TotalEnergies Fit for the Future Award opens for second year

2 SEPTEMBER: TotalEnergies Fit for the Future award opens to applicants for a second year, championing the sustainability initiatives of independent workshops.

Now in its second year, the TotalEnergies Fit for the Future award celebrates independent workshops who are taking steps to make their businesses, and motoring, more sustainable.

Free to enter for eligible workshops*, the Fit for the Future winner will receive a prize package worth £5,000 to help them continue to improve the sustainability of their business and customer offering.

David Valentyne, Aftermarket Sales Manager at TotalEnergies UK, commented:

“Workshops are playing a critical role as the switch to cleaner motoring accelerates. 

The number of electric vehicles on our roads is increasing, and with the sale of new petrol, diesel, LPG and hybrid vehicles being banned from 2035, the industry is adapting its customer offering, services and facilities.

But EVs still make up less than 3% of the overall car parc in the UK. ICE vehicles still predominate, and the average age of the fleet is rising as people hold on to their cars for longer – not least due to cost pressures. A high standard of maintenance, including essential actions like oil top ups and changes, are essential to making sure today’s vehicles are running effectively and as cleanly as possible in this interim period until alternative fuel vehicles become more accessible and more widely spread. Put simply, a well cared for engine is going to last longer and run more cleanly.

At the same time, workshops are facing new environmental regulations, the challenge of managing the cost of compliance as well as energy, and investing in new tools and skills to cater for an increasingly electrified fleet as well as changing OEM requirements and driver preferences.

This is no mean feat for workshops. They are having to make preparations to ensure their businesses are ready to meet the needs of the customers of tomorrow while also keeping up with today’s requirements.”

The Fit For the Future prize packages include:

• Quartz Package: £3,000 of cutting-edge Quartz lubricant delivered in TotalEnergies’ innovative and eco-efficient 100% recyclable packaging solution, and one year’s worth of waste oil collection and recycling.
• EV Package: Includes supply of 22KW dual EV charge point and EV training for one technician.
• Energy Package: Includes a full on-site energy audit and a £2,500 voucher to help implement any recommended energy efficiency measures.

Examples of qualifying initiatives may include:

• Workshop carbon footprint reduction
• New services or facilities for EV or other alternative fuelled vehicles
• Recycling or waste management programmes
• Solutions or services to help customers reduce the environmental impact of motoring
• Renewable energy generation or investments
• Using site land to benefit nature and biodiversity
• Community or charitable projects focused on the environment

The inaugural Fit for the Future award was won last year by Mill Lane garage in Cheshire, with the judges impressed by its tree planting and solar power initiatives.

PJ Starkey, owner of, Mill Lane Garage, said:

“We wanted to do anything we could to improve sustainability especially as we’re in a trade which by its nature is a hostile environment for the planet and nature…We are really pleased to have chosen the Quartz Package prize, which will bolster our sustainability efforts in a big way. Fit for the Future is a terrific initiative – a big thank you to TotalEnergies for recognising all of our sustainability efforts with this award.”

David Valentyne added:

“Our Fit for the Future prizes have been created specifically to support workshops as they face the challenge of increasing sustainability : whether it’s improving the environmental impact of maintaining today’s vehicles; increasing capacity to service new alternative fuelled vehicle ranges; or improving workshop energy efficiency.  

For us, it has never been more important than ever to champion those that are taking brave steps forward and committing to reducing their environmental impact and embracing good sustainable business practices.

We’re so excited to open the Fit for the Future award for a second year. Last year, we saw some fantastic examples of sustainability in action, and we’re looking forward to seeing what this year’s entrants will bring to the table.”

Entry to Fit for the Future free. To find out more information and enter, please fill out the form by following this link : Fit for the future - webform | TotalEnergies in the United Kingdom

 

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About TotalEnergies Marketing UK Limited  
With a focus on continual innovation in support of the TotalEnergies climate ambition, TotalEnergies Marketing UK Limited manufactures and sells lubricant, bitumen, solvent and fuel products and services, and develops solutions to support the transition of its customers to more sustainable energies, operations and mobility.
The division operates through five primary business units - Automotive Lubricants, Industrial Lubricants, Bitumen, Special Fluids and Aviation Fuels - partnering with customers across the automotive, transport, infrastructure, construction, industrial and manufacturing sectors.
TotalEnergies Marketing UK Limited, which is the UK division of the global TotalEnergies Marketing & Services operation, employs more than 200 people across its UK sites and offices, including its lubricants plant in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, and dedicated bitumen plant in Preston, Lancashire.

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