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GS1 presents Lean and Green award

GS1 Germany honoured Chep and Südpack, among others, with the Lean and Green Award for their sustainable commitment to logistics.

At the German Logistics Congress, GS1 Germany once again honoured companies for their sustainable commitment to logistics. The focus was particularly on reducing CO2 emissions. Chep was honoured with an award and Südpack received the special prize.

The initiative Lean and Green recognises sustainable, resource-conserving logistics every year with the awards and stars of the same name. So presented GS1 Germany, the sponsor of the initiative in Germany, presented awards to several companies on 20 October for their success in the Reduction of their CO₂-emissions in warehouse and logistics processes. At the German Logistics Congress, organised by the German Logistics Association (BVL), the Chep the Lean and Green 3rd Star. The 2nd Star went to Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World. Bünting SCM/Logistik celebrates its anniversary with the award. Lean-and-Green debut.

Chep Germany is a founding member of the Lean and Green Initiative. Since the first award of the Lean and Green Award in 2014, the company has continuously reduces its CO₂-emissions and always reduced over 90 per cent of total emissions. in view.

The pallet pooling provider and expert for supply chain solutions has expanded its Logistics processes optimised through the introduction of inspection points at strategic locations at dealers and manufacturers. This innovation eliminates the need for separate transport to inspection sites and in the last financial year alone saved 63,200 lorry journeys in Europe and thus 4,880 tonnes of CO₂ saved.

With the „Track and Trace“ project, the company is setting new standards in supply chain transparency. Trackers on pallets generate real-time data that revolutionises not only transport, but the entire supply chain. This enables more efficient planning, less downtime and ultimately a further reduction in CO₂-emissions.

Commitment to lower emissions in logistics

The family-run snack manufacturer Lorenz focussed on the Optimisation of transport capacity utilisation in customer deliveries and internal goods transport and lower heating requirements, in order to minimise CO₂-emissions. In collaboration with its customers and through internal network optimisations, the snack provider was able to reduce the number of transports by 38,000 between 2014 and 2022. Energy consumption is now 22 per cent lower than in 2014, as significantly less natural gas is required for heating.

In addition, around 750 transports between the production sites and logistics locations in Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony, and Neunburg vorm Wald, Bavaria, were carried out using long trucks in 2022. Lorenz also supports several social projects and, as part of its certification for the Lean and Green 2nd Star scoped over 99 per cent of its logistics-related greenhouse gas emissions and thus significantly exceeded the targets. Overall, the transport and logistics-related greenhouse gas emissions by around 35 per cent CO₂ per cubic metre of transported goods.

Sustainable logistics with less CO2

With the successful certification for the Lean and Green Award, Bünting SCM/Logistics has taken the first step in the initiative for sustainable logistics and has set itself ambitious goals to win the Leanand Green 1st Star. This milestone stands for a Reduction of the CO₂-emissions along the logistics processes by 20 per cent. The company aims to achieve 17 per cent of this by 2023.

The logistics service provider relies on a total of Nine different measures. For example, the company has converted its lighting to energy-efficient LED lamps. Bünting has also installed a photovoltaic system in its warehouse in Nortmoor. Further measures on the way to Lean and Green 1st Star include the use of eutectic plates for cooling goods and bundling effects in the company's own procurement logistics. Bünting is also digitalising processes with AI-supported scheduling software. Dynamic planning ensures almost one hundred per cent route utilisation. The focus is also on reducing write-offs/spoilage.

Special prize for Südpack

„We are delighted to have won the special award for „Excellent Strategy Implementation“ this year. The award confirms that we are on the right track with our „Sustainable Efficiency“ strategy. This motivates us to make further optimisations along the entire value chain.“
Tharcisse Carl

The aim of „Sustainable Efficiency“ at South pack is the Long-term optimisation of economic and ecological efficiency. This forms the basis for the sustainability framework, which covers the areas of circular economy, climate protection and social responsibility. „Lean production through and through, sustainable products and processes and the responsible use of our resources have always been among our priorities,“ emphasised Tharcisse Carl.

A An important component of the concept is lean management. The successful use of lean methods and tools such as Policy Deployment, Shopfloor Management, PMO (Project Management Office) and Six Sigma makes it possible to define and consistently pursue the objectives in the respective categories.

Source: GS1 Germany

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