Green Approach Wins RBS Recognition

15-Jun-2007

An ongoing commitment by TNT Express Services to be the cleanest and greenest express operator in the market continues to pay dividends after the company secured a prestigious industry award.

TNT Financial Services - the specialist division of the company serving the UK's financial services sector - won acclaim when it was singled out to take the 'Corporate Responsibility Award' from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) at the Bank's 2007 Supplier Excellence Awards.

TNT was praised for its commitment to continually challenging the environmental benefits that the company delivers under its ongoing commercial partnership with RBS. This included reducing the number of miles covered by its vehicles while serving the RBS distribution network throughout the UK, the subsequent reduction of its 'carbon footprint' along with unique initiatives such as piloting the world's first ever environmentally-friendly, battery powered, high performance zero emissions 7.5 tonne vehicle.

Green gong - (L-R) Andy MacLellan, RBS Director of Group Purchasing, Bob Black, Chief Operatomg Officer TNT Express Services UK, Jon Stockton, General Manager TNT Financial Services, Tom Bell, Managing Director TNT Express Services UK & Ireland, Alistair Cochrane, Divisional Director TESS Network Services and Joanne Davidson, RBS Head of Corporate Responsibility

Commenting on the TNT achievement, the RBS judges praised Britain's leading business-to-business expresss delivery operator for reducing the total mileage covered on the RBS contract by more than 420,000 miles and, in the process, saving around 43,000 litres of fuel.

The awards follow TNT's success as the sole distributor of cheques, internal mail, stationery and marketing materials for a number of RBS brands including NatWest, Coutts, Direct Line, Lombard, Churchill, One Account and Tesco Personal Finance.

Mail items are collected via eight TNT collection depots across the UK and then transported to TNT's sortation centre in Lount, Leicestershire before being conveyed to 27 strategically located TNT depots across the country in readiness for delivery.

Accepting the award on behalf of TNT, Bob Black, Chief Operating Officer of TNT Express Services UK, said: "To earn such recognition from a customer who demands nothing less than world class excellence is testament to the dedication of our team, the quality of our end-to-end operation, the effectiveness of our innovative distribution solution and our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint."

"Our relationship continues to flourish as we closely align our business strategy with that of RBS in the pursuit of a common goal - to support the Bank's position as a world class provider of financial services."