We started in 2009 the Sustainable Mobility Programme, which includes several projects devoted to promote energy efficiency, focusing on sustainable mobility.
Galpshare is the solution presented by Galp Energia to the problem of excessive urban traffic, and therefore, waste of energy and financial resources. It is the ideal tool for those seeking to defend the environment, taking on more responsible behavior, and for those who also want to save on their own energy bill.
TheGalpshare initiative calls upon the collective spirit of citizenship for the adoption of a new culture of independent citizens’ car use: a car sharing practice on a daily basis or in specific situations, for those running the same route.
Through an advertising campaign that included a TV advertisement campaign, radio and outdoors, communication at service stations and promotional activities involving some football matches of the National Football Team and the summer festivals, we have tried to portray the issue, to raise awareness and to provide an essential tool for those who are interested and willing to save - the Galpshare is an online platform for car-pull site hosted on the web site galpshare.pt.
Online since March 2009, the galpshare.pt is a web 2.0 community, with completely free access and registration, developed by Galp Energia, that provides functionality that allows each user to publish the daily or occasionally routes, including their travel schedule and whether you want to share your own car or take a ride. The Galpshare platform "crosses" the information and identifies users with similar destinations, sending share invitations that are subsequently accepted or rejected by users. It allows the creation of groups that have something in common, for example, belonging to the same company or university, guaranteeing the possibility that published destinations will only be consulted by its members.
It is the first time that car pulling is promoted on a large scale and that an energy company is associated with this type of initiative.