22 July 2020: Exceeding the expectations set for the environmental sustainability goal, Kuehne+Nagel has successfully completed their decade year old goal and has set the path for a future course. The performance is clearly reflected in the sustainability report of 2019 based on areas of environment, social and governance (ESG)
Dr. Detlef Trefzger, CEO of Kuehne+Nagel International AG said, “Sustainability is a social responsibility and is the duty of every individual. Following the successful completion of our environmental goals set ten years ago, we are now starting the next phase of our sustainability strategy. With our Net Zero Carbon programme, we are taking responsibility for sustainable logistics, hand in hand with our customers and partners.“
The KN Green environmental programme that was initiated in 2010 was completed by the end of last year in which all the targets were either achieved or exceeded. In the last decade, Kuehne+Nagel was able to reduce the CO2 emissions of its own locations by an impressive 27 per cent . The share of renewable energies in total electricity consumption was 18 per cent and the recycling rate over the ten-year average was 77per cent. By the end of 2019, the area equipped with LED lighting technology corresponded to around 3.8 million sqm.
With Net Zero Carbon, Kuehne+Nagel have launched a sustainability programme for the next ten years. Kuehne+Nagel is playing a pioneering role in the logistics industry with this programme. By the end of 2020, the company’s own CO2 emissions (Scopes 1 and 2 of the greenhouse gas protocol) will be neutral; by 2030, this will be extended to all transport by suppliers such as airlines, shipping lines and haulage companies (Scope 3). Net Zero Carbon leverages three fields of action: detection, reduction and compensation of CO2.
