Bridgestone wins Lean and Green Award 2013

Bridgestone Logistics Europe, located in the port of Zeebrugge-Belgium and the flagship warehouse of Bridgestone Europe, has won  the Lean and Green Award 2013. It was officially handed over on May 23rd 2013 by the Flanders Institute for Logistics (Vlaams Instituut voor de Logistiek – VIL).

This award – received by only 12 companies in Belgium – was launched by VIL after its successful introduction in the Netherlands by its Dutch counterpart Connekt. This is considered as an official recognition for a company’s effort to reduce their CO2 footprint.

Companies committing to reduce the CO2 emissions of their logistical activities (transport, warehousing, last mileage distribution…) by a minimum of 20% within 5 years obtain the Lean and Green logo. The VIL is a centre of expertise to support companies in implementing innovative logistics projects and to increase their competitiveness. One of the conditions to retain the award, is to allow a half-yearly monitoring process of the actual CO2 emissions in order to check if the reduction goal of 20% is achieved.