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Cover Story
Sustainability

part of its commitment to reducing the
environmental impact of logistics.
“A key component of effective green
logistics is data analytics, which can
provide valuable insights into areas
where emissions and waste can be
reduced. Furthermore, industry-wide
collaboration and cooperation, including
the establishment of industry standards
and best practices, can accelerate
progress towards a more sustainable
future,” said Mathur.
Apart from increasing efforts to
have carbon neutral operations, DHL
also enables visibility of sustainability
measures to their customers through
carbon reporting.
“Using data and analytics from our
carbon reporting can enable sustainable
decisions for our customers’ supply
chain. The objective of our reporting
tool is to identify carbon hotspots and
areas of operational improvement within
our customer’s supply chain and help
reduce the environmental impact of
logistics. Connected control towers are
the nerve centres of our entire transport
operation. Through our network design,
routing & scheduling techniques, we
optimise our transport operations the potential detrimental effect
leading to effective usage of our owned that technology may have on the
and leased fleet & reduction of carbon environment. As a result, they have
emissions,” Anand added. taken aggressive efforts to integrate
Mahindra Logistics is investing cutting-edge technology with eco-
in its facilities and vehicles. The friendly logistical approaches in order to
new state-of-the-art warehousing reduce carbon impact.
facilities of Mahindra Logistics are “Our commitment to sustainability
designed in line with its sustainability is reflected in the installation of solar
standards, including liquid discharge panels across our sites, reducing the
management, renewable energy, waste environmental impact of our operations.
management requirements and state- Additionally, we've implemented
of-the-art automation. turbo fans and an innovative dock
“The estate incorporates market design that includes dock levellers
leading sustainability and environmental The major obstacles to regulate warehouse temperature,
initiatives including solar power faced by businesses thereby reducing heating and cooling
generation and distribution for while switching to requirements. We also leverage real-
warehouse and common infrastructure green logistics can time data intelligence to achieve
energy provision. With our fleet of sustainable fleet operations. These are
electric vehicles - eDel - we are turning be implementing just a few of the many initiatives we've
early adopters and aim to lead the green logistics implemented to promote sustainability
EV cargo space market by developing methods that require and efficiency in our daily operations
an electric delivery ecosystem that great investment in while safeguarding the environment
supports both fulfilment and B2C new technologies, against harmful effects,” Juneja added.
logistics. This entails enhancing supply equipment, and
chain efficiency and cost effectiveness Future of green logistics in India
while significantly reducing carbon infrastructure. As environmental and climate change
footprint,” said Singhai. Naveen Mathur concerns develop, green logistics is
As a 3PL logistics and warehousing NimbusPost becoming an increasingly essential
company, Varuna Group understands element of India's transportation industry.
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