DHL Supply Chain on track to meet zero carbon emissions target by 2050 in Thailand

• The company most recently installed solar
  panels valued at approximately US$1.2 million (฿36 million) in four warehouses to optimize
  energy consumption
• Cements commitment to continue focusing on
  green warehouse logistics and transport operations

BANGKOK,
THAILAND – Media OutReach – 21 April 2021 – In a move to optimize energy consumption, DHL
Supply Chain, the global market leader for contract logistics solutions, has
installed solar panels valued at approximately US$1.2 million (฿36 million) on the rooftops across four warehouses
at its Bangna Logistics Campus in Samutprakarn. The total surface area of the solar
panels is approximately 11,000 sqm, the size of almost three football fields.

 

By converting solar energy into usable electricity, the solar panels will power up the facilities and
reduce the amount of energy consumption. These solar panels are expected to generate
enough energy to fulfill 38 % of total energy requirements in the facilities,
and will reduce energy usage by 20% annually.

 

“Sustainability is
always on the top on our agenda. Over the years, DHL Supply Chain Thailand has
implemented a number of innovations in Thailand within our transport and
warehousing operations to achieve energy consumption efficiency. This solar
project has contributed significantly to our agenda of operating in carbon
neutral buildings and aids us to meet Deutsche Post DHL Group’s (DPDHL Group)
mission to reduce all logistics-related emissions by 2050,” said Mike Davies,
COO of DHL Supply Chain Thailand Cluster.

 

Other green warehouse logistics solutions and
technologies deployed by the company include:

• Motion sensor LED lights,
  which are activated only at the specific time and operation areas. 
• Solar panel lights
  which are installed around the campus for exterior lighting
• Waste management to
  drive our customers’ businesses towards zero-waste through the principles of
  reduction, recycling and reusing.  Effective
  implementation of recycling will minimize waste production.

Maintaining a sustainable transportation operation
is also a main focus, as the company applies sustainable and eco-friendly
solutions that have seen transport-related carbon footprint fall by 6%, year-on-year in 2020. These
solutions are:

• TRAILAR – innovative,
  eco-friendly technologies to develop a greener fleet through ‘TRAILAR’
  solar-technology from the UK.  Through
  its initiative to move towards a more sustainable fleet, DHL Supply Chain is
  now the first logistics company in Thailand to equip its fleet of 36 vehicles
  with this cutting-edge technology. 
• Telematics – it
  optimizes routes and address inefficiencies, which helps to save fuel. This
  technology is installed in our own fleet and is also extended to our
  subcontractors’ fleet.
• Biofuel – All of DHL Supply Chain Thailand’s trucks use oxygenated
  fuels, such as biofuel blends, to reduce pollution.

The continuous effort of Thailand’s
transport operations to reduce carbon footprint, boost fuel consumption
efficiency and capitalize on greener integrated innovations has been
rewarding. 

 

These activities are recognized by
regional industry body, Green
Freight Asia (GFA), which has awarded DHL
Supply Chain Thailand with its highest certification; the Label Leaf 4.  In fact, DHL Supply Chain Thailand became the
first company in Asia Pacific to attain this certification, which cements its
position as the global market leader for contract logistics solutions.

 

DPDHL
Group also recently announced that it is
investing a total of EUR 7 billion (THB equivalent) over the next ten years in
measures to reduce its CO2 emissions, such as expanding the zero-emission
e-vehicle fleet and operating in climate-neutral buildings.