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~ Monta ~

Monta, a company in fulfilment and warehousing software, takes care of the processing and
worldwide delivery of parcels for over 1,700 different webshops from 16 different warehouses.
Monta highly values its ESG (environmental, social and governance) policy, and the company
has a strong focus on making logistics processes more sustainable. Not just technology and
innovation play a significant role in this philosophy. The key to creating more sustainable

business processes is to continuously discuss possibilities with clients and to look for relevant
third parties to improve operations.

dwin van der Ham, founder and CEO of Big savings come in smaller boxes
Monta, explains: “To really make a difference, Monta extends its strong focus on sustainability to the
Eyou must step out of your comfort zone packaging of orders. Van der Ham: “That’s why we bought
and think bigger. Things such as solar panels and our own Pac(kaging)-man! An investment in sustainable fit-
electric cars are often mainly tax driven. Yes, we to-size automated packaging systems fits well with our ESG
have this too, but you need more to make impact. A policy.”
business needs to look at the contribution it makes
to society regarding both people and planet.” The automated packaging solutions from Sparck Technologies
have proven to be the right solution for Monta. The CVP
Investing in collaborations with sheltered workshops Impack uses advanced 3D scanning technology to optimally
The aim is that at least 10% of all employees at Monta are size, create and label each parcel in one seamless process.
people with a labour market disadvantage. Van der Ham: “We Besides the decrease in package volume, cardboard usage is
strongly believe everyone matters and should get a chance cut by 30% and the machine eliminates the need for void fill.
to contribute to a company. We create spaces within our
warehouses which are especially set up for those colleagues. As more orders are packed fit to the size of the product, it
This will cost money in the short term, but we are happy results in a reduction in shipping volume. The two machines
to make these investments. To me, that is corporate social that Monta invested in, process about 5,000 orders per day.
responsibility. Doing something for your environment, despite Van der Ham: “Our job is to enable webshops to grow. The
the fact that it costs money.” amazing thing about the packaging solutions from Sparck
Technologies, is that they not only offer a sustainable
Carriers and clients packaging process but also speed up the fulfilment process.
Van der Ham: “Besides people, it is important to look at They allow us to pack at lightning speed, many times faster
additional sustainable opportunities that are available within than manual packaging. Large or small products, multi or
the sector in which you operate. For example, we have an single items, the machines can handle it all.” Monta reduces
increasing amount of partnerships with sustainable carriers the amount of excess air in parcels by around 40% by using
for the delivery of our customers’ packages. That means an Sparck Technologies’ automated packaging machines, which
increase in carriers who deliver to consumers by bicycle, or has both a cost-saving and a CO2 reduction benefit. ••
completely CO2 neutral.”

Van der Ham continues: “In addition to collaborations with
green carriers, we also look at what our clients - webshop
owners - want. Some of them indicated that they wanted
to test whether consumers would choose reduced delivery
speed when shipping costs are lower. We then created this
‘Eco-button’, which can be enabled in our clients’ webshop
systems. When a webshop customer selects this option during
the ordering process, it means the package will be delivered
within 48 hours instead of 24 hours. This way, parcels do not
have to be sent immediately but are saved for shipment a day
later. By saving packages, fewer trucks have to drive. This has
proven to be a great success: 2/3 of the webshop’s customers More information about Monta’s fulfilment services or warehouse
chose the Eco-button-option.” management system at www.monta.nl.

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