This opinion post is by Neville Briggs, managing director of CFC Solutions.

Before the recession grabbed all the headlines, be it deserving or not, there was a great deal of discussion about how van and truck operators needed to take steps to adopt all-encompassing environmental policies. Much discussion with little decisive action, albeit with a few scattered notable exceptions.

The majority of fleets did very little to tackle their CO2 output that wasn't demanded of them by legislation or encouraged by taxation - for understandable reasons.

However, a number of fleets are suddenly doing many things that are having a positive impact on their carbon footprint. Why is this happening? The recession.