‘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.