‘Pay-back on green initiatives well worth the costly outlay’

South Africa, for the most part, has
yet to legislate greening initiatives,
but already most of the transporting
fraternity recognises the importance
and need to go green.
According to Gavin Kelly,
spokesman for the Road Freight
Association (RFA), more of
the country’s trucking fleet is
aligned to green initiatives than
the standard light vehicles – an
indication of things to come.
“In South Africa at this stage
it is a nice to have and totally
up to the individual company,
but for the most part transport
operators understand the need to
go green and are doing so without
legislation.”
A fact much helped by the large
number of imported trucks that
are built to meet the legislated
international standards.
“Most of the trucks we import
are more environmentally
friendly. So while they may be
assembled locally, the specs
are of such a nature that they
meet the international greening
requirements,” says Kelly.