Unilever and EU commission embark on new sustainability project

Unilever is going to embark on a new project which will see the company introduce new transport management scheme. 

The main goal is to reduce carbon emissions and the impact that Unilever's supply chain network has on European roads. Together with the EU Commission, Unilever plans to establish a new transport hub network across the European continent. It will be co-managed by Unilever's main centre operations centre in Katowice, Poland. 

"This project is a major step forward in the delivery of Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. Reducing the number of kilometres the number of kilometres that our trucks will need to travel will result in a significant reduction in the environmental impact of our supply chain operations. But the business benefits of this initiative are equally important and they demonstrate, once again, the business case for driving sustainability into our business", said Jan Zijderverld, President of Unilever Europe.

Unilever intends to reduce its carbon emission to the same or even below the ones of 2010 by 2020. The project will also see the annual removal of 154,000 truck voyages from the Brussels-Warsaw route and 260,000 between the cities of Berlin and Brussels. 

EU funding will be provided as part of the Marco Polo programme - one of whose main concern is traffic avoidance.

Go-ahead given for O’Hare International Airport Northeast Cargo Centre

Chicago is currently experiencing a wave of economical changes. The city just reached an agreement with Aeroterm LLC who will help with the construction of a new air cargo centre aka the Chicago O’Hare International Airport Northeast Cargo Centre.

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Aeroterm are going to invest $130 million and are therefore funding over 50 per cent of the project. Another $62 million are going to be taken out of Airport funds, bringing the total cost of the new air cargo centre to $200 million. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that

“O’Hare is one of [Chicago’s] key economic engines and this project will vastly increase O’Hare’s cargo operations capacity, create thousands of quality jobs for Chicagoans, and increase Chicago’s competitive position as a global transportation and cargo leader.”

In fact, the city’s new air cargo facility is supposed to create 1,200 construction jobs and the same amount of permanent on-side cargo employment opportunities. Beyond that, the plan is also to employ 10,000 regional workers.

The construction of O’Hare International Airport Northeast Cargo Centre will be divided into three phrases and spread across 65 acres of undeveloped property. All hopes of Chicago’s future economical growth via air cargo rest on this gigantic project.

Chicago is already the number one gateway for air freight and particularly imports from China, capturing a market share of 25 per cent.

Source: Office of the Major (City of Chicago)

Quickacy signs three-year contract with DHL Supply Chain

DHL Supply Chain has scored an agreement another high-profile European client. The successful Swedish pharmaceutical company, Quickacy (Swedish: Snabboteket AB), signed a three-year contract with the international supply chain solutions provider. 

 

DHL Supply Chain will responsible for the packing, distribution and warehousing of Quickacy’s pharamaceuticals which are highly temperature sensitive and will therefore be kept in special DHL Supply Chain facility in Örebro. 

The logistics company has assured that its team are trained in the GDP (Good Distribution Practice) rules and will comply with such. 

Source: DHL Supply Chain