Sustainability at trans-o-flex
Living sustainably today means living in a way that will enable our children to fulfil their needs tomorrow. This concept goes far beyond environmental aspects. It is part and parcel of long-term social and economic policy. The trans-o-flex Logistics Group has anchored this concept in its corporate philosophy and is meeting the challenges of ensuring sustainable transport and logistics.
Priority for the environment
Considering the needs of future generations, we do what we can to operate in the most environmentally-friendly manner possible. This starts with buildings equipped with geothermal systems, changing over to green power, energy and water saving measures, waste separation and returnable packaging systems. This is continued in the vehicle technology for reduced CO2, nitric oxide and fine dust particles and low-emission natural gas vehicles with exhaust gas purifiers and filter systems. This is also fostered in driver training, with optimised routes and schedules, and through support for environmental projects. We are doing all of this to meet our responsibilities and to give our children and grandchildren the best possible opportunity of growing old on a thriving planet.
Carbon-neutral shipping with co2de green!
If we wait for politicians all over the world to agree a solution to the climate problem and issue environmental guidelines to slow down climate change, it will be too late. That's why trans-o-flex has decided to find other ways of reducing global CO2 emissions in addition to existing environmental protection measures. Thanks to a precisely calculated CO2 balance, we know exactly how much CO2 is emitted by our transports and can offer completely carbon-neutral transports to our customers through the co2de green service.
Here's how it works:
Under the co2de green programme, we purchase certificates from recognised climate protection projects involved in offsetting greenhouse gases. All CO2 emissions arising from the transport of co2de green shipments in Germany are offset through this - 100% completely!
With co2de green, trans-o-flex is getting a step ahead with reducing the carbon footprint of our transports and offering our customers a simple, unbureaucratic way of supporting environmental protection. When they purchase co2de green stickers, our customers benefit in many ways:
- They improve their companys carbon footprint. We can prove the level of emissions resulting from trans-o-flex transporting their goods and how they have been neutralised.
- The stickers show their commitment to the environment, thereby distinguishing them from other companies.
- Regardless of whether trans-o-flex customers use the stickers generally or in a targeted manner for specific marketing promotions, their image is increased in all cases in the eyes of the recipients of the parcels.
co2de green transports offer the same good trans-o-flex quality and are just as reliable and quick - but also offset any CO2 emissions arising from your shipment.
What projects do we support with co2de green?
Clean energy generation in China
In this Gold Standard VER project, landfill gas (methane) is captured from a landfill in Suzhou, China, and converted into energy instead of heating the climate in the atmosphere. The resulting electricity is fed into the public power grid of the city of Suzhou, replacing CO2-intensive energy from the largely coal-dependent East China Power Grid in the local grid. The level of greenhouse gas emissions is reduced through avoiding the release of methane from the landfill and through replacing CO2-intensive coal-based electricity with biogas-based electricity.
Wastewater treatment in Thailand
This project covers the installation of an anaerobic wastewater treatment plant in a starch production plant in Thailand. Before the project was installed, the starch plant's wastewater was discharged through several open lagoons, with a retention time of more than one year. Methane gas was resulting from the organic matter in the wastewater and being constantly released. With the wastewater treatment plant, the strong greenhouse gas methane (21 times stronger than CO2!) can now be captured. The wastewater treatment plant uses the captured methane as fuel in other heat-generating machines in the plant, thereby replacing heavy fuel oil. Dependence on imported fossil fuel sources is reduced by switching from fuel oil to biogas, which means the local energy supply is secured and costs saved. Besides the environmental protection aspects, this project is also improving the air quality in the region considerably, while the construction, operation and maintenance of the biogas plant are generating local employment.
Further information on the supported projects can also be found at http://www.southpolecarbon.com.
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