PHARMACIES in the Capital Chemist Group network in the ACT, will have access to Canberra-based energy provider, ActewAGL's 'Clean Machine' to deliver medications in the coming months.
Capital Chemist Business Manager, Andrew Topp, told Pharmacy Daily that the energy company had reached out to the group to use the EV over the next three to four months.
"The thinking was that having their green car out on the road doing deliveries would increase awareness of EVs and encourage questions - noting that we haven't been trained in those answers but there are QR codes on the car to refer people on," Topp said.
"We've been offered it for roughly three to four months; with 21 pharmacies in ACT and a handful in surrounds that use ACTEWAGL as power supplier; this means that each store will have it for a couple of weeks.
"The aim is to have it out and about being seen - and it's a bit of fun too."
Topp noted that ActewAGL has been a "stalwart" of Canberra business, with a long history of supporting many of the same local charities and organisations that the Captial Chemist Group supports.
He added that the proposal to use the Clean Machine to deliver medicine had come independently from the group's plan to move to green energy, which was backed by store owners recently.
Under the plan, Capital Chemist Group is aiming to convert all its pharmacies to 100% renewable energy by the end of 2022.
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