A central element of our company culture is the protection of the environment. We constantly strive to avoid anything which could put a strain on the environment. Every employee is committed to environmentally friendly activities and such behavior is also espoused by all management levels. Our commitment to the environment means that we choose the most environmentally friendly processes, make conscious use of natural resources, and insist on environmentally friendly production procedures that save energy as well as avoiding waste.
Compliance with environmental laws is self-evident. The permanent reduction of energy consumption by means of innovative storage techniques or heat-recovery systems for offices and ambient storage areas is a self-evident component of environmental policy in most HAVI Logistics companies. In addition to several local environmental awards,
some of our companies have already undergone the environmental audit according to DIN EN ISO 14001 and acquired the additional certification of EMAS, the Eco Management and Audit Scheme.
HAVI Logistics trucks are among the most environmentally friendly trucks in Europe. Many of them run on biodiesel made out of used cooking oil. The idea is a simple stroke of genius: we daily deliver hundreds of liters of edible oil to the McDonald’s Restaurants to deep-fry French Fries and other products. When the oil can no longer be used, a collector picks it up and brings it to a recycling plant. There it is processed into AME and this fuel is used by HAVI Logistics trucks to bring fresh oil to the Restaurants again. Furthermore we operate heavy trucks running on natural-gas or pure plant oil. We decreases the emission of harmful substances and the development of noise by using state of the art technology for our fleet - the figures are far beyond those of pure diesel engines.
Furthermore, some HAVI Logistics companies supply their customers using a very innovative combination of rail and trucks - the so called "mobiler".
These and many other activities ensure that HAVI Logistics is and will remain a pacemaker in terms of environmental friendly business.
HAVI Logistics most important customer McDonald's Europe has now confirmed the truth of this statement by selecting HAVI Logistics as the recipient of McDonald's highest European environmental honour - the Sustainability Award 2007.
