Our Comprehensive Environmental Platform
Having been in business for more than half a century, we know that leadership is not a short-term proposition. For us, environmental stewardship is a long-term approach to addressing those parts of the world that we touch with our business, and involving ourselves with those issues over which we have some influence. It's an approach built upon a commitment to ensure the sustainability of our business, as well as the sustainability of the world we all share.
Our environmental platform focuses on the following initiatives:
EMPOWERING OUR CUSTOMERS: CARBON OFFSET PROGRAMEmpowering our customers to offset the CO2 of their rental by funding projects that work to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. |
MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT FLEETOperating the world’s largest fleet of fuel-efficient cars, including more than 440,000 vehicles that achieve 28 mpg highway or better. |
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EMBRACING NEW, CLEAN TECHNOLOGIESTaking advantage of existing alternative technologies, such as FlexFuel and hybrid vehicles, and helping expand the availability and use of alternative fuels, such as E85. |
RESEARCH: FUNDING THE SEARCH FOR RENEWABLE FUELSDonating $25 million to one of the world's leading plant science centers to develop renewable, reliable fuels from plant sources. |
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50 YEARS…50 MILLION TREESFunding the planting of 50 million trees over the next 50 years with The National Arbor Day Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service. Enterprise 50 million tree pledge
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