Funding: STEER – INTELLIGENT ENERGY EUROPE (IEE) Grant Agreement IEE/10/290/SI Full title: ECOSTARS Europe Acronym: ECOSTARS Project start date: June 2011 End date: May South Yorkshire, UK Local Scheme Update 06/03/2013 | Consortium Meeting 4 Event | Parma Presented by: Ann Beddoes

1.Presentation of 5* operator plaques to 15 operators on May 30th 2.Local Sustainable Transport Fund bid to Government successful (ECO Stars received £226K) 3.Revision of ECO Stars Assessment Criteria and Star Rating completed. 4.Recruitment of 50 th Member 19 August Four highlights so far (2012/13)

19 August Progress in member recruitment (since 2009 to 31 May 2013) TargetActual Number of members recruited6553 Number of vehicles in member fleets-5,875

19 August Progress in member recruitment (in EC funding period) Target (31/5/13) Actual (so far) Number of members recruited since 1/6/ Number of vehicles in member fleets Number of active leads31 Number of identified target organisations in local recruitment database 182

19 August Scheme members Clipper LogisticsArchbold LogisticsNFT Distribution Ltd. Norbert Dentressangle - Akzo Nobel Hastings FreightFirst South YorkshireGistAsda Ventura Network DistributionSainsbury'sUnited Biscuits Norbert Dentressangle - Ardagh Glass Cranleigh Freight Services Ltd.Dairy Crest Roger McDowell Haulage & Distribution Ltd. Boots Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Red Line Buses Rotherham Community Transport Canute Berneslai HomesSheffield Teaching HospitalsMorphy RichardsRoyal Mail Stagecoach YorkshireKuehne & NagelHargreaves TransportCarntyne Transport City Same Day CouriersCemexWyatt CoachesDHL - B&Q Sheffield City CouncilKier Building MaintenanceMeadowside CouriersMartin Brower Doncaster Council Premdor / Norbert Dentressangle 3663 Nottingham DepotECO-Link Polestar / Bedfords TransportLafarge Aggregates Ltd.Wincanton - Wavin PlasticsREACT Transport Russell Richardson & Sons Ltd. MorrisonsMenzies Distribution Ltd. Professional ResponseADM MillingShaw's of Whitley Veolia Environmental ServicesFoundry CoachesWincanton - Phillips 66

 Annual workshop for members  Any transport services procured through four local councils are requested to join scheme  Supporting other UK schemes by inviting them to attend South Yorkshire Steering Group meetings to support their own implementation  ‘Future Direction of ECO Stars’ Workshop in Sheffield – late August The local offering

Challenge 1: Engaging with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with smaller (and older) fleets Plan: Build contacts with local business groups e.g. Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Dearne Valley ECO Vision, Sheffield City Region Sustainability Forum etc. to use their communication channels and support 19 August local challenges

Challenge 2: Attracting match funding into scheme which is impacting on support activities (not core recruitment) Plan: £226k of funding received for ongoing development of ECO Stars. This was made available from the UK Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund. Further meetings with Government departments to secure support 19 August local challenges

Challenge 3: Beginning local evaluation activity Plan: Funding received from Local Sustainable Transport Fund to procure a detailed Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the South Yorkshire Scheme. 19 August local challenges

Any questions? Thank you and any questions? Ann Beddoes Sustainability and Design Group Leader