Companies including MakeMyTrip, Cairn India, Apollo Tyres, ABB India, Zomato, and EY are doing this to reduce their carbon footprints, their officials told ET.
Zomato and Apollo Tyres said they have tied up with BluSmart to offer electric vehicle cab services to their employees in different cities. “Our employees, whether they book EV cabs on their own for personal or official use, or it is booked by the organisation, get a certain discount for using the EV cab services,” said Dipankar Ghosh, Apollo Tyres’ group head, HR, for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
ETtechRaman Kumar Singh, chief human resources officer of ABB India, said some of the firm’s offices have tied up with vendors who provide a green fleet for official commutes.
For instance, ABB India in Nashik has a tieup with GoGreen wherein the employees can choose to book an EV cab for official purposes, he told ET. “In our Faridabad office, similarly, an EV cab is stationed for ad hoc travel requests. More and more of our offices are now exploring such options encouraging the suppliers to have an electric fleet,” Singh said.
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Cairn Oil & Gas of Vedanta Group is also offering discounts to its employees and their families to avail EV cab service. “We are driven by our ESG purpose towards transforming the planet, communities and workplace that culminates in us achieving net zero carbon by 2050,” said Madhu Srivastava, CHRO of Vedanta.
EY in India is providing electric cabs for local commuting to its employees either at no cost or at discounted rates through partnerships with few of the top zero emission transport services, its spokesperson said in an emailed response.
EV ride-hailing and cab services companies are ramping up their fleets significantly to meet increasing demand from companies.
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