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environmental cost as it means the driver has to make fashion, this can make a big difference to carbon accounts.
multiple stops. And if the customer is not home, the driver
will have to return again at a later date. A warehouse with energy to spare
Within the DSV organisation, we are also heavily focused
Switching to a single collection point solution where end on our carbon footprint and are investing in sustainable
customers collect their parcels from a pick-up point or initiatives. For example, our new facilities in Landskrona in
automated locker reduces the number of trips required. Sweden are being built with state-of-the-art infrastructure
This can save time, fuel and carbon emissions. DSV that can support our operations and our partners to make
works with many carriers that offer single collection the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
points, including DHL, GLS, as well as domestic postal
companies. This lets you get your parcels out to consumers The two new warehouses cover 175,000 sqm and have
fast – while cutting emissions from the last mile. more than 100,000 sqm of solar panels on the roof. This
produces 14 MwP of renewable solar energy, which is the
Keeping you close to customers amount of energy needed to power around 1,400 houses
Another way DSV is empowering customers to improve annually.
their sustainability profile is through a new network of
local warehouses. This lets smaller businesses run their With this energy, DSV powers the warehouse and provides
e-commerce business in their local market, close to charging for trucks and other vehicles used on site.
their customers, without the cost of running their own Furthermore, the surplus energy is sent back into the local
warehouse. electricity grid for the benefit of the local community.
The new warehouses in Sweden are a pilot project for
These e-commerce warehouses are located strategically DSV Energy – a company business unit that specialises in
throughout Europe and offer brands state-of-the art energy production, consumption, and trading. This new
e-commerce fulfilment. For a transactional fee, companies initiative is playing an important role in DSV’s efforts to
get efficient handling and packing of orders, and access support the green transition and turn the company into an
to a real-time dashboard to manage inventory. And if the active energy producer. The Landskrona site is the first of
business grows, the solution can be simply scaled to meet four new DSV energy sites.
the new demands.
Environmental building performance
From a sustainability perspective, this reduces the Alongside its impressive energy-producing credentials,
carbon emissions from transport to customers. Instead of the Landskrona site has been built to the highest
operating from a central location and sending goods over environmental specifications. It has been certified
long distances, you can operate from a local warehouse according to the BREEAM Excellent standards. This is a
close to customers in each market. This cuts both transport building standard launched in 1990 that sets standards for
and emissions. What’s more, in industries that operate with the environmental performance of buildings by focusing
the extra transport that comes from many returns, such as on sustainable values over a wide range of categories

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