Highlights Latest Achievements and Initiatives for Earth Day
Lisle, IL – As a leader in student transportation, National Express School (NEXS) is also committed to its role as an environmentally and socially responsible leader and partner. Over the years, on both a local and national level, NEXS has continuously participated in a variety of sustainability initiatives.
Most recent examples include:
- Successfully securing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program Round 2 grants for our partners to add 91 new electric school buses to our growing fleet of electric school buses
- Team members engaging in electric vehicle training to further develop their maintenance expertise in preparation for the Company’s goal of having an all-zero-emissions fleet by 2035
- Breaking our record of recycled and reclaimed parts from our retired vehicles through our six Parts Reclamation Center locations to help reduce waste
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- 2024 – 2,673 parts to date
- 2023 – 9,657 parts
- 2022 – 7,997 parts
- 2021 – 6,296 parts
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- Donating retired school buses from our fleet to local partners such as schools, fire departments, and sheriff’s departments to use for extracurricular activities, transportation, and safety training, respectively
- Refurbishing turbos, a major exhaust intake component, which allows us to reduce waste and control the quality and standard of the product
- Upgrading our Maximo maintenance database to ensure timely and efficient oil and fluid interval services, which in turn reduces excessive and unnecessary waste
- Participating in community recycling programs
“As a student transportation leader, we have a duty to lead by example in important initiatives that will affect the well-being of our students and communities. Sustainability and electrification, which go hand in hand in the transportation world, are at the top of our list. I am proud of the considerable progress we’ve made thus far,” said Tim Wertner, CEO, Student Transportation Division in North America, National Express. “We still have a lot to tackle as a team, but we will continue to go full steam ahead in this journey towards sustainability and becoming 100% zero-emissions by 2035. I look forward to the safe, healthy, and fruitful future NEXS will help build in the student transportation sphere.”