As part of a new environmental scheme with Transport for London, KPMG is offering its 10,300 people in the UK an Oyster card to encourage them to make more use of public transport.

The scheme is aimed at reducing the amounts of car travel by its staff and partners and is part of a broad-ranging campaign to minimise levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

KPMG’s initiative has been welcomed by both the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, and Transport for London.

Dr Ashley Steel, a KPMG UK board member who has led the initiative, said: ’KPMG people need to travel regularly between our 22 offices in the UK. If all London based people switch just one taxi journey a week to using an Oyster card then over 300 tonnes of CO2 emissions can be avoided over the year. By offering Oyster cards to all our UK people then even the occasional business traveller can take advantage of the benefits that Oyster cards bring while travelling in London including helping to cut CO2 emissions.’

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