TNT Express has won the new “Hanse Globe 2007” award for sustainable logistics organised by thepublic-private body Logistik-Initiative Hamburg.
The award was handed over to TNT Germany senior managers by the mayor of Hamburg, Ole vonBeust, in a ceremony at the Hamburg town hall yesterday, the Logistik-Initiative Hamburg announcedin a statement.
“Many companies have applied with their future-oriented projects,” commented Dr. Mojib Latif,professor for ocean circulation and climate dynamics at Leibniz Institute for sea sciences in Kieland chairman of the jury. “TNT’s worldwide sustainability project ‘Planet me’ for the reduction ofCO2 emissions was very convincing,” he said. “It comprises the whole TNT business worldwide,including 31 locations in Germany.”
In Germany, for example, TNT Express deploys 156 natural gas vehicles in cities that producehardly any emissions, as well as ecological vans with soot particle filters and modern technologiesfor route optimizing.
Additionally, the company has invested in 60 video conference systems to reduce businesstrips, and builds new branches taking environmental issues into account. In the newHamburg-Allermöhe depot, for example, an integrated leafy roof area makes for a better heat balanceand a convenient micro-climate. Moreover, TNT minimises its consumption of water, energy andelectricity.
The Logistik-Initiative Hamburg brings together some 300 companies and institutions inHamburg with the aim of developing the city’s position as the leading logistics metropolis inNorthern Europe.
