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December 2011/January 2012 www.esb.ie/em
Schools Sustainability Tour launched
ONE OF THE initiatives arising from the Corporate Centre Sustainability Leadership Plan is the development of a programme to promote awareness about sustainability issues in primary schools. The aim of the initiative is to encourage Corporate Centre staff to visit primary schools in their locality and give a presentation on topics related to sustainability, as well as demonstrate an electric car.
ESB HR & Sustainability Director John Campion formally launched the Schools Sustainability Tour with staff members from Sustainability and Ecars and with Corporate Centre Sustainability Champions, all of whom who are involved in its ongoing development and success.
A toolbox of resources is available for anyone who is interested in participating. It includes an interactive DVD presentation and a quiz, FAQs, ecar brochures and videos, as well as an ecar depending on the school’s location.
A master class will be organised at the beginning of December for those who would like to learn more, from staff who have already carried out the school visits, about the format used for the visit, the content of the DVD and about ecars generally.
If you are interested in taking part in the Schools Sustainability Tour Programme please contact: sustainability@esb.ie
Easi-Travel plan 2012
THE EASITRAVEL Plan is now available to ESB staff for 2012.
These tickets issue in January of each year, and are valid for the 12 months commencing from 1st February in the same year.
Advantages of EasiTravel Plan
- All annual tickets are tax free.
- Tickets available for travel anywhere in the Republic of Ireland.
- Staff can save up to 47% of travel costs as a result of tax and PRSI benefits. See www.taxsaver.ie
- No queuing - Tickets are delivered directly to ESB.
- Parking is no longer a problem.
- ID cards are available free of charge.
- Leaving your car at home and taking an alternative transport option such as public transport, is of significant.
Staff wishing to avail of the scheme for 2012 must apply by December 15th 2011.
Full details and application forms are available on the Business Service Centre website:
From the Intranet Homepage choose “Work Services” and from the dropdown menu choose “Business Travel”. On the page that opens choose “Annual EasiTravel Plan.
The Application Form is also on this page.
ESB ecars visit Boston Scientific for Green Day
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, Clonmel, held a ‘Green Day’ for staff on 12th October to promote awareness about sustainability and energy saving initiatives. ESB ecars was involved in the event and had a Nissan LEAF available for test drives. This is one of the many company and schools visits that ESB ecars participates in as part of its commitment to promote sustainable transport and the benefits of electric cars.
5K Facebook fans follow ESB ecars Page 08
Plan Ireland Exhibition
PLAN IRELAND RECENTLY held an exhibition of images in ESB Head Office. Established in 2003, Plan Ireland is a child-centered community development organisation, part of Plan International which itself was founded over 70 years ago. It is an independent organisation with no religious, political or governmental affiliations.
Plan is one of the oldest and largest international development agencies in the world. It currently works in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas directly supporting more than 1,500,000 children and their families, and an estimated 9,000,000 others living in communities working with Plan.
Plan Ireland receives tremendous support from the Irish public, over 8,500 of whom sponsor children.
ecar trial participant’s 100km daily commute
LIAM DOYLE, MAINTENANCE team leader at Lough Ree Power, has been using an electric car on his daily trip from Athlone to Lough Ree for the past four months. His commute is a round trip of over 100km.
Liam won use of the ecar in the staff competition. This trial is part of an ESB ecars research project studying the usage patterns of electric cars.
Liam has grown to love driving the ecar and has really discovered the benefits of electric car driving. With charging points at home and at the power station, Liam has found that his daily commute was very accessible with the Mitsubishi i-MiEV trial car. Over his four month trial he totted up over 8000km on the i-MiEV, a car he found that had ‘amazing acceleration and a solid feel on the road’.
The car was used for school visits to leaving cert engineering students in Lanesboro, transitional students in St.Marys Secondary School Edenderry and even for a charity walk in Ballinabrackey, outside Kinnegad. It received a great welcome and interest everywhere it went, especially amongst the other staff in Lough Ree.
For more information on electric cars visit www.esb.ie/ecars or find us on www.facebook.com/ESBecars.
