INSPIRING EXPERIENCES
Together with our customers, we work to develop solutions to reduce the environmental impact of transport and promote a more environmentally-friendly supply chain.
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS
For the Andros logistics business, we want to reduce our environmental footprint and look to the future with foresight and sustainability!
"At Andros, we like to think ahead and anticipate the future. Until now, regulatory requirements on the environmental impact of freight transport have been light, and there have been very few requests from our customers.
However, for the Andros logistics business, we want to reduce our environmental footprint and look to the future with foresight and sustainability! That's why we call on the services of TK'Blue Agency, which enables us to measure the current state of our environmental footprint and to have at our disposal a complete range of tools enabling us to act in our objective of reducingCO2 and GHG emissions, and thus to improve continuously."
Jean-Pierre Guyot, Logistics Manager
We need TK'Blue to measure and further improve our approach to responsible progress.
"We have diversified our delivery methods, encouraging the use of "gentler" forms of transport, optimizing loads and ensuring efficient logistics to satisfy our customers.
We're committed to responsible progress, and we need TK'Blue Agency's tools and services to measure our progress. In particular, they enable us to see in real time the quality of our service providers, the possible alternatives in terms ofCO2 emission savings and the generation of blue ton kilometers. Ultimately, the rating process will add value to our decisions and efforts."
Arnaud Manès, Transport Manager, Leroy Merlin France
BIC relies on TK'Blue to simplify its measurement of the CSR impact of its transport operations
"BIC Europe decided in 2016 to choose TK'Blue in order to complete its Transport impact measurement and eventually replace it completely.
Today, TK'Blue offers a complete measurement system that complies with our legal obligations and is extremely flexible for our internal analyses. BIC is counting on TK'Blue to simplify its measurement of the CSR impact of its transport operations, both in Europe and worldwide. Indeed, after a period of probation in Europe, we will be proposing the extension of TK'Blue's use to all our subsidiaries in order to guarantee a single, reliable and shared measurement."
Pierre Daurces, Supply Chain Manager
This rating encourages our carriers to work with us
"Thanks to a team that's always available and ready to listen, listing with TK'Blue is easy. The TK'Blue rating fits in perfectly with our CSR and environmental initiatives. This rating encourages our carriers to commit to sustainable development alongside us".
Antoine-Marie de Fontmichel, Logistics Department
A genuine tool for decision-making and collaboration with our carriers
"We have also decided to use the TK Blue rating system. This system is a real decision-making tool that makes it easy to rate and compare the carriers we work with. What interested us in this rating is that it not only takes into accountCO2emissions, but also greenhouse gases, pollution, traffic congestion, accidents, noise and the social dimension of transport companies. For us, it's a truly comprehensive decision-making tool. It also strengthens our relationship with our carriers, who have played the game! We're proud to be a pioneer in this approach."
Philippe Duhamel, Transport Manager
A simple, reliable and independent indicator that reflects our determination to measure our environmental impact in order to optimize it.
"The Galeries Lafayette Group is fully aware of the impact of the activities of its various branches on the environment, and has set up a voluntary approach around the issues of Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER). Its aim is to follow an action plan designed to limit the environmental impact of its various activities. It is in this spirit that the company is now committed to the TK' Blue approach for all its Transport activities.
Controlling our costs and delivery times has always been at the heart of our management, but we realized that quality of execution also had to be at the heart of our challenges. At a time when transport is the main source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Galeries Lafayette has embarked on a global initiative to rationalize its distribution network, with the aim of reducing GHG emissions. Our commitment to TK'Blue, a simple, reliable and independent indicator, reflects our desire to measure our environmental impact in order to optimize it.
David Herrenschmidt, Supply Chain Program Director
TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR FORWARDERS AND CARRIERS
The TK'Blue commitment enables us to communicate with our customers in a completely transparent manner.
"CRYSTAL GROUP's commitment to TK'Blue is part of a well-defined strategy based on four pillars: compliance, innovation, development and citizenship.
Compliance, because this commitment, and the tools that support it, enable CRYSTAL GROUP, and its operating subsidiary QUALITAIR&SEA, to comply strictly with regulatory obligations in terms of environmental management. We are simply duplicating what we already do in terms of customs and safety/security with our Authorized Economic Operator commitment. Beyond that, we know that the TK'Blue teams are constantly on the lookout, and we can count on them to defend our interests and adapt our tools to our operational constraints.
Innovation, because our commitment goes beyond compliance. We constantly strive to be the first in our market to deploy the most innovative tools and methods to meet the needs of our exporting and importing customers. Once again, at CRYSTAL GROUP, the importance of the TK'Blue commitment is reminiscent of our eminently strategic customs commitments.
Development, because we are turning our TK'Blue commitment into a genuine communication and consultancy tool. The environmental footprint is becoming a key factor in the selection of logistics service providers, and the TK'Blue commitment enables us to communicate with our customers in complete transparency. If we are compliant and innovative, then our own customers are compliant and innovative. It's a virtuous circle.
And finally, citizenship, because our TK'Blue commitment is part of a much broader vision of responsible corporate citizenship. When it comes to the environment, we want to be a committed player, not a spectator."
Olivier Layec, General Secretary
TK'Blue is a comprehensive and precise indicator that takes into account a number of simple parameters
"TK'Blue is a very comprehensive and accurate indicator that takes into account simple parameters, such as precise rail distance (based on origin and destination station codes) and the tonnage actually transported. It also makes it possible to calculate theCO2 emissions of a combination of transport modes. What's more, it makes it easy to transmitCO2 information from transport operations, thanks to the management of a personal database."
Alain Thauvette, President of European Cargo Rail (ECR, DB Schenker's rail subsidiary)
This tool ensures that our environmental performance is traceable for our customers.
"TRATEL, the transport subsidiary of Ciments Calcia in France and Belgium (Italcementi Group), has been working with the TK'Blue Agency for 2 years, with all its charterers.
The various services offered by the TK'Blue teams enable us to provide our customers with any information they may require on the impact of theCO2 emissions emitted on their behalf. The various reports represent the reality of flows, whether by service, by region, by customer for the same group, etc. .... This enables us to communicateCO2 emissions up to level 3, without any great difficulty.
This management tool ensures that our environmental performance is traceable for our customers, and that we can quickly communicate theCO2 impact of the supply-chain share we cover. "
Rémi Duprez, Quality Purchasing Environment Project Manager
TK'Blue international benchmark clearly demonstrates the eco-responsibility of transport
"EUROPORTE is a global operator able to offer a wide range of integrated rail freight services under a single brand across Europe.
The TK'Blue international benchmark clearly demonstrates the eco-responsibility of rail transport by accurately measuring its lower societal costs in terms of negative externalities (CO2, noise, congestion, accidents, particulates, upstream and downstream processes, air and soil pollution).
In line with the policy of its sole shareholder, the EUROTUNNEL Group - which won the prize for the best CSR policy of a major group - EUROPORTE has been committed for several years to becoming the leading independent operator in its field in France, with a European reach.
The range of tools developed by TK'Blue Agency and the services offered thus meet three of EUROPORTE's priorities:
- Customer satisfaction by communicating various indicators specific to their traffic, thus demonstrating our commitment to continuous improvement.
- Profitable and sustainable development of the company through the various management tools offered.
- Investment in our social and environmental responsibility by offering a decision-making tool with the aim of reducing our impact on the planet.
The TK'Blue tool offers a global decision-support solution for both carriers and shippers, to reduce all types of nuisance for the benefit of the company, the community and the environment. "
Pascal Sainson, Chairman
We can offer our customers complete quantitative and qualitative reporting on our eco-responsible choices.
"We were convinced by TK Blue Agency's innovative approach, which enabled us to offer a service tailored to our needs and operations. We can now offer our customers complete and accurate reporting of theirCO2 emissions in addition to qualitative information on the eco-responsible choices we make to guarantee them high-quality, optimodal transport."
Eric Paumier, CEO
The TK'Blue index provides a strong competitive advantage in the market
Operating in France and throughout Europe, Pall-Ex France is the leading independent palletized freight distribution network. Since its launch, Pall-Ex France has motivated its 40-odd member carriers to obtain their TK'Blue Index. Through this voluntary initiative, the Pall-Ex group aims to mark its differentiation and its strong commitment to the development of more eco-responsible freight transport, and encourages its members to obtain their TK'Blue Index. "We are convinced that this commitment to the TK'Blue approach will enable us to meet our customers' demand for transparency and quality, and give us a strong competitive edge in the market."
Christophe Poupart, General Manager
TK'blue enables us to offer our customers a comprehensive and efficient service, so as to be naturally competitive.
"For Logiyonne, joining the TK'Blue initiative was an obvious choice. Indeed, since its creation in 2010, Logiyonne has supported its activities and growth through ongoing creativity, ecological dynamism and optimization of the tools it uses, in order to offer its customers a comprehensive and efficient service (effectiveness, eco-responsibility and economy). The TK'Blue rating is therefore a perfect illustration of Logiyonne's vision and reinforces this desire to be naturally competitive on export and import flows."
Didier Mercey, Managing Director
Objectively assesses the benefits of rail transport far beyond CO2
"ECR is the first private rail freight operator in Europe to obtain its TK'Blue Index of eco-responsible performance. The TK'Blue Index is independent, and values the low negative externalities of rail transport (CO2, particles, noise, accidents, congestion, soil pollution, etc.), enabling ECR to confirm to its customers and partners its ongoing commitment to offering increasingly efficient solutions from an economic and environmental point of view. We are delighted to be able to position ourselves as a pioneer of the TK'Blue Rail Index, which enables us to demonstrate the advantages of rail transport far beyondCO2 and with complete objectivity, through an independent and benchmark Agency."
Marc Bizien, General Manager