In order to promote environment- friendly measures Gasan Mamo Insurance, with Edible Oil Refining Company Ltd, organised a lottery with six €116.47 vouchers of bio diesel fuel for customers renewing their motor insurance policy between July and December 2007.

Gasan Mamo wanted to encourage motorists users to consider alternative energy sources and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Biodiesel is a diesel-equivalent, processed fuel derived from biological sources, such as vegetable oils, which can be used in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles. It produces 60 per cent less net carbon dioxide emissions than petroleum-based diesel, as it is produced from atmospheric carbon dioxide via photosynthesis in plants. Company cars at Gasan Mamo Insurance run on biodiesel.

Other eco-friendly measures taken by the company are the re-filling of printer and fax cartridges, the use of water from the air conditioning system for the flushing system, recycling of paper, the installation of energy saving lights and car pooling between company staff members.

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