Kuehne & Nagel
Sausages with a side order of stationery
Delivering post with the potatoes and backhauling waste to maximise the final mile. It’s logistics in a logical world. Amy Fetzer reports. First it is the food order, another doorbell signals some stationery, whilst the next interruption is for empties.…
Footprint Awards Shortlist 2016 announced – Are You Amongst the Best of the Best?
The shortlist for Footprint Awards has been announced, revealing the foodservice and hospitality sector’s leading responsible business initiatives. Footprint Awards remains the only initiative to honour the achievements of companies in the area of sustainability and responsible business practice. These…
Triple Bottom Line Award winners announced
THE WINNERS of the first annual Triple Bottom Line Awards for Excellence in the Supply Chain have been announced at a high profile dinner, attended by the great and good of the industry’s procurement professionals, hosted by Footprint and in…
Force for good
MANY SKILLED ex-military personnel struggle to adjust to civvy street but they have many valuable skills to offer employers. Amy Fetzer finds out how a Kuehne + Nagel scheme aims to bridge the gap between the two worlds. No job, no…
Formula-1 style energy recovery system for lorries could reduce emissions by 25%
A NEW Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) popular in Formula 1 could cut lorry emissions and fuel usage by up to 25%. Road haulage accounts for a fifth of the EU’s total CO2 emissions. The first KERS system…
Footprint Awards 2015: What the industry said….
What do you get when you put some chickens, an ex-rugby international and a dishwasher salesman on a podium together at an awards do? You get a tremendously funny, yet informative night, as the Footprint Awards 2015 showed. The sustainability…
Interview: Sustainability needs to be of paramount importance in wholesale distribution and logistics
AS FOOTPRINT’S Brand Ambassador of logistics, Simon Clifford, Business Development Director at Kuehne+Nagel gives us a candid view on responsible logistics. We are delighted that Kuehne…
Pub waste management case study
Interview: Spirit Pub Company’s head of supply chain and purchasing
SPIRIT PUB Company’s head of supply chain and purchasing talks to Footprint about sustainability advances in the pub sector. Niki Goddard: Tell us a little about the sustainability stakes in the pub sector. Ahead or behind the sustainability agenda?…
