‘Green logistics evolution’ scoops Eco Logics Awards

BRAND ACTIVITY

Nov 21st 2011, 14:12

IMPERIAL Logistics leadership of the ‘green logistics evolution’ has been proven once again through its win of two categories, Best Energy Saving and Transport at the maiden Enviropaedia Eco Logics Awards held over the weekend in Cape Town.

The Best Energy Saving Award was awarded to IMPERIAL Logistics member company, IMPERIAL Cargo. “This year has seen the company transform a Paarl-based dumpsite into a ‘green logistics’ landmark site through the use of renewable energy and a self-sufficient approach to power generation and water management,” says Abrie de Swardt, IMPERIAL Logistics Marketing Director.

IMPERIAL Logistics’ extensive list of initiatives within its ‘green logistics evolution’, for which it won the Transport Award include world-class driver training and employee engagement, the introduction of South Africa’s first Euro 5 vehicles, ‘extra distance’ studies and network redesign to eliminate logistics inefficiencies, as well as the application of nitrogen powered transport refrigeration.

“A few years ago, IMPERIAL Logistics started a ‘green logistics evolution’,” he says. With more than 100 member companies and customers in almost every sector, this evolution has grown exponentially as eco-economic collaboration has expanded. “Critically, initiatives undertaken and processes established have been forged through business case-driven innovation,” adds de Swardt.

The 2011 Enviropaedia Eco Logics Awards, sponsored by organisations including Gautrain, HP, LG, Pick ‘n Pay and SABC 3 acknowledges organisations and individuals who are considerate towards the planet and its eco-systems, conserve and preserve natural resources, and minimise waste and pollution.

David Perry-Davies, Editor of The Enviropaedia commented, “We have great pleasure in presenting our ten Eco Logics Award winners – and we ask you to join us in congratulating them and committing our support for their endeavours, projects and products in future as they lead the way to a kinder, more effective, eco-logical world.”

Congratulating Perry-Davies and his team at Eco Logics, De Swardt concludes, “Eco Logics is an exciting and evolutionary step forward – we must get connected, we need to become informed and more importantly we need to give something back to the environment.”
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