Even if they don’t use Geotab’s services, EV drivers have found its historical data to be quite helpful. The company has gathered a lot of EV-related data over the past few years as a fleet telematics provider for its clients, but generally, it has helped us understand a lot more about EVs, battery health, and other topics.
Over the past few years, I’ve frequently referred to a particular data collection from its report on battery health, collected from 6,000 EVs . This teaches us a lot about the factors that actually effect battery health, and we discover that some of the things you might expect to kill a battery actually don’t.
Geotab works to position itself as a leader in EVs before broad adoption comes, even though it offers vehicle analytics, fleet management, and fleet tracking to all types of cars. The industry is moving in that direction, so this makes a lot of sense. However, getting there requires a lot of work, which Geotab has done. It has spent time learning the ropes and can now consult firms that are wanting to make the switch to EVs with confidence.
However, many businesses nowadays adopt a “clean for me, but not for thee” philosophy when it comes to sustainability. Geotab could have easily adopted that strategy because it is a simple “out” that a business may use to defend its own unethical practices. After all, helping others clean up their fleets does constitute doing good in the world.
A recent announcement indicates that it is not doing that, which is good news. This week, Geotab Inc. (“Geotab”), a signatory to the Climate Pledge with carbon emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets project, released its 2021 GHG Emissions Report (SBTi).
The following are some important data from the company’s 2021 GHG emissions report:
Total carbon emissions for Geotab were 14% lower in 2021 than they were in 2019. Scope 1 emissions were reduced by 6%, Scope 2 emissions by 21%, and Scope 3 emissions by 14% in 2021 thanks to Geotab. Between 2019 and 2021, scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will have decreased by 6,129 metric tons of CO2e. By 2030, Geotab wants to reduce emissions by 50%, and by 2040, it wants to have no carbon footprint at all. Chuck Van Kempen, Associate Vice President, Corporate Sustainability at Geotab, stated that “the consequences of accelerating climate change is apparent, and we must take collaborative action to limit global carbon emissions.” Sustainability is at the heart of Geotab’s mission. As a business, this entails establishing goals for reducing carbon emissions and pledging to take transparent action; as a partner, it entails helping our clients accelerate their carbon emissions reduction through data-driven sustainable solutions.
According to Geotab, the pandemic in 2020 resulted in a large drop in emissions, which sparked a global movement toward telecommuting. Less people were commuting, traveling for work, and engaging in other associated activities, which reduced the amount of harmful gases released into the atmosphere.
But the true test was if 2021 levels were lower than 2019. Despite the economy picking up in 2021 and production rising to satisfy consumer demand, Geotab remained committed to its goals and pro-actively implemented sustainable programs, successfully lowering carbon emissions. Incentives for employees to use public transportation and electric vehicle subsidies, as well as work-from-home policies and rules for business travel, are a few examples of these companies’ initiatives.
Geotab is dedicated to cutting carbon emissions and has partnered with a number of environmental organizations, including The Climate Pledge , Science Based Targets initiative , We Mean Business Coalition , and Race to Zero . Geotab has committed to yearly reporting of its GHG emissions as part of these measures.
According to Geotab, its transportation fleet management system actively attempts to decarbonize global fleets with a full suite of tools supported by an extensive data set on real-world electric vehicle performance. Geotab claims that its technology doesn’t only passively contribute to climate change. The EV Suitability Assessment (EVSA), the Green Fleet Dashboard, the Temperature Tool for EV Range, and the EV Battery Degradation Tool are a few of them. This makes it simple for any business to switch to low-carbon operations and combat climate change.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT When I covered Lime’s announcement, I provided the most in-depth coverage of other businesses that joined initiatives like the Science-Based Targets Initiative in the past.
A partnership between numerous environmental non-profits and UN agencies called the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) was established with the aim of assisting businesses in meaningfully advancing ambitious climate goals. The world’s temperature should not rise by more than 2 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels, or perhaps even 1.5 degrees Celsius if enough people joined these efforts early enough.
A company must meet the following criteria in order to take part in the initiative:
Send a letter to the project pledging your commitment to setting a goal. Create a strategy using the SBTi’s recommendations. Send the plan to the team for review. Share the goal with the company’s stakeholders and customers. To ensure that everyone can see if you are making progress toward your goals, make statistics public every year. The ultimate result is that responsibility is added to the sustainability process, rather than just a public relations campaign or a page on the corporate website that makes ambiguous promises. Instead, an actual plan is created, and annual reports are made public to demonstrate that the plan is being followed and a real goal is being attained.
In many ways, Geotab has assisted its clients in the move to an EV fleet, but this is a way for Geotab to demonstrate its own commitment by doing it as well. To attain this aim, not all businesses are required to participate in a project, but it does offer us an idea of what it will take to get there on a national and international level.
Mission statements and buzzwords only get you so far. We can accomplish what we need to do by making real changes and including sustainability early in processes. It is undoubtedly encouraging to see another EV-related firm handle this properly.
Geotab provided the featured image.
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