The sustainable development LEAN and GREEN label is growing in Luxembourg as four new winners will be announced on Tuesday 28 June 2016 at the reception of the award; the participants of the second edition of LEAN and GREEN programme in Luxembourg have pledged to find measures that enable them to reduce their ecological footprint.
To obtain the Lean and Green Award, companies must present an ambitious CO2 reduction plan: logistics companies should be able to save at least 20% and airlines should reduce their emissions by 10% over five years and show commitment to the programme. The plans will be presented on Tuesday and companies now have three to five years to achieve the ambitious goals. Meanwhile, companies will be audited and when the goal is achieved, the participants will get the final label: the LEAN and GREEN Star. In Europe, the programme has over 400 participants and more than a hundred stars have already been issued. The winning companies will join Arthur Welter, CFL multimodal, LuxairCargo and POST - they have obtained the label in 2015 - as ambassadors of the LEAN and GREEN programme in Luxembourg.
The award will be presented by the Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures, François Bausch, in the presence of Nico Anten, head of the Dutch foundation Connekt. The Award ceremony will be held with the support of the company ProGROUP in the Solarwind building in Windhof, an office building with triple environmental certification. The building meets the highest standards of sustainable development and is ideal for handing out the ecological award LEAN and GREEN.
The ceremony is a good opportunity to launch new projects around LEAN and GREEN. The foundation Connekt and the LEAN and GREEN Network will unveil new programmes such as LEAN and GREEN Europe and a label dedicated to the aviation sector. The sponsors Goldbeck, Goodyear and ProGROUP are also founding partners of the new Club LEAN and GREEN to be launched by the Manager for Logistics Cluster, Mr Malik Zeniti.
Under the leadership of Max Nilles of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, the Cluster for Logistics launched the LEAN and GREEN Label in Luxembourg in 2014 in order to promote a reduction in CO2 emissions in companies with logistics activities. The LEAN and GREEN label is issued by the Dutch non-governmental organization Connekt. It is one of the most recognized in Europe and it has therefore a great value in terms of image and recognition of the efforts for sustainable development, as 2.4 bn tons of freight enter via Benelux every year.
