Truck and Track Winter 2023 www.truckandtrack.com 42 PALLET NETWORKS UPN prioritise “Sustainability” Metric based eco commitments defined right across the UPN business “Sustainability” is a core strategic priority for UPN Over the past five years, despite significant operational and network growth, UPN has achieved some impressive green milestones. Electricity consumption down 16%, Water usage down 80%, Less than 5% of total waste to landfill, Paper usage down 49%, Fuel consumption down 38%, Successful introduction of electric forklift trucks. “The senior leadership at UPN recognise the increasing importance of improving environmental performance for our staff, members, and customers and are committed to work hard to deliver this”, said UPN MD David Brown, “Environmental performance is on the agenda of every business decision made.” UPN have highly specific objectives to minimise waste, travel, carbon emissions, water consumption and energy consumption across all aspects of its business. The UPN “Sustainability journey is now under the leadership of Group Sustainability Chief, Joanna Davila – an expert in the field. “To achieve our successes to date and ensure achievement of future goals, we have implemented a metrics-based Environmental Management System”, said Joanna.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTE1MTA=