Chain reaction
December 1st 2009 KIMBERLY-CLARK
PROFESSIONAL*, is
continuing to reduce its
impact on the environment
with a range of measures
targeting the distribution
chain.
The company has
introduced a number of
improvements to packaging
and distribution efficiencies, to
decrease transportationrelated
carbon emissions.
In the UK, KIMBERLY-CLARK
PROFESSIONAL* has reduced
occasions where trucks are
running empty. It has
introduced an integrated
transport solution in which
the same trucks are used for
outbound customer deliveries
as well as inbound logistics
back to mills, such as pallets,
waste paper and supplies. In
2008 this helped cut empty
running down to 24%.
The KIMBERLY-CLARK
PROFESSIONAL* facility in
Koblenz,Germany, recently
invested $330,000 to
reconstruct the railway
connection from its main
regional distribution centre.
The mill produces 53,000
metric tons of products per
year, and delivering them by
rail will save more than 2,500
truck deliveries each year,
significantly reducing CO2
emissions.
"With the focus on resource
reduction, these initiatives are
at the heart of our Reduce
Today, Respect Tomorrow
sustainability programme,"
says Lisa Morden, head of
global sustainability at
KIMBERLY-CLARK
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