a global provider of driver risk management programs, has announced the appointment of Driver Risk Management (DRM) Australia as a distributor of its smartphone-based driver behavior improvement solution, Mentor by eDrivingSM.
Operating within a purpose-built 100-acre facility near Perth Airport, Western Australia, with the aim of achieving “Safer Roads, Safer Vehicles, Safer Speeds, Safer Drivers”, DRM provides driver and vehicle safety solutions that assist Australian corporate entities and individuals in addressing their risk profiles. It was established by a group of the driver training industry’s most experienced professionals including rally driver Alister McRae and motorsport veteran Kim Ledger.
Innovation in Risk Management Award Presented to eDriving
eDrivingSM, a global provider of driver risk management programs has been recognized in the Great British Fleet Awards for its smartphone driver safety solution Mentor by eDrivingSM.
The Awards, which took place as part of the Great British Fleet Event on January 30th, celebrate the best of corporate mobility in the UK, and were presented in front of an audience of business leaders, fleet managers, motor manufacturers and industry executives.
“Wow, what a great start to the year; this is already our second award of 2020,” said Ed Dubens, CEO/ Founder of eDriving. “We’re proud that Mentor continues to receive such valuable industry recognition for its ability to measurably change driver behavior and help fleets better manage driver safety.”
Study: Nearly All Fleet Sedans Could be Replaced Today with EVs
A new nationwide study of thousands of take-home fleet vehicles reveals that the vast majority could be replaced with commercially available battery electric vehicles today with no loss in operational capability.
The study, conducting by eIQ Mobility of Oakland, California, found that “of the 5,900+ passenger cars analyzed, we found that 91 percent could be replaced with electric vehicles today using only Level 2 EV chargers” overnight at drivers’ homes.
The study based its findings on studies of major business fleets in a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, utilities, logistics, beverages and equipment services across the U.S. and Canada. “We have shown that an electric vehicle fleet can complete all daily trip requirements with overnight charging. Electrification is feasible in practically any climate and under and majority of driving profiles. “
Read the full article here.
Is Your Trade Group Blocking Climate Action?
Moody’s recently warned that climate change will cause $69 trillion in economic damage globally by 2100, even with warming held to only 2 degrees Celsius.
Fossil fuel interests use their enormous influence to protect a subsidy the International Monetary Fund estimated to be $650 billion in 2015 in the U.S. alone. The bigger problem, however, is that America’s top corporate trade associations follow the fossil fuel industry’s lead.
With so many economic and scientific warnings out there about climate change, America’s corporate trade associations should be steering Congress toward the safe harbor of a strong climate bill. But that’s not what’s happening now — in fact, the opposite is true.
Read the article at Harvard Business Review.
