Sustainability

On April 1st, DB Schenker Americas’ committed Environmental Team, Brenda Kelly & Deniz Tanacan, launched an Earth Day Contest open to all the employees of the Americas. The focus was transportation: bike it; walk it; carpool it; or public transport it. Team members were invited to take alternative transportation that...

April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day. An estimated 20 million persons demonstrated their support for environmental concerns during this nationwide event sponsored by Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson and coordinated by Denis Hayes. The vast local turnout for this nationwide environmental ‘teach-in’ involved events held at 2,000 colleges and universities,...

As a major global logistics player, DB Schenker enthusiastically shoulders responsibility for the sustainability of our planet. They recognize that if each of us shifts our behavior, this can trigger necessary change. Corporations can lead in that change and inspire and encourage team members to join in and be an...

Doncaster’s DB Schenker Rail UK has launched an eco friendly product that allows customers to offset 100% of their CO2 emissions. Eco Neutral, from the rail freight company, gives customers the opportunity to compensate in full for the CO2 emissions through their rail freight services by backing climate change projects...

DB Schenker Rail UK has introduced new electric shunting units at its maintenance depots at Crewe and Toton, where almost 14,000 locomotive moves are undertaken each year. The Zephir 1800e CRAB machines are capable of pulling or pushing 400 tonnes, meaning in the dry the units will be capable of...

Strategic partnership to reduce CO2 emissions per container by six per cent by 2020 / 34 per cent cut in emissions since 2006 Hapag-Lloyd and DB Schenker are now working together to protect the climate. The two companies today signed a strategic partnership agreement that aims to reduce CO2 emissions....

Consumers are not willing to pay a premium for food produced with high socially and environmentally sustainable supply chains, a report by Sustainable Food Supply Chain Commission has found. Food companies promoting sustainable supply chains compete with other companies which “may not share those aspirations”, according to the report. Published...

Experts at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) open the discussion of green logistics in New York on the future of sustainable logistics. NEW YORK– Global supply chains and distribution networks are a key performance factor for many companies as they attempt to coordinate activities in a way...

The Port of Gothenburg will rework its port charge with effect from January 1, 2015. The aim is to contribute to a better environment by rewarding vessels that demonstrate a high level of environmental performance and which use LNG as a marine fuel. The reward system is based on two...

DB Schenker is investing in the expansion of its quality in the European System Freight with the purchase of 6,000 new swap bodies. In the future only consistent double-stack loading will be carried out. This increases loading; plus ease in the on and offloading at the terminal. Simultaneously, about 1,000...