DB Schenker Cargo and Lufthansa cargo to reduce 20,000 tons of CO2

The partnership on Environmental safety is on track and it is expected to cut 20,000 tonnes of CO2 during the cargo operations

The partnership between two cargo companies was made to help each other in their cargo operations and their strategic goal was to achieve 20,000 tons less carbon emissions. They met last week and upon comparing their last five years of partnership, they found that they have successfully achieve the half target and managed to reduce the carbon emissions by 10,000 tons and another 10,000 tons will be saved by 2020. The intention of reducing the carbon emissions was indorsed by the Carbon Reduction Agreement, both partners were entered into the agreement last year but they were practicing the carbon reduction mission from last couple of years. Continue to read more about DB Schenker Cargo, must visit shipping to Caribbean first.

What DB Schenker said?

The DB Schenker is a German based logistics firm and works in almost across the globe, they have their operations in the UK, Dubai, and they also handle cargo to India from Europe. DB Schenker as a third largest logistics Management Company in Germany bears a great responsibility to protect the environment and reduce the carbon footprints as much they can during their cargo operations across the globe. Dorothea Schon is the boss of the environmental protection department and responsible for CO2 emissions reduction planning and controlling at DB Schenker.

According to the official, the DB Schenker and Lufthansa cargo are bearing the responsibility to save the environment as much they can in the ten years of partnership. They have saved 10,000 tons of carbon in past five years however, the target is 20,000 tons by 2020. Therefore, saving the environment was and is imperative to the world and all major businesses like the cargo companies to work on environmental protection. DB Schenker is working with Lufthansa cargo and achieving the environmental protection goals.

Lufthansa cargo Environmental protection department

Lufthansa cargo is one of the largest air cargo handlers in the Europe and according to the head of environmental management project at Lufthansa cargo division believes that their cargo freighters need just under two litres of fuel on average to go 100 kilometres with 100 kilogram of cargo weight. According to the head of environmental management division, Lufthansa cargo is putting a massive effort to ultimately reduce the fuel consumption of the cargo fleet. 

It will benefit both environment and the cargo handler. Lufthansa has purchased five new Boeing 777F freighters recently as they are the most efficient freighters in the class and save massive amount of fuel as well. Secondly, Lufthansa has changed their cargo containers with the ultra-lightweight containers and they have polished the engine blades for ultra-efficient air flow in the jets. Digitisation of the cargo operations will also help them to save the environment with reduced use of paper. These innovations will facilitate the Lufthansa cargo and DB Schenker to even reduce the carbon footprints in the future and save the environment. The agreements help the companies to set their targets and allow them to integrate their responsibility in the business relations and achieve their goals in an efficient way.

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