Lean & Green Awards;
Luxembourg's Minister for sustainable Development and Infrastructure, François Bausch, presented the awards during the ceremony at the Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg-Kircgberg.
CFL multimodal: 21.84%
LuxairCARGO: > 33%
Minister Bausch congratulated the first three Lean & Green STAR winners in Luxembourg for achieving their commitments over the last five years, stating: “The Lean & Green programme, initiated 2014 by the Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure and run in close collaboration with the Cluster for Logistics, is a real success. Over the last 5 years, 11 companies joined the Lean & Green Programme in Luxembourg and committed themselves to ambitious CO2 emission reduction goals. The CO2 emissions which are saved over the lifetime of the Lean & Green Programme by Lean & Green STAR winners Arthur Welter, CFL multimodal and LuxairCARGO not only contribute to achieving the Government’s ambitious ecological goals but also empowers these businesses for long term growth and success.”
Barbara Chevalier, Director Strategy and Business Developmentn at CFL Multimodal Group, stated: "The Lean and Green program has enabled CFL multimodal to establish its position as a player committed to the environment in the field of logistics in Luxembourg and Europe, as by our slogan "CFL multimodal - eco-logistics for our future". The label has been a springboard for achieving our CO2 reduction goals over the past five years and even surpassing them as we get a drop of almost 22%! Through the monitoring of the CO2 balance sheet each year, we were also able to analyse our key figures from a different angle, which proved to be relevant for measuring profitability and optimizing operations. Finally, involving and uniting our employees around environmental values has been a benefit of the Lean and Green program that we highly recommend to any company!"
This programme supports future orientated businesses in transport and logistics to combine ecological behaviour and economic use of energy in a very competitive business environment. The Label plays an increasingly important role in Europe helping to meet COP 21 Paris goals of reduced CO2 emissions through 2030.
The Luxembourg sustainable logistics Lean and Green community is now almost a dozen companies strong in Luxembourg with Luxport Group, Kronospan and Webtaxi joining in 2017 the previous eight companies Arthur Welter, Cargolux, CFL Multimodal, GN Transport, Luxair Cargo, Offergeld, Post and Transalliance.
Lean and Green is the road to zero emission, awarding companies with Lean & Green Stars for every step they take towards this goal. Companies are awarded their first Lean and Green STAR when they reach the first reduction target of 20% CO2-reduction within 5 years. It is possible to reach for a second star with further sustainability measures.
Based upon the action plans that the companies elaborated and which have been subject of an independent audit, the award winners have 5 years after the selected reference year to achieve their ambitious goals and win the Lean and Green STAR.
The Lean and Green programme starts for a fourth edition in September 2018. During workshops organized by the Cluster for Logistics and Dart Consulting, the participating companies will receive a personalised training to assess their CO2 consumption and define how to reduce their energy use, depending on their business model and activities.
Under the leadership of Ministry for sustainable Development and Infrastructure, the Cluster for Logistics launched the Lean and Green label in Luxembourg in 2014 in order to promote a reduction in CO2 emissions in companies with logistics activities. The Lean and Green label has been developed by the Dutch non-governmental organisation Connekt and is one of the most successful in Europe in terms of image and recognition of the efforts for sustainable development, as 2.4 bn tons of freight enter via Benelux every year.
