Green Logistics make happy customers and a happy planet
What are green logistics?
Both eco-conscious customers and government policy are putting increasing pressure on companies to adopt more sustainable, greener practices in every aspect of their business. And that includes logistics.
In fact, ‘green logistics’ and ‘sustainable logistics’ are terms you’re probably reading and hearing more frequently than ever before. But what are green logistics, in fact?
Put simply, green logistics are ways of minimizing the environmental impact and the carbon footprint of logistics activities. Activities like transport, packaging, recycling and storage.
As a business, you may have already introduced greener, more sustainable processes into your manufacturing. This toolkit which has been produced by our partner, DHL, is designed to give you practical help in improving your organization’s sustainability in logistics and further reduce its environmental impact.
If you’re running an e-commerce business, you can bet a fair part of your emissions come from the logistics. And your customers are taking note… here are some stats that may surprise you:
50% of digital customers state that environmental concerns impact their purchasing decisions.
16% of greenhouse gases are due to the transport and logistics industry.
Packaging accounts for almost a third of all plastics production – but only 14% of
it is recycled.
88% of customers are more likely to be loyal to a company which supports environmental issues.
74% of customers say a company’s sustainability practices matter more than they did a year ago.
Our partner DHL, have produced a very thorough Green Logistics Toolkit. It is packed full of tips to help your business up its eco credentials – from sustainable packaging to route optimization. Find out more!
Related page: Our Environmental Statement >
IFS would like to convey our deepest sadness at the death of our faithful and beloved Queen. We offer our condolences to the Royal Family who are in our thoughts and prayers at this time.
As part of the goal to create more sustainable supply chain solutions, our partner Kuehne+Nagel, is reducing CO2 emissions in the Netherlands with photovoltaics installed on top of trucks.
According to the ports website, Britain’s biggest and busiest container port, and one of Europe’s largest, Felixstowe, handles more than 4 million ‘Twenty-foot Equivalent Units’ (TEUs) of goods and has 2,000 ships arriving each year. Massive investment is ongoing, and its container handling capacity is forecast to double to 8 million containers in just 7 years.