Environmental Management

acc. to DIN EN ISO 14001, DIN EN 14064 (Network Carbon Footprint) and DIN EN 16258 (CO2 footprint and shipment calculator)
The partner companies have long since demonstrated that environmental protection and operating a forwarding business is no contradiction. From paperless dispatch, consolidated transports, route optimisation, avoiding empty trips to using biodiesel and petrol-saving lorries, driver training, power generation with solar collectors, waste separation and biological water treatment in car washes – this and much more is standard among the partner companies. The environmental certification according to DIN EN ISO 14001 makes the network’s general practice official and transparent for shipping agents.
Moreover, CargoLine has determined the network carbon footprint based on actual values and had it certified according to DIN EN 14064. It serves as the basis for the CO2 shipping calculator, which all partners implemented in November 2012 and which has been validated in compliance with DIN EN 16258.
In addition we have firmly embedded environmental protection within our values and objectives. In collaboration with Prof Dr Dirk Lohre of Steinbeis Forwarding and Logistics Advisory Centre, we are therefore one of the first alliances to have developed a CO2 shipment calculator. Our partners have been using this since November 2012. All CargoLine partners and their sub-contractors used a detailed process to collect the basic data for this. The result is a greenhouse gas footprint in accordance with DIN EN 14064 using real data which reflects the partners’ geographic and structural differences, thereby producing a realistic value when calculating emissions per shipment or per customer. We repeat this survey regularly, so that we always know exactly which environmental protection measures have succeeded and which ought to be prioritised in future. Incidentally, a striking feature of our CO2 calculator is that it is one of only a few in the industry to be certified in accordance with DIN EN 16258.
Our environmental protection measures include:
- driver training courses to cut fuel consumption
- use of low rolling resistance tyres and tyre pressure monitoring systems
- modern fleet, testing of gas/diesel drives
- combined transport
- avoidance of empty runs thanks to modern route planning software
- stop-start technology
- city logistics
- installation of photovoltaic systems
- installation of strip lighting in warehouses
- construction of new energy-neutral forwarding facilities
- reduction in power, paper and water consumption
- truck wash facilities with biological water treatment
- and much more
Here you can check and download the certificates:
CargoLine DIN EN ISO 14001 including contract logistics