Smaller initiatives include encouraging staff and customers to use low carbon options for transport. The business’s onsite cafe is a popular stop, particularly for cyclists riding the Great Taste Trail. It has provided space for bike parking and plans to add facilities for e-bike charging. Staff can park their bikes at the cafe or in a separate locked storage area that already has e-bike charging.
To encourage staff to consider buying an e-bike the business has negotiated a discount with a local e-bike store which has also been on site to offer free test rides.
Pic’s Peanut Butter World retail manager Rosey Holland heads the business’s green team. She says the benefits of active transport modes like walking and cycling include saving money and improving health and fitness as well as reducing emissions.
The business supports World Car Free Day each year and shouts staff a free coffee when they carpool or find alternative transport to work. Customers are also rewarded with spot prizes for leaving a car at home when they visit.
Flexible working arrangements are available to office staff. Allowing them to work from home on a regular basis is another way of reducing transport emissions. In 2023 at Christmas the business gave all staff a bus pass loaded with $6 to cover the costs of a return trip.
These initiatives and others helped the business reduce carbon emissions by 13% in the second year of measuring.