By reducing
waste, we reduce
the relative carbon
emission of
shipments
Edwin Kalischnig, Cool Chain Association
reduction of 49% compared to
2011: at this hub, 85% of the
total waste is recycled.
At Air France, a permanent
recycling system is in place
for Air France uniforms and
work clothing. Uniforms
are collected and recycled
via the help of energy
recovery in the form of
textile pellets. Ultimately,
these ashes are used as fuel
in the manufacturing of
cement. Since 2013, used KLM
uniforms and old business
class carpeting have been
recycled into fi bres used to
manufacture carpets for the
aircraft cabin.
Combatting food waste
AFKLMP Cargo is also active
in the perishable goods
transportation segment.
The teams maintain a
permanent relationship with
all the players in the value
chain (producers, exporters,
importers, supermarkets,
airport authorities
and so on) to promote
sustainable development
in the agricultural and air
transportation sectors.
The Group is also a
member of the Cool Chain
Association and contributes
journey, hundreds of people
run an increased risk of getting
sick or worse. Sustainability is
at the core of what all the CCA
members do.”
How, then, has the Cool
Chain reduced waste?
“In our projects we use
technology to understand
what is going on in the
complex supply chains that
often stretch over large parts
of the globe. By creating endto
end transparency, we can
really focus on those process
steps where things go wrong,
and then work together to
improve that.
“A good example are
products that are waiting on
the tarmac to be loaded on
the aircraft. It’s not always
feasible to keep the products
in the warehouse and load
them just in time. But while
standing on black tarmac in
the hot sun, temperatures
may rise to 50-60ºC. Adding a
thermal blanket or keeping the
products in a cool dolly will
signifi cantly reduce the risk of
temperature exposure in this
process step.
“Continuous improvement
of cool chain processes will
slowly but surely raise the
overall quality levels. By
to its work on reducing food
waste. Within this framework,
2019 saw the defi nition of
the priority measures to
be implemented for the
sustainable development of
air shipped exports of West
African mangoes, at both a
technical (combatting fruit
fl ies which degrade the quality
of the fruit) and logistical
level (improvement in airport
infrastructures at Burkina
Faso and in Senegal notably,
and verifi cation procedures at
Paris-CDG).
Finally, perhaps most
telling of all, is the subject
of e-freight. The efforts of
AFKLMP Cargo have resulted
in the savings of 3.1m sheets
of A4 paper in the space of one
year.
The cool chain viewpoint
Edwin Kalischnig is a Cool
Chain Association Board
Member and CEO at Xtreme
Technologies.
“For the Cool Chain
Association, sustainability
is about people, planet and
profi t. Improving the quality
and processes in the cool
chain will result in less waste.
When a shipment of papayas
is wasted through temperature
XPO EXCELS
XPO Logistics has been named a 2020
Green 75 Supply Chain Partner by
Inbound Logistics magazine for the
fi fth consecutive year. XPO is one of 75
companies honoured for helping shippers
maintain environmentally conscious
supply chain operations.
Troy Cooper, President of XPO
Logistics, said: “XPO is proud to once
again be recognised as a Green 75
company and a leading industry partner
in sustainability. We’ll continue to
build on the progress we’ve made,
providing our customers with ecofriendly
friendly innovations to move goods
throughout their supply chains.”
XPO’s Sustainability Report
provides details about the
company’s environmental
initiatives, including logistics
automation, fl eet emission
technologies, sustainable
packaging and alternative fuels
and energy sources.
excursions, we also wasted
the water that was used for
irrigation, the fuel that was
used to truck it to the airport,
the carbon emissions from
the airplane, and so on. If a
shipment of vaccines that is
strictly to be kept between
2-8ºC arrives at destination but
can’t be used because it was
frozen or too hot during the
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