In the Netherlands, The Kloosterboer Group has announced that it has been handed the prestigious Lean and Green award in recognition of its active dedication to making logistic processes more sustainable.
The award is handed out by the Connekt Sustainable Logistic programme, developed through a collaboration between Connekt and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, and will be presented to Kloosterboer in April.
The incentive programme encourages companies to grow towards a higher sustainability level and to take measures that not only produce cost savings but simultaneously reduce damage to the environment.
'As a logistic service provider, The Kloosterboer Group is the market leader in temperature controlled storage and distribution of food-related products,' the group said in a statement. 'Holding this position, Kloosterboer categorically recognises the responsibility to lead the way in developing initiatives in the field of sustainability and green enterprises.
'Within the framework of the Lean and Green Award, Kloosterboer has made a commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 per cent within five years,' it added. 'This reduction will be achieved by a more efficient consolidation of transport, use of energy saving methods and means of transport, reducing the energy use of existing cool and cold stores, developing green locations and placing windmills at the facility in Vlissingen.'
