Wärtsilä and CEVA receive Dutch green award

Wärtsilä, a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets and CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading non-asset based supply chain management companies, which designs and implements industry leading solutions for large and medium-size national and multinational companies, have been recognised for their successful efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by 60 per cent at Wärtsilä’s warehousing operations. The achievement has been made possible thanks to the combined efforts of CEVA and Wärtsilä. One of the key factors in achieving the emission reductions was the decision to integrate nine local warehouses into one strategically favourable location in Kampen, the Netherlands. The Central Distribution Centre in Kampen is the hub of Wärtsilä Global Logistics Services, and covers the entire material flow from order confirmation until the point of delivery at the customer’s doorstep.

The Lean & Green Star Award is given by Connekt, a Dutch agency which, in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, has created the Connekt Sustainable Logistics programme. It aims at encouraging businesses and government bodies to move to a higher level of sustainability by taking measures that not only yield cost savings, but at the same time reduce the burden on the environment. Under this programme, companies that are actively dedicated to making their logistics processes more sustainable are considered for this prestigious honour.

In 2008 CEVA won one of the first Lean & Green Awards for its best practice example of a CO2 friendly supply chain redesign for Wärtsilä.