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EDF Climate Corp helps PHH reduce energy use

July 12, 2010

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Back in 2008, PHH joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program to formally demonstrate our commitment to the environment. After conducting a company-wide inventory of our energy usage, we set an aggressive goal of a 12% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2014. 

That means we’re looking at everything – fleet vehicle emissions (which we’ve already offset), kilowatt hours, refrigeration solutions, HVAC systems – even as far as putting pc monitors into sleep mode when not in use for a period of time.

To help us look for new energy saving ideas, PHH is participating in an intern program through the Environmental Defense Fund. We are fortunate to have Jeremy Dommu, EDF Climate Corp fellow, to help us out over the summer in our Sparks, Maryland building. Check out his blog to read about his efforts and experiences at PHH.

Is your business engaged in a concerted effort to reduce emissions? Share your experiences or ideas in the comments section below – we’d enjoy the discussion.

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Tools for preventing distracted driving

June 24, 2010

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By Karen Healey
Director, Product Management
PHH Arval

Distracted driving is a hot topic. More and more states are banning either driving while texting or driving while using a hand-held cell phone (Click here for an up-to-date list of current regulations.) Since June is National Safety Month, we wanted to provide clients with some useful tools related to distracted driving.

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Tags:  Risk & Safety , Accident management

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Chrysler fleet preview

June 18, 2010

Christyl Arrabal, PHH Arval Account Executive, attended the Chrysler fleet preview in Detroit at the end of May. Here are a few of her thoughts about her experience:

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Tags:  Chrysler

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Ford fleet preview

June 11, 2010

Gary Anderson, PHH Arval Senior Vice President, Business Development attended the Ford Fleet Preview earlier this week in Detroit. Here are a few takeaway points he has to share from the conference:

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The importance of a strong safety policy

June 11, 2010

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By Karen Healy
Director, Product Management
PHH Arval

It’s June and National Safety Month: Do you know where your safety policy is?

It is easy to get caught up in reviewing, evaluating and even implementing cool new safety programs for the fleet. But time and again, we have seen these programs fail. Is it because they are flawed? In most cases, no. Instead, the problem is that the programs are implemented without any context.  

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Vermont added to the growing list of states banning texting while driving

June 03, 2010

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By Greg Corrigan
PHH Arval
Vice President, Strategic Consulting

Every week it seems, another state legislature is passing a new law banning the practice of text messaging while driving. The states of Maryland and Vermont are the two most recent to introduce a ban and it’s only a matter of time before all 50 states have similar laws on the books.

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Tags:  Risk & Safety , Consulting , State and Provincial Regulations

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Be prepared for summer temperatures

June 03, 2010

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You know your car needs special service in the winter, but do you know how to care for your car in the summer? Pass the following checklist along to your drivers to make sure their vehicles – whether personal or fleet – are in optimum condition for hot weather driving:

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Tags:   Risk & Safety , Maintenance

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Insights into current fuel market conditions

May 28, 2010

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By Greg Corrigan and Greg Stanford
PHH Arval

The news about the Deepwater Horizon accident and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been riveting, touching on potential environmental and economic impacts, engineering challenges and failures, and adding to the continuing conversation around our energy future. From a fleet standpoint, a frequent question has been about potential effects on supply and/or prices as we head into the summer driving season.

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Tags:   Fuel Trends , Consulting

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