Business secretary Lord Mandelson has unveiled ambitious plans to make the West Midlands a leader in low carbon technologies which will have significant supply chain implications.
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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association is working with the Carbon Trust to create an “emissions toolkit” to help warehouse operators cut carbon and save costs.
About 124 million lorry miles have been taken off UK roads as part of a sustainable distribution initiative – a year earlier than originally planned
Transport secretary Lord Adonis has come out in support of a Freight Transport Association scheme to report the logistics sector’s carbon footprint publicly.
DAF is making many of its urban delivery vehicles EEV compliant as standard from January. The move involves all models in the LF range using the Paccar FR 4.5 litre engine.
From a slow start a few years ago, the Contribution to Environmental Improvement category is now one of the most active, with a growing number of very worthy entries.
Robert Wiseman Dairies has implemented Isotrak’s Active Transport Management System across its 900 vehicle fleet and is on target to reduce fuel consumption by seven per cent.
Supply chain collaboration will be a key theme of industrial activity over the next ten years, according the UK’s Confederation of British Industry.
The cost of air cargo is could rise if plans by airlines to reduce carbon emissions go-ahead.
The Freight Transport Association is calling for carbon-cutting hauliers to be rewarded with cheaper tolls.
