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Enviro Award
THE AWARDS, presented every two years working with our customers and suppliers
by the Institute of Waste Management of to deliver mutually beneficial sustainable
Southern Africa (IWMSA), are open to all solutions, and to minimise our impact
environmentally conscious organisations on the environment through continuous
and honour exceptional contributions improvement.”
and commitment to responsible waste The KZN Waste Management Awards aim
management practices. to encourage all organisations in KwaZulu-
The winning CHEP service centres Natal to think and act on efficient, effective
were CHEP Pietermaritzburg, located in waste management, to promote best practice
the second-largest city in the province in waste management and to acknowledge
of KwaZulu-Natal which won a two-star organisations committed to responsible and
gold certificate, and CHEP Cornubia, north effective waste management.
of Durban, which won a three-star gold
certificate. CHEP sustainability administrator, About CHEP
Caren Tarr, won the Individual Merit Award. CHEP helps move more goods to more
The wins follow a similar CHEP people, in more places than any other
achievement at the previous awards, where organisation. Its pallets, crates and containers
CHEP Pietermaritzburg and CHEP Prospecton form the invisible backbone of the global
both won gold certificates. supply chain and the world’s biggest brands
“We are really humbled to be trust CHEP to help them transport their
acknowledged by IWMSA for our goods more efficiently, sustainably and safely.
sustainability work,” says CHEP Project As pioneers of the sharing economy, CHEP
Manager Paul Cross. “CHEP has been created one of the world’s most sustainable
participating in the awards for a number of logistics businesses through the share and
years and we have constantly improved our reuse of its platforms under a model known
processes for greater sustainability. It’s great as ‘pooling’. CHEP primarily serves the fast-
to have those efforts recognised.” moving consumer goods (dry food, grocery
CHEP is one of the leading supply-chain and health and personal care), fresh produce,
management companies in the world, beverage, retail and general manufacturing
minimising environmental impact from industries. CHEP employs approximately
its pallet and container solutions through 11,000 people and owns approximately
pooling and sharing of resources, repair and 300 million pallets, crates and containers
reuse. CHEP returns zero wood waste to through a network of more than 750 service
landfill and works to reduce other waste by centres, supporting more than 500,000
utilising renewable resources and 100 percent customer touch-points for global brands such
certified wood. as Procter & Gamble, Sysco, Kellogg’s and
“We are thrilled to be acknowledged by Nestlé. CHEP is part of the Brambles Group
our colleagues in the sustainability sector,” and operates in more than 55 countries, with
says CHEP Senior Sustainability Manager its largest operations in North America and
Nomathemba Mhlanga. “We are always Western Europe. •
58 The Logistics News Case Study Annual 2018
