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comes from transportation and logistics,
according to eyefortransport, a provider
of logistics and transportation information
and services.
In survey results (www.eyefortransport.
com/greensupplychain07) fi led in July
2007, 59% of respondents say that green
issues are either important or very important.
Another 20% rate green issues as
fairly important. Only 6% say green is not
important. More than 270 transportation
and logistics professionals in a range of
industries responded to the survey, reports
eyefortransport.
By Gary Forger
Senior Vice President, Professional Development
Material Handling Industry of America
Looking forward, 69% expect that
green will become more important over
the next three years. “Amazingly, 9% of
respondents identifi ed green issues to become
the No. 1 priority for their transport
and logistics processes over the next three
years,” declares eyefortransport.
Nevertheless, green efforts can be bedeviling.
“The greening of transportation
and logistics is still a vague and unsettling
thought for many,” reports eyefortransport.
“However, it is now clear that those
who are working on environmental efforts
have found the ROI in green transportation
and logistics. Based on the responses
to the survey, it is evident that lean and
green means gold if done in an informed
and strategic fashion.”
Hallmark is one company that has been
capitalizing on that ROI for many years.
In a presentation last year, a company
spokesman said energy saving programs
have reduced costs by $1 million annually
since 1995. Hallmark has also reduced
solid waste 70% since 1990. Similarly,
hazardous waste has been reduced 90%
during the same time.
As Hallmark makes abundantly clear,
not every green effort needs to be on the
scale that Wal-Mart and Fonterra have
chosen. There is plenty of opportunity
right in the average distribution center.
Cutting CO2 emissions is one of the
top priorities in green. It is estimated that
buildings in general are responsible for
nearly 40% of CO2 emissions in the U.S.
This level is due to energy use, water consumption
and other operational issues,
reports Today’s Facility Manager blog.
“CO2, a greenhouse gas that is a major
contributor to climate change, has increased
18% since 1990 due to the rise in
energy consumption,” reports the blog.
In early 2007, the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) testifi ed before a Senate
committee on trends in green. Peter
Templeton, USGBC’s vice president of
front & center
for distribution centers
“Green buildings use 20-50%
les energy and reduce CO2
emiss ions 40% compared
t o c o n -
ventional
buildings.”
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education and research, said that green
buildings use 20-50% less energy and
reduce CO2 emissions 40% compared to
conventional buildings.
The USGBC is the leading national organization
dedicated to sustainable building
design and construction of all types.
One of its best known programs is a rating
system known as LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design). It is a
tool for rating the green value of buildings
of all types and sizes. LEED certifi cation
can be earned at four levels – basic, silver,
gold and platinum (see sidebar for details).
Growth in LEED certifi ed buildings
is signifi cant. In 2006, the number of
LEED-certifi ed projects
increased 70%.
The Council says
that more than 3 billion
square feet of
construction space
is involved with the
LEED system today.
“If you’re starting
to design or build a
new building project
or development today
and you don’t certify
it as green, it will be
functionally obsolete
the day it opens and
economically for its
entire lifetime,” said
Jerry Yudelson a green
building consultant and
former board member
of the USGBC. Interestingly
enough, he
made that comment at the Green Cities ’07
conference in Sydney, Australia.
Here in the U.S., JohnsonDiversey, a
supplier of commercial cleaning and hygiene
products, is one company that clearly
agrees with Yudelson.
The company’s new 550,000 square
foot DC in Wisconsin is reportedly the
largest LEED-certifi ed distribution center
in the U.S. The USGBC has awarded the
DC a gold level LEED certifi cation for
　
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